Research Engineer I – Frontend Development for Digital Twin Platform

About the role

Join Nanyang Technological University’s College of Computing and Data Science as a Research Engineer I, focusing on designing and developing intuitive frontend interfaces for a Digital Twin platform that visualises complex system data in real time.

Key responsibilities

• Design and develop user‑friendly frontend interfaces for the Digital Twin platform, enabling real‑time visualisation of battery systems, energy flows and simulations.
• Build and optimise interactive data‑visualisation components such as dashboards, charts and 3D views using modern frameworks like React and WebGL.
• Collaborate with backend engineers and domain experts to integrate APIs, simulation outputs and real‑time data streams into seamless user experiences.
• Enhance system usability and performance by implementing scalable frontend architectures, debugging issues and continuously improving latency, reliability and interaction workflows.

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 with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated capability to conduct innovative research and formulate hypotheses with effective experimental plans.
• Ability to initiate collaborative research in multidisciplinary teams and report project progress.

Required skills

• React
• WebGL