Roles & Responsibilities
We are seeking to appoint a Research Associate to contribute to NTU’s mission of advancing cutting-edge research and industry translation in software engineering and cybersecurity. The successful candidate will work on the industry project focusing on the automated open-source component detection and emulation-based fuzz testing technologies for automotive software systems.
The role involves developing scalable binary analysis frameworks, AI-driven program understanding techniques, and automated security testing pipelines for embedded MCU and SOC platforms. The candidate will collaborate closely with academic researchers and industry engineers to transform research prototypes into deployable, high-performance solutions aligned with industrial requirements.
Key responsibilities:
Develop and optimize automated binary analysis and open-source component detection systems.
Design and enhance emulation-based fuzz testing frameworks for embedded environments.
Apply AI and large language model (LLM)-based techniques to improve program analysis and vulnerability assessment.
Support system integration, benchmarking, deployment, and technical documentation.
Requirements:
A Masters degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related discipline.
Strong research track record in software engineering, AI for code, or software security (e.g., publications in reputable international venues).
Experience in program analysis, intelligent software systems, or LLM-based code intelligence.
Strong programming skills in Python and/or C/C++.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in academia–industry joint projects.
We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
A research-intensive public university, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Engineering, Business, Science, Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, and Graduate colleges. It also has a medical school, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, established jointly with Imperial College London.
NTU is also home to world-class autonomous institutes – the National Institute of Education, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Earth Observatory of Singapore, and Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering – and various leading research centres such as the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI) and Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N).
Ranked amongst the world’s top universities by QS, NTU has also been named the world’s top young university for the past seven years. The University’s main campus is frequently listed among the Top 15 most beautiful university campuses in the world and has 57 Green Mark-certified (equivalent to LEED-certified) buildings, of which 95% are certified Green Mark Platinum. Apart from its main campus, NTU also has a campus in Novena, Singapore’s healthcare district.
Under the NTU Smart Campus vision, the University harnesses the power of digital technology and tech-enabled solutions to support better learning and living experiences, the discovery of new knowledge, and the sustainability of resources.
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