Job Title: Research Engineer (Detecting airborne pollutants using LCS)
University-Level Unit: NUS Environmental Research Institute
Faculty/Department-Level Unit: Research
Employee Category: Research Staff
Location_ONB: Kent Ridge Campus
Posting Start Date: 27/03/2026
Job Description
The job holder is to work with PI and the research team on the following:
- Assembling, operating, trouble shooting, calibrating and maintaining low-cost sensors detecting airborne pollutants.
- Analyzing low-cost sensor data against reference instrument with meaningful results
- Joining and supporting field studies
- Devising, configuring and optimizing wireless communication among various gadgets with spatial and temporal data
Qualifications
- Basic knowledge of embedded systems and microcontrollers (e.g. Arduino, ESP32, Raspberry Pi)
- Familiarity with firmware/software development in C/C++ or Python
- Basic understanding of electronic circuits and sensor interfacing (I2C, UART, SPI)
- Comfortable with hands-on hardware assembly and troubleshooting
