Research Fellow

at  University of Warwick

WMG

Position Type
Fixed Term, Full Time
Duration
FTC until 30th June 2025
Salary
£33,966 - £44,263 per annum
About the Role
For informal enquiries, please contact Carsten Maple at cm@warwick.ac.uk
We continue searching for top-flight talent to join our diverse department by inviting applications for Research Fellow(s) with expertise in secure cyber systems engineering to join our thriving and growing secure cyber systems research group (SCSRG). This role will allow you to work on exciting, innovative projects in the SCSRG and contribute to the next generation of secure and trustworthy systems engineering principles.
About You
We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate to join our vibrant research community and assist in designing and developing fundamental frameworks and models for security and resilience in autonomous and distributed systems. The candidate will explore the latest state-of-the-art security testing and validation techniques, examine and improve the latest methods for modeling cyber effects, and characterise potential sources of threats. The ideal candidate will also work on developing and deploying ML-based systems for threat landscape and attack identification and supplement existing research efforts in SCSRG.
If you are near submission or have recently submitted your PhD but have not yet had it conferred, any offers of employment will be made as Research Assistant at the top of level 5 of the University grade structure. Upon receipt of evidence of the successful award of your PhD, you will be promoted to Research Fellow on the first point of level 6 of the University grade structure.
About the Department
WMG is the largest department at the University of Warwick with over 800 staff, world renowned for providing innovative solutions to industry through its research, development and education programmes. Our industry focussed education portfolio includes nearly 3,000 students studying management, technology and applied engineering subjects, at postgraduate and undergraduate level. We have high expectations for our teaching and our courses are regularly ranked top in the UK and amongst the leading courses in their field in the world.
At WMG we are committed to supporting staff to achieve their potential. We currently hold the Athena SWAN Silver Award and the University of Warwick holds an Institutional Silver Award: a national initiative that recognizes the advancement of gender equality, representation, progression and success for all in academia.
For further information about WMG, please visit our website.
For further information on the WMG centre High Value Manufacturing Catapult, please see our website.
We believe there should be no barriers to continuing education, and we strive to ensure that the future workforce has the skills they need to become the UK’s upcoming engineers and inventors.
Our unique approach to undergraduate education enables full-time students, Higher Apprentices, and full-time employees to gain an engineering degree.
Our teaching staff deliver educational programmes not just at Warwick, but internationally, and the knowledge we can leverage from our research excellence enables our students to reach their highest possible standards.
About the University
Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’*.

You’ll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.

• QS World University Rankings 2024

** Research Excellence Framework 2021
How to Apply

Location
University of Warwick Campus, Coventry
Department