What The Role Is
HTX is Singapore's Science and Technology agency that brings together diverse scientific and engineering capabilities to develop transformative, operationally ready solutions for public safety. As a statutory board under the Ministry of Home Affairs, HTX works at the forefront of science and technology to empower the Home Team with cutting-edge capabilities. Guided by our mission to amplify, augment and accelerate the Home Team's advantage, we are committed to keeping Singapore the safest place on planet Earth.
From data to decisions, from insight to action — we harness data, AI and technology for public safety. By applying data science, AI, and engineering, we build enterprise data and exchange platforms, innovative products, and sensor-driven systems that transform complexity into situational awareness for the Home Team, safeguarding our nation’s future.
What You Will Be Working On
- Define new opportunities for Home Team impact through identifying meaningful insights from exploratory data analysis.
- Design and conduct data science experiments to test hypotheses and validate model results, ensuring rigorous methodology and reproducibility.
- Conduct data pre-processing for feature engineering, build machine learning model pipelines and improve model performance.
- Implement workflows for monitoring model drift and retraining.
- Interacts with product teams to identify questions, opportunities and challenges for product impact.
- Formulate, refine and lead AI initiatives, involving multiple stakeholders with productionisation of models and products in mind.
- Coach and develop the data scientists within the Language AI team.
What We Are Looking For
- Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in STEM disciplines with 2-5 years of experience.
- PhD in STEM disciplines with minimum of 8 years of extensive experience might be considered for more senior positions.
- Applicants with system architecture design and product deployment experience will be considered for more senior positions.
- Strong understanding in Language AI – Spoken, Multilingual, Speech-to-Text / Text-to-Speech / Speech-to-Speech, Speech deep-fake detection.
- Strong understanding in Language AI – Written, Multimodal, Document understanding and retrieval / RAG systems, Edge Computing.
- Strong understanding in Link Analysis, Network/Graph analysis, Predictive modelling
- Good critical thinking, data analysis and problem-solving skills.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Good interpersonal and stakeholder management skills to work under tight timelines.
All new hires are appointed on a two-year contract in the first instance and will be assessed and considered for permanent tenure over time, based on performance.
As part of the shortlisting process for this role, you may be required to complete a medical declaration and/or undergo further assessment.
All applicants will be updated on the status of their applications within 4 weeks upon closing of the advertisement.