Research Engineer (6-month contract or till 31 Dec 2026), SCIS

COMPANY DESCRIPTION Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together - building a strong collegiality and morale within the university. Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities - all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence. RESPONSIBILITIES The candidate will be responsible for conducting research on developing algorithms to safeguard the security of foundation models in real-world application. Successful candidate will be part of an active research team in the School of Computing and Information Systems, Singapore Management University. • To process and handle publicly available sequence/visual datasets. • To develop and design approaches for building trustworthy foundation models. • To perform large-scale empirical evaluation on the designed approaches. • To write research reports and papers on the obtained models and results. • To work with other team members hired for the same project. • Other duties as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelor's/master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Information Systems or closely related disciplines from a reputable institution of higher learning. • Past research experience on training foundation/agentic models and hardening their security preferred. • Proven track record and professional experience in large language models (LLMs) and multimodal LLMs. • Demonstrated experience and know-how on machine learning and foundation models. • Excellent working knowledge of trustworthy foundation models. • Ability to break down complex problems and design effective solutions. • Innovating new approaches and thinking outside the box. • Excellent publication track records. Publications at top-tier AI/ML venues will be advantageous. • Self-motivated individual who can work independently and collaboratively with team members. OTHER INFORMATION #LI-JN2 Please note that your application will be sent to and reviewed by the direct employer - Singapore Management University