29 Research Leadership Positions jobs in the United Arab Emirates

Responsibilities

• Lidar and Sensor Data Processing: Develop real-time algorithms for processing Lidar, laser, and point cloud data to detect, classify, and track objects.
• Deep Learning for 3D Perception: Design and optimize deep learning models (e.g., 3D YOLO, Point Net) for object detection and segmentation using point cloud data.
• Sensor Fusion and Computer Vision: Integrate data from Lidar, camera, and other sensors for enhanced perception and environment understanding.

• System Optimization: Implement algorithms optimized for real-time and edge deployment, focusing on performance, inference speed, and accuracy.
• Collaboration & Testing: Work with cross-disciplinary teams to integrate perception systems and rigorously test in real-world environments using SLAM and performance metrics like maps.

• Bachelor Degree in Electronics / Engineering
• +8-10 Years of work experience in Lidar

Will be responsible for research and development in the areas of truck design for the manufacture of future generations of trucks. The position will involve applying and extending the latest understanding of mobility technology to meet the challenges of the fast development of the truck market.

• Lead new designs and materials with the Design Team.
• Application and development of material and process analysis and monitoring metrology.
• Identification and deployment of advanced technologies and designs for truck components.
• Manage the new designs and material requirements, analyzing test data obtained from these prototypes and providing feedback and design learning to the team.
• Application and development of test strategies and methods.

Responsibilities

• Lidar and Sensor Data Processing: Develop real-time algorithms for processing Lidar, laser, and point cloud data to detect, classify, and track objects.
• Deep Learning for 3D Perception: Design and optimize deep learning models (e.g., 3D YOLO, Point Net) for object detection and segmentation using point cloud data.
• Sensor Fusion and Computer Vision: Integrate data from Lidar, camera, and other sensors for enhanced perception and environment understanding.

• System Optimization: Implement algorithms optimized for real-time and edge deployment, focusing on performance, inference speed, and accuracy.
• Collaboration & Testing: Work with cross-disciplinary teams to integrate perception systems and rigorously test in real-world environments using SLAM and performance metrics like maps.

• Bachelor Degree in Electronics / Engineering
• +8-10 Years of work experience in Lidar

The Business Growth Research & Development (R&D) Manager is responsible for driving innovation, identifying new business opportunities, and enhancing the organization's competitive edge through research and strategic development. This role involves market analysis, trend forecasting, product/service development, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to implement growth initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a strong blend of analytical skills, business acumen, and innovative thinking to support long-term sustainability and expansion.

• Business Growth Strategy & Market Research:
  Conduct in-depth market research to identify new business opportunities, trends, and competitive landscapes.
  Analyze customer needs, industry developments, and emerging technologies to inform growth strategies.
  Develop business models, feasibility studies, and strategic roadmaps for expansion.
• Research & Development (R&D):
  Lead R&D initiatives to enhance existing products/services or develop new ones.
  Collaborate with product development, sales, and marketing teams to align R&D efforts with business objectives.
  Evaluate new technologies, partnerships, and investment opportunities to drive innovation.
• New Business Development & Partnerships:
  Identify and develop strategic alliances, partnerships, and collaborations.
  Support mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures that align with the company's growth vision.
  Negotiate contracts and agreements to secure business expansion opportunities.
• Data Analysis & Performance Measurement:
  Utilize data analytics and market intelligence to measure the effectiveness of growth initiatives.
  Develop KPIs and performance metrics to track progress and optimize strategies.
  Present insights and recommendations to senior management for informed decision-making.
• Process Improvement & Innovation Management:
  Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the organization.
  Implement R&D best practices to improve operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
  Drive digital transformation and automation strategies where applicable.

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: Proven experience in business growth, R&D, market research, or corporate strategy.
• Technical Skills:
  Proficiency in data analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Google Analytics).
  Familiarity with R&D methodologies and business model innovation.
• Soft Skills:
  Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking abilities.
  Excellent communication, negotiation, and leadership skills.
  Ability to work cross-functionally and drive collaboration between teams.
• Industry Knowledge: Understanding of industry-specific market trends, regulatory landscapes, and competitive forces.

Posted Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM

About Us

GRIFFCO Foods results from the strategic partnership between two companies Griffith foods and IFFCO that are purely driven by purpose and over 100 years of a solid family-based culture. It combines Griffith Food’s global reach, innovation expertise and core capabilities with IFFCO’s deep-rooted heritage and outstanding infrastructure in the region.

