Top Research Jobs in Singapore

Conduct quantitative research on market behavior and trading strategies. Responsibilities include discovering predictive patterns, designing statistical and machine-learning models, building AI research agents, developing large-scale research infrastructure, running experiments and backtests, and translating findings into production-ready trading signals. Interns complete an end-to-end research project while collaborating with researchers and technologists.

Conduct quantitative research for systematic trading by analyzing market data, formulating and testing hypotheses, developing statistical and machine learning models, backtesting strategies, studying market microstructure, and partnering with technologists to deploy production-ready research and trading systems.

Develop high-frequency trading infrastructure, including exchange connectivity, low-latency network and systems programming, historical market-data and simulation systems, data-analysis tools, and risk-management and performance-tracking tools. The role requires strong C++ fundamentals, knowledge of algorithms and object-oriented programming, and familiarity with Linux, networking, high-throughput systems, blockchain, cryptography, and cryptocurrency technologies.

Develop and maintain quantitative market risk models, stress tests, and scenario analyses using high-frequency trading data. Design position, P&L, and exposure limits; manage governance, approvals, alerts, and escalations. Produce intraday and daily risk reports, analyze post-trade risk and drawdowns, and support capital allocation. Collaborate with quantitative researchers, technology, compliance, and regulatory teams on risk infrastructure and exchange-rule adherence.

Lead rigorous research involving frontier AI models, computational theory, physics, mathematical proofs, algorithms, numerical experiments, and high-performance simulations. Formulate open problems, validate and reproduce results, assess novelty and scientific significance, document model limitations, and recommend promising research directions. Establish standards for distinguishing genuine scientific progress from unsupported results while communicating findings through concise research memos.

Research Engineer developing and automating robotic end effectors for manufacturing systems. Responsibilities include hardware and CAD design, prototyping, assembly, system integration, experimental testing, control development, technical investigation, data analysis, reporting, and performance improvement. The role collaborates with research partners and supports real-world robotics and automation applications.

Conduct research in machine intelligence, deep learning, foundation models, and AI applications. Analyze algorithms on large-scale datasets, implement scalable prototypes, collaborate on systems from research through production, and develop solutions for real-world problems. The intern will investigate research tools and methods, contribute to technology transfer, and potentially support patents, publications, standards, internal tools, and product or business collaborations.

Develops AI-enabled applications for digital air traffic control assistants by integrating LLMs, RAG, AI agents, APIs, databases, enterprise systems, and operational data. Builds backend services, user interfaces, connectors, evaluation and monitoring systems, and end-to-end prototypes. Collaborates with domain experts to define requirements and tests, and supports demonstrations, documentation, deployments, technical reports, publications, and industry or regulatory partnerships.

Leads client investment research and portfolio analytics for Bridgewater clients in Asia. Develops market and investment expertise, generates insights on performance, positioning, strategies, and outlook, supports client engagements, manages research analysts, and oversees complex portfolio projects. The role requires strong analytical, quantitative, communication, project management, and investment skills, with four days per week onsite in Singapore.

Conducts equity research and stock coverage for Singapore-listed small- and mid-cap companies. Responsibilities include building financial models and valuation databases, analyzing market and corporate developments, issuing investment recommendations, producing research reports, presenting ideas to fund managers and clients, and maintaining relationships with institutional sales teams, companies, government bodies, and industry organizations.

Develop AI research agents, datasets, benchmarks, and reproducible computational experiments at the intersection of artificial intelligence, finance, and social sciences. Responsibilities include implementing and evaluating machine learning and language models, reproducing empirical analyses, troubleshooting research software, analyzing results, and preparing reports and publication materials. The role collaborates with faculty and research partners on interdisciplinary research and benchmark development.

Manage day-to-day operations for an AI-supported peer feedback system in education. Responsibilities include coordinating prototype development, managing system design and developers, conducting data collection and educational evaluations, maintaining data-capture processes, preparing reports and presentations, supporting research investigators, and coordinating external stakeholders.

