Research Assistant – Vector Search & AI

About the role

Join Nanyang Technological University’s College of Computing and Data Science as a Research Assistant focused on cutting‑edge vector search technologies. You will work alongside faculty and graduate students to advance storage, indexing, and system design for high‑performance AI applications.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct research and development on vector search, covering storage, indexing, and system building.
• Design and implement experimental frameworks, benchmarking pipelines, and prototype systems to evaluate vector search performance across hardware and software platforms.
• Collaborate with project team members to prepare technical reports, documentation, datasets, and research artifacts.
• Support the preparation of research publications, code releases, and grant‑related deliverables.
• Participate in regular team meetings and contribute to problem‑solving, design, and implementation of new research ideas.

Required profile

• Preferably a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics Engineering or equivalent.
• Independent, highly analytical, proactive and a strong team player.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated capability to conduct innovative research and report project progress.

Required skills

• Vector search
• Machine learning
• Algorithms
• Data structures
• Systems engineering