GRIFFCO Foods is the only food service partner that provides you with expert, sustainable food solutions with extreme agility for businesses that desire insight oriented, culinary inspired innovation across the GCC, the Levant region, Egypt and Pakistan because they need the support of a global agile product development partner to keep them future ready in an era of fast changing trends and preferences.

Our Purpose At GRIFFCO Foods our purpose defines who we are, what we do, and why we exist, highlighting what makes us distinct and authentic in the marketplace. GRIFFCO Foods exists to collaboratively create best-in-class sustainable products and solutions that are globally local, harnessing centuries of product development expertise with the speed, agility, and precision required to deliver future-ready innovation

Join Our Family When you join GRIFFCO Foods, you are not only joining our family, you are joining a community of change-makers. At GRIFFCO Foods, you are encouraged and empowered to make meaningful contributions and discover innovative solutions.

GRIFFCO Foods does not discriminate against qualified employees or applicant because of the following actual or perceived characteristic: race, colour, religion, gender identity, age national origin, physical and mental disability. Equal opportunity will be extended to all persons in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including recruitment, hiring, participation in benefits programs, trainings, promotion, transfer, layoff, recall and termination.

Major Duties &Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development of the product pipeline with current and future customers, understanding their needs and challenges creating solutions that drive mutual value.
• Grow and transform the product portfolio meeting nutrition and sustainability criteria
• ‘Hands on’ development of products with customers.
• Build a fully engaged local R&D team with standalone, fit for Purpose Food science and R&D capabilities incl but not exclusive to raw materials, culinary center and pilot scale assets.
• Unlock value through our existing regional and global portfolio of products (lifting and launching.)
• Support the end to end creation of value streams in the key markets
• Build and leverage a strong network of partners across the specified region and globe, utilizing Griffith Foods internal networks, existing external partners and creating new ones in an ecosystem approach.
• Understand the regulatory constraints and engage with internal and external partners to manage compliance.
• Support the set-up of manufacturing and co-manufacturing in the selected countries

Problem Solving/Decision Making:

• Working in a highly ambiguous environment, creative problem solver, capable of navigating complex challenges.
• Works with independence, exercising ingenuity and judgement in the approach to and accomplishment of tasks.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Minimum Degree in Food Science/Technology, Chemistry or similar.
• Proven management and leadership experience at senior level.
• Language: English is a must
• Experience in technical development of savoury products, including protein and snacks.
• Experience of working in country and internationally.
• Current awareness of local and global flavour trends, culinary trends, and new technology in food applications;
• People Leadership and team development, remote Line management would be a benefit.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills
• A creative problem solver across the value chain (from raw materials to customer scale up)
• End to end product leadership, from culinary through to scale up (manufacture).
• High level learning agility
• Drive for results
• Dealing with ambiguity.
• Business acumen
• Ideally with B to B or food service experience.
• Priority setting
• Project management
• Benchtop development, with an eagerness and proven ability to be hands on.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Griffith Foods believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity. Griffith Foods does not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of the following actual or perceived characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding or related medical condition, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, genetic characteristic or information, AIDS or HIV status, order of protection status, marital status, military or veteran status, unfavorable discharge from military service, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity will be extended to all persons in all aspect of the employer-employee relationship, including recruitment, hiring, participation in benefit programs, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, layoff, recall, and termination.

In carrying out our commitment to equal employment opportunity, Griffith Foods will make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship, safety, and/or health risk. Applicants and employees requiring reasonable accommodations must notify Human Resources.

Posted Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM

About Us

GRIFFCO Foods results from the strategic partnership between two companies Griffith foods and IFFCO that are purely driven by purpose and over 100 years of a solid family-based culture. It combines Griffith Food’s global reach, innovation expertise and core capabilities with IFFCO’s deep-rooted heritage and outstanding infrastructure in the region.

GRIFFCO Foods is the only food service partner that provides you with expert, sustainable food solutions with extreme agility for businesses that desire insight oriented, culinary inspired innovation across the GCC, the Levant region, Egypt and Pakistan because they need the support of a global agile product development partner to keep them future ready in an era of fast changing trends and preferences.

