Staff Software Engineer (Software Development & AI)

Tyco Electronics Singapore Pte Ltd (TE Connectivity) is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Corporate R&D Center. The Software Engineer will be part of a newly formed Artificial Intelligence team to create an AI Hub for TE in Singapore. Team members will collaborate with R&D peers, business unit partners as well as local university and government research centers to undertake projects that will embed AI in TE’s design and process development work flows to deliver a competitive advantage to TE’s technologies. This position is based at our Singapore HQ.

The Singapore Corporate R&D Center is chartered to work with the CTO’s and Advanced Development Groups of TE Business Units to identify technical areas of interest for R&D and develop forward looking technologies that will deliver broad value to the business. In order to improve the New Product Development process, TE is expanding our Artificial Intelligence capabilities as a part of our Digitalization strategy to improve efficiency, decrease cost, and decrease time to market.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead multiple projects in developing data science solutions to support new product development in TE
• Adopt cutting-edge data science techniques (using in-house coding tools or commercial software) to solve engineering problems (such as product design, manufacturing process, operations, material formulation, etc.)
• Assist in developing high-performance AI/ML infrastructure (local/cloud-based software) to deploy AI hub projects.
• Develop multiple algorithms powered by machine learning to work on experimental and simulation data sets
• Create awareness across TE of the AI modelling capabilities of the Singapore Corporate R&D Center
• Work in a multi-disciplinary environment with specialists in data science, electronics, material science, mechanics, additive manufacturing and other fields
• Work with local and global TE sites, external customers, and vendors to address tactical or strategic needs
• Partner with Singapore research institutes to develop advanced AI techniques and assist with validation and knowledge transfer of outsourced projects

Job Requirements:

Required:

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science Engineering (or related) with 8-12 years (or Bachelor degree with 10-15 years, or PhD degree) plus relevant working/research experience
• Keen interest in R&D involving coding and data
• Deep understanding of back-end development, data science and machine learning;
• Familiar with machine learning algorithms involving multiple data types
• Strong programming skill in Python, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, Bash or similar languages
• Understanding of the following: data processing techniques, high performance computing, cloud computing (like AWS), deployment and maintenance, web services, object-oriented programming (OOP), etc.
• Knowledge of front-end development and database management
• Knowledge of Linux operating system (Ubuntu, CentOS, etc.)
• Experience with version control Gitlab/GitHub or similar platform
• Experience in effective project management strategies and tactics

Preferred:

• Familiarity with TE products, such as connectors, cables, sensors etc.
• Broad knowledge of different materials’ mechanical, electric, thermal properties, including polymers, metals and alloys
• Broad knowledge of manufacturing processes (molding, extrusion, plating, stamping, assembly etc.), material development and product design
• Experience of programming for mechatronics and robotics