About the role
Manager, National Robotics Programme role based on the published job description. Key responsibilities and requirements were extracted directly from the posting for quick review.
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Key Responsibilities
- The National Robotics Programme Office (NRPO) is responsible for catalysing differentiated Robotics and Embodied AI (EAI)
- R&D capabilities at our Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) and Research Institutes (RIs) for the benefit of our economy and society.
- NRPO also works to foster public-private partnerships to ensure robotics and EAI technologies and IPs developed with public funding are relevant for industry and are commercialised into useful products, services and solutions that are adopted in Singapore and around the world.
- A key role of NRPO is to bring together end-users across different industries, robotics, automation and EAI companies, and our IHLs/RIs to identify use cases and technology gaps that public-private partnerships can help to address.
- In so doing, we enhance Singapore's robotics and EAI R&D capabilities and help Singapore-based robotics, automation and EAI companies to innovate and differentiate themselves in the market.
- Another key role of NRPO is to work together with partner agencies to grow our robotics and EAI industry comprising system integrators, robot vendors, software and component suppliers.
Requirements
- Minimum engineering degree in relevant disciplines to robotics and AI (E.g. Mechanical, Electronic, Computer Science) to appreciate and understand the technical information in R&D proposals, with at least 3-5 years of experience in robotics R&D or application development work.
- This role would not have direct robotics development work and applicants who intend to stay and grow in technical roles should be aware of this.
- Able to maintain composure and handle pressure from tight deadlines and dynamic changes in technology developments that can shift positioning in the capability development trajectory, particularly in the Embodied AI domain.
- Strong and proactive ownership on assigned tasks to deliver successful outcomes.
- Good communication and facilitation skills to manage a wide variety of stakeholders from both the academic domains as well as industry and public agencies. Demonstrated ability to convey technical information to non-technical audiences would have an added advantage and may be tested during the interview.