The successful candidate will conduct research and be part of the international research team working on the project “TruBrain: Trustworthy Distributed Brain-inspired Systems: Theoretical Basis and Hardware Implementation”. This project is funding by the EU funding schema CHIST-ERA and comprises a European consortium. This consortium is led by the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT: https://www.qub.ac.uk/ecit/CSIT), Queen’s University Belfast. CSIT is the UK’s Innovation and Knowledge Centre for cyber security, and the UK’s largest cyber security focused university technology research, development and innovation centre. The project is collaborative with EPFL, Lausanne Switzerland, Sorbonne University, Paris and TUBITAK, Türkiye and offers a great opportunity for joint work and international visibility for early career researchers.
About the person:
The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following essential criteria:
To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information.
This post is available until 30 June 2027. Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.
What we offer:
Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more at https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/HumanResources/pay-reward-andbenefits
Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.
For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit www.qub.ac.uk/diversity.
If you are an international applicant and don't already hold a visa that permits you to take up the role you are applying for, please use the information provided on our website to self-assess whether the University is likely to be able to support a visa application - http://go.qub.ac.uk/internationalstaffsupport
Candidate Information