Postdoctoral Fellow (Level A or B) – Defence Trailblazer x2 at University of New South Wales

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

25 May, 25

Salary

0.0

Posted On

03 May, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Communication Skills, Liaison, Research, Leadership, Government, Natural Language Processing, Question Answering, Safety Training, Developments

Industry

Information Technology/IT

Description

Job no: 532117
Work type: Full Time
Location: Sydney, NSW

Categories: Post Doctoral Research Associate

Develop and enhance Natural Language Processing systems to support AI-driven products and services.
Work with Large Language Models (LLMs), including fine-tuning and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) approaches, to optimise performance
Design and implement robust evaluation frameworks
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Level A or B appointment - $88,290 - $145,730 (min. 110,059 with PhD) + 17% superannuation
Full-time, fixed term contracts to May 2027

LEVEL B – ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Two years of post-PhD experience.
Build effective networks with colleagues.
Generate alternative funding and/or industry projects through liaison with external local and international researchers, industry, and government.

Responsibilities

The Defence Trailblazer for Concept to Sovereign Capability is a $250 million enterprise powered by UNSW and UoA, with funding from the Australian Government through the Trailblazer Universities Program, as well as university and industry partners. Our mission is to accelerate the commercialisation of research for the Australian Defence Force (ADF), develop education training pathways, fast-track entrepreneurs’ ideas to commercialisation, and enhance collaboration between industry, government, and academia.
The School of Computer Science and Engineering is one of the largest and most prestigious schools of computing in Australia. It offers undergraduate programmes in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and Bioinformatics, as well as a number of combined degrees with other disciplines. Our research and teaching staff are world leading and world building as they advance knowledge and learning. For more information on our school go to the following link - https://www.unsw.edu.au/engineering/our-schools/computer-science-and-engineering
Reporting to Dr. Aditya Joshi, School of Computer Science and Engineering, the Postdoctoral Fellows (Level A/Level B) are expected to carry out independent and/or team research within the field in which they are appointed and to carry out activities to develop their research expertise relevant to their particular field of research. This position is funded by the ASIC Defence Trailblazer Grant.