Conduct research in embodied AI, focusing on vision-language-action models. Responsibilities include problem formulation, coding, model training and evaluation, data collection pipeline development, dataset creation, documentation, and meeting strict deliverable deadlines. The role requires on-site presence and may involve robotic arms, end-effectors, teleoperation, and robotic simulation.

Research and develop novel AI models, algorithms, and systems; validate them through rigorous experiments and large-scale distributed training; and transition prototypes into production. The role involves deep learning, LLM pre-training and alignment, efficient GPU/TPU utilization, scientific analysis, technical writing, mentoring, code and paper reviews, open-source contributions, and end-to-end project ownership.

Provides research and data-analysis support to economists focused on monetary economics and financial markets in Asia and the Pacific. Responsibilities include preparing publications and presentations, collecting and validating data, reviewing methodologies, developing databases, identifying new data sources, applying advanced analytics, and collaborating on innovation projects. The role bridges economics, data, and technology in a multicultural international environment.

Conduct quantitative analysis of the Chinese energy market, collaborate with modeling teams, structure economic problems, interpret model results, support product development, and communicate insights and recommendations to clients. The role requires strong quantitative skills, interest in energy markets and policy, teamwork, communication, and fluent Mandarin.

Lead and mentor a research team developing agentic AI (planning, RL, LLMs, diffusion, multi-agent systems). Define and execute research strategy, track state-of-the-art work, and build external AI community relationships to position Skyfall as a research leader.

Conduct interdisciplinary research on AI and deepfake scams, related legal and cybercrime frameworks, and scam resilience. Coordinate research projects, experiments, data collection, grants, procurement, governance, events, partnerships, communications, budgets, and stakeholder engagement across academic, industry, and government organizations.

Supports air traffic management research through systems integration and prototyping. Develops and integrates software components, algorithms, data interfaces, decision-support tools, architectures, and simulation platforms into functional prototypes. Performs testing, verification, validation, troubleshooting, data processing, and demonstrations while preparing technical documentation, reports, and research outputs. Collaborates with multidisciplinary researchers and engineers to translate concepts into reliable, interoperable ATM solutions.

Conduct research on efficient continuous-time models for neuromorphic sensors, evaluate their scalability, and apply them to embodied AI. The role involves designing experimental methods, formulating hypotheses, implementing models, analyzing results, collaborating across disciplines, and reporting project progress.

Design and develop frontend interfaces for a Digital Twin platform, including real-time dashboards, charts, 3D visualizations, and interactive data components. Integrate APIs, simulation outputs, and real-time data streams with backend systems. Improve frontend architecture, performance, latency, reliability, debugging, and usability while collaborating with engineers and multidisciplinary domain experts. Conduct innovative research, formulate hypotheses, design experiments, implement experimental methods, and report project progress.

Administer and maintain e-learning platforms for the CHARM study, including installation, configuration, plugins, course structures, user support, integrations, security, updates, and troubleshooting. Track platform usage, extract data, prepare reports and analytics, organize digital learning resources, support online learning activities, and assist with research and program operations.

Conduct equity research on ASEAN companies across multiple sectors. Build and maintain earnings models, perform financial analysis, monitor global news, develop differentiated investment insights, write research reports, respond to client requests, and support analyst-led client interactions. The role requires strong accounting and financial modeling skills, rapid analytical judgment, proactive research, deadline management, and collaboration across global teams.

Lead APAC employment and mobility tax matters, advising on international assignments, cross-border work, business travel, payroll withholding, social security, benefits, incentives, and tax compliance. Partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, Reward, local teams, and external advisors across jurisdictions. Oversee tax returns, shadow payroll, tax equalization, governance, controls, process improvements, and global People Tax projects.

Manage research grant administration across the full lifecycle, including grant calls, proposal submissions, award setup, variations, reporting, and closure. Review budgets and expenditures for compliance, advise faculty on funder and institutional requirements, coordinate with stakeholders, maintain grant records, support audit readiness, and contribute to reporting, process improvement, and team coverage.