PhD Student (EDB-IPP Contract)

Company Description

About Bosch Group

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services, employing roughly 429,400 associates worldwide and generating sales of 91.6 billion euros in 2023. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT company, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, smart cities, connected mobility, and connected manufacturing. It uses its expertise in sensor technology, software, and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to deliver innovations for a connected life. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technologies that is “Invented for life.”

About Robert Bosch (South East Asia)

Robert Bosch (South East Asia) Pte Ltd is a regional subsidiary of the Bosch Group, representing the Group’s interests in Southeast Asia, where it is currently present in all ASEAN member countries. The company is active in all the company’s four business sectors of Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. The Asia Pacific headquarters for its Mobility Aftermarket, Building Technology and Bosch Software Innovations businesses, as well as operations for Corporate Research and Advance Engineering, and Information Technology, are part of Robert Bosch (SEA) Pte Ltd. In Bosch, we are committed through our EVP ensuring all our associates to GROW, ENJOY and INSPIRE during their journey with us.

Job Description

As a part of our global research unit, our Singapore team’s focus is on the domain of sustainability. Our team explores the use of Artificial Intelligence to accelerate the Bosch’s transition towards a circular economy. Key application areas are design, manufacturing, energy optimization, recycling, supply chain optimization.
Embodied AI Agent is an emerging field of research that enable the integration of AI with robotics to create intelligent system that can perceive, act, and collaborate in a dynamic environment. In the field of Product End-of-Life (EOL) Management, the concept of AI agent could be integrated to enhance disassembly automation and support humans during the tasks, contributing to the circular economy and promoting sustainability.
This position offers an exciting opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research in developing and validating agent-based system for collaborative disassembly technologies. The successful candidate will be working at world-class laboratories in NTU and Bosch.

Qualifications

• Singaporean or PR (to be eligible for EDB-IPP program).
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or engineering, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering (w/ AI and programming background). 
• Fulfill the National University of Singapore (NUS) PhD programme requirements. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Curious, self-motivated, team player, and a passion to tackle real-world problems via research.
• Relevant research experience in the field of artificial intelligence, data science, robotics, knowledge graph, smart manufacturing and industrial automation.
• Familiarity with computer vision, multi-modal AI models, AI agent, software architecture design and/or robotic task and motion planning is a plus.
• Strong coding skill in Python and familiarity with semantic technologies, graph databases, and software engineering best practices.
• Basic understanding of large language models (LLMs) and AI-based data extraction methods
• Strong academic record, with at least one publication in top-tier conferences or peer-reviewed journals (preferred).
• Fresh degree holders with excellent academic results are also encouraged to apply.

Additional Information

• Singaporean or PR (to be eligible for EDB-IPP program).
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
• Fulfill the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) PhD program requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Curious, self-motivated, team player, and a passion to tackle real-world problems through research.
• Relevant research experience in the field of robotics, industrial automation, artificial intelligence, and data science.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with computer vision, multi-modal AI models, AI agent, software architecture design and/or robotic task and motion planning is a plus.
• Strong coding skills and familiarity with software engineering best practices.
• Strong academic record, with at least one publication in top-tier conferences or peer-reviewed journals (preferred).
• Fresh degree holders with excellent academic results are also encouraged to apply.