Principal Robotics AI Engineer (Loco-Manipulation & Whole-Body Control), 2 Years Contract

ST Engineering • seletar, north east community development council, Singapore • Posted June 18, 2026

Location seletar, north east community development council

Job Type Full-time

Category Defense and Space Manufacturing

Posted June 18, 2026

Principal Robotics AI Engineer (Loco-Manipulation & Whole-Body Control), 2 Years Contract  

Job Overview  
AI.DA STC (Strategic Technology Centre)'s NEAR (Next-gen Edge AI & Robotics) Lab is building a deep ground robotics research capability. We're looking for a Principal Engineer to anchor our loco-manipulation and whole-body control work. This involves making legged platforms reliable for contact-rich manipulation and cooperative tasks in unstructured environments. 
This is an engineering-first role with active research participation. The primary measure of impact is shipping working systems on real hardware. Publications happen alongside that work, co-authored with academic collaborators and lab engineers when the technical contribution warrants it. You'll join a small ground robotics team, partner with our embodied AI lead, and work alongside academic collaborators, startups and robotics vendors in Singapore and abr...
            

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