Research Associate in 6g Communications Networks

**About the SnT...** SnT** is a leading **international research and innovation centre** in secure, reliable and trustworthy ICT systems and services. We play an instrumental role in Luxembourg by fueling innovation through research partnerships with industry, boosting R&D investments leading to economic growth, and attracting highly qualified talent.

We’re looking for people driven by excellence, excited about innovation, and looking to make a difference. If this sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place

**Your Role...**
- Robust and scalable AI-based resource allocation and management for 6G, including risk-aware, physics/rule-based AI
- Task/Goal-oriented and Semantic based communications design for 6G
- Novel PHY layer design and optimization for 6G: Reflective intelligent surface, mmWave, Terahertz, joint communications and sensing
- Quantum communications and computation in 6G
- Autonomous network management and control for 6G multilayer ground-air-space networks
- 6G use cases: metaverse, digital twins, tactile internet

The position holder will be required to perform the following tasks:

- Define emerging research topics in 6G networks
- Carry out research in the defined areas
- Disseminate results through scientific publications in the top-tier venues
- Coordinating research projects and preparing project deliverables
- Preparing new research proposals to attract industrial, national and European projects
- Providing assistance in the supervision of PhD students

**Experience**:

- Should have published at least 3 journal papers in top 10% international journals of the field
- Proven track-record on one or some of the following areas: wireless communications technologies, signal processing for communications, ML/AI for communications, UAVs, MTC/IoT, Terahertz communications, and Quantum communications
- Strong programming skills in MATLAB, Python, R or C++
- Highly committed, excellent team-worker, and strong critical thinking skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.

**Here’s what awaits you at SnT...**
- **Exciting infrastructures and unique labs.** At SnT’s two campuses, our researchers can take a walk on the moon at the LunaLab, build a nanosatellite, or help make autonomous vehicles even better
- **The right place for IMPACT. **SnT researchers engage in demand-driven projects. Through our Partnership Programme, we work on projects with more than 55 industry partners
- **Be** part of a multicultural family**. At SnT we have more than 60 nationalities. Throughout the year, we organise team-building events, networking activities and more

Find out more about us

**In Short...**
- Contract Type: Contrat à durée déterminée 36 Mois
- Work Hours: Full Time 40.0 Heures par Semaine
- Location: Kirchberg
- Internal Title: Postdoctoral researcher
- Job Reference: UOL05623

The yearly gross salary for every Postdoctoral Researcher at the UL is EUR 79095 full time

**How to apply...**
Applications should include:

- Full Curriculum Vitae including your contact address, work experience, publications
- A research statement (max. 1 page)
- Contact information for 3 referees

All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

The University of Luxembourg embraces inclusion and diversity as key values. We are fully committed to removing any discriminatory barrier related to gender, and not only, in recruitment and career progression of our staff.

**About the University of Luxembourg...** University of Luxembourg** is an **international research** university with a distinctly **multilingual** and **interdisciplinary** character. The University was founded in 2003 and counts more than 6,700 students and more than 2,000 employees from around the world. The University’s faculties and interdisciplinary centres focus on research in the areas of Computer Science and ICT Security, Materials Science, European and International Law, Finance and Financial Innovation, Education, Contemporary and Digital History. In addition, the University focuses on cross-disciplinary research in the areas of Data Modelling and Simulation as well as Health and System Biomedicine. Times Higher Education ranks the University of Luxembourg #3 worldwide for its “international outlook,” #20 in the Young University Ranking 2021 and among the top 250 universities worldwide.

**Further information**

Job Reference: UOL05623