Research Engineer II (Coordination & API)

About the role

The Air Traffic Management Research Institute (ATMRI), jointly established by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU), is looking for a Research Engineer II (Coordination & API). The role carries out research in air traffic management, focusing on simulation environments and controller enhancement tools that support human-in-the-loop experiments and proof of concepts up to Technology Readiness Level 4.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement the Coordination Server for synchronizing flight data, handovers and sector updates.
• Develop and expose RESTful and WebSocket APIs for GUI and pseudo-role clients.
• Create stateful coordination flows, including conflict resolution logs, handover events and timeout handling.
• Work with the Simulation Engineer to ingest data from discrete event simulation software for ATM via TCP/IP socket or API.
• Build lightweight in-memory coordination middleware (e.g. Redis, MQTT optional).
• Build mock data generators and unit tests for isolated component validation.

Required profile

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field with at least 7 years of experience.
• Strong Python (FastAPI, Flask) or equivalent backend experience.
• Deep experience with WebSocket and real-time API development.
• Experience with Pub/Sub architectures and inter-process communication.
• Familiarity with simulation or spatial systems (aviation or robotics a plus).
• Comfortable working with minimal external dependencies in a lab/prototype setting.

Required skills

• Python (FastAPI, Flask)
• WebSocket and real-time APIs
• Redis, MQTT or Flask-SocketIO (advantageous)

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.