Our Purpose
At GRIFFCO Foods our purpose defines who we are, what we do, and why we exist, highlighting what makes us distinct and authentic in the marketplace. GRIFFCO Foods exists to collaboratively create best-in-class sustainable products and solutions that are globally local, harnessing centuries of product development expertise with the speed, agility, and precision required to deliver future-ready innovation

Join Our Family
When you join GRIFFCO Foods, you are not only joining our family, you are joining a community of change-makers. At GRIFFCO Foods, you are encouraged and empowered to make meaningful contributions and discover innovative solutions.

GRIFFCO Foods does not discriminate against qualified employees or applicant because of the following actual or perceived characteristic: race, colour, religion, gender identity, age national origin, physical and mental disability. Equal opportunity will be extended to all persons in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including recruitment, hiring, participation in benefits programs, trainings, promotion, transfer, layoff, recall and termination.

Major Duties &Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development of the product pipeline with current and future customers, understanding their needs and challenges creating solutions that drive mutual value.
• Grow and transform the product portfolio meeting nutrition and sustainability criteria
• ‘Hands on’ development of products with customers.
• Build a fully engaged local R&D team with standalone, fit for Purpose Food science and R&D capabilities incl but not exclusive to raw materials, culinary center and pilot scale assets.
• Unlock value through our existing regional and global portfolio of products (lifting and launching.)
• Support the end to end creation of value streams in the key markets
• Build and leverage a strong network of partners across the specified region and globe, utilizing Griffith Foods internal networks, existing external partners and creating new ones in an ecosystem approach.
• Understand the regulatory constraints and engage with internal and external partners to manage compliance.
• Support the set-up of manufacturing and co-manufacturing in the selected countries

Problem Solving/Decision Making:

• Working in a highly ambiguous environment, creative problem solver, capable of navigating complex challenges.
• Works with independence, exercising ingenuity and judgement in the approach to and accomplishment of tasks.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Minimum Degree in Food Science/Technology, Chemistry or similar.
• Proven management and leadership experience at senior level.
• Language: English is a must
• Experience in technical development of savoury products, including protein and snacks.
• Experience of working in country and internationally.
• Current awareness of local and global flavour trends, culinary trends, and new technology in food applications;
• People Leadership and team development, remote Line management would be a benefit.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills
• A creative problem solver across the value chain (from raw materials to customer scale up)
• End to end product leadership, from culinary through to scale up (manufacture).
• High level learning agility
• Drive for results
• Dealing with ambiguity.
• Business acumen
• Ideally with B to B or food service experience.
• Priority setting
• Project management
• Benchtop development, with an eagerness and proven ability to be hands on.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Griffith Foods believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity. Griffith Foods does not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of the following actual or perceived characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding or related medical condition, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, genetic characteristic or information, AIDS or HIV status, order of protection status, marital status, military or veteran status, unfavorable discharge from military service, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity will be extended to all persons in all aspect of the employer-employee relationship, including recruitment, hiring, participation in benefit programs, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, layoff, recall, and termination.

In carrying out our commitment to equal employment opportunity, Griffith Foods will make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship, safety, and/or health risk. Applicants and employees requiring reasonable accommodations must notify Human Resources.

Director of Research Development (with MPC Wallet / Blockchain Experience)

Position : R&D Director

Location : Dubai, UAE / Open for relocation

Language Required : Bilingual Chinese and English

Experience Required : FinTech or Blockchain security experience, MPC wallet experience highly desirable

Job Summary

Responsible for research and development security management of MPC (Multi-Party Computation) products, including designing and developing security architecture, strategies, and standards, as well as identifying and preventing security risks, and participating in system design and core coding.

Job Responsibilities

• MPC wallet architecture design and implementation, responsible for core coding
• Development security management and SOP system process construction
• Promotion of technical security solutions, research on competing products and technologies
• Managing infrastructure : server storage and network resources configuration, ensuring effective isolation of production and testing environments
• Data management : optimizing database performance, data backup, log management, big data analysis, and forming user profiles and business models
• Security management : analyzing security incidents and vulnerabilities, recovery, and strengthening security defenses and incident handling capabilities

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in computer science, mathematics, cryptography, or network security, with over 5 years of internet security programming experience
• Familiar with network security, vulnerabilities, penetration testing, intrusion detection, security reinforcement, firewalls, IDS, IPS, vulnerability scanning
• Proficient in Go; familiar with RUST, C++
• Knowledge of network programming, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB
• Good English reading and writing skills

