Title: Principal Robotics AI Engineer (Loco-Manipulation & Whole-Body Control) Job ID: 21995 Location: Aero - 600 West Camp Road, SG Description Principal Robotics AI Engineer (Loco-Manipulation & Whole-Body Control) Job Overview AI.DA STC (Strategic Technology Centre)'s NEAR (Next-gen Edge AI & Robotics) Lab is building a deep ground robotics research capability. We're looking for a Principal Engineer to anchor our loco-manipulation and whole-body control work. This involves making legged platforms reliable for contact-rich manipulation and cooperative tasks in unstructured environments. This is an engineering-first role with active research participation. The primary measure of impact is shipping working systems on real hardware. Publications happen alongside that work, co-authored with academic collaborators and lab engineers when the technical contribution warrants it. You'll join a small ground robotics team, partner with our embodied AI lead, and work alongside academic collabora...