Bonus Points

• FinTech or Blockchain security experience, MPC wallet experience
• Knowledge of cryptography, MPC protocols, TEE, and OSS frameworks
• Published security articles
• Open source security software development or security product development experience in internet firms
• Seniority level : Director
• Employment type : Full-time
• Job function : Research, Analyst, and IT
• Industry : Software Development

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Position: R&D Director

Location: Dubai, UAE / Open for relocation

Language Required: Bilingual Chinese and English

Experience Required: FinTech or Blockchain security experience, MPC wallet experience highly desirable

Responsible for research and development security management of MPC (Multi-Party Computation) products, including designing and developing security architecture, strategies, and standards, as well as identifying and preventing security risks, and participating in system design and core coding.

• MPC wallet architecture design and implementation, responsible for core coding
• Development security management and SOP system process construction
• Promotion of technical security solutions, research on competing products and technologies
• Managing infrastructure: server storage and network resources configuration, ensuring effective isolation of production and testing environments
• Data management: optimizing database performance, data backup, log management, big data analysis, and forming user profiles and business models
• Security management: analyzing security incidents and vulnerabilities, recovery, and strengthening security defenses and incident handling capabilities

• Bachelor's degree or above in computer science, mathematics, cryptography, or network security, with over 5 years of internet security programming experience
• Familiar with network security, vulnerabilities, penetration testing, intrusion detection, security reinforcement, firewalls, IDS, IPS, vulnerability scanning
• Proficient in Go; familiar with RUST, C++
• Knowledge of network programming, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB
• Good English reading and writing skills

• FinTech or Blockchain security experience, MPC wallet experience
• Knowledge of cryptography, MPC protocols, TEE, and OSS frameworks
• Published security articles
• Open source security software development or security product development experience in internet firms

• Seniority level: Director
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Research, Analyst, and IT
• Industry: Software Development

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Multi Trade Group is seeking a highly motivated and experienced R&D and Quality Control Specialist to drive innovation and ensure the highest quality standards for our color, black, and white masterbatches, as well as various additives. This role will be responsible for leading research and development projects, implementing and overseeing quality control procedures, and developing new products to meet evolving market demands and customer specifications. The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical background in polymer science, color chemistry, and material science, coupled with a proven track record in both laboratory and manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities:

• ●Research and Development (R&D):

• Conceive, design, and execute R&D projects focused on developing new color
• formulations, black and white masterbatches with enhanced properties, and
• innovative additive solutions.
• Conduct thorough literature reviews and stay abreast of the latest advancements
• in pigments, dyes, polymers, and additive technologies.
• Experiment with various raw materials, processing techniques, and formulations
• to achieve desired performance characteristics, color accuracy, and
• cost-effectiveness.
• Optimize existing masterbatch and additive formulations for improved
• performance, processability, and sustainability.
• Lead and participate in scale-up trials of new products from laboratory to pilot
• and full-scale production.
• Prepare detailed technical reports, presentations, and documentation of research
• findings and development processes.
• Collaborate with sales and marketing teams to understand customer needs and
• market trends, translating them into actionable R&D projects.

• ●Quality Control (QC):

• Establish and maintain comprehensive quality control procedures and standards
• for raw materials, in-process samples, and finished masterbatch and additive
• products.
• Develop and implement standardized testing protocols for color matching,
• dispersion, physical properties (e.g., melt flow index, tensile strength, impact
• resistance), and other relevant parameters.
• Oversee the operation and maintenance of laboratory equipment used for QC
• testing and R&D activities.
• Analyze test data, identify deviations from specifications, and implement
• corrective and preventive actions.
• Maintain accurate and detailed quality control records and generate QC reports.
• Participate in internal and external audits related to quality management systems.
• Train production personnel on quality control procedures and best practices.

● New Product Development:

• Identify and evaluate new raw materials, technologies, and processes for
• potential application in masterbatch and additive development.
• Lead the development and commercialization of new color palettes, special effect
• masterbatches, and functional additives based on market needs and
• technological advancements.
• Work closely with suppliers to evaluate new materials and ensure their quality
• and suitability.
• Develop product specifications, technical data sheets, and application guidelines
• for new products.
• Provide technical support to customers on product selection, application, and
• troubleshooting.