Research Associate, Intelligent Optical Networks

University of Bristol; West of England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Bristol seeks a Research Associate or Senior Research Associate for HASC Phase 2 to advance programmable optical networks and intelligent automation. You will prototype systems, work with academic and industrial partners, and contribute to fast recovery from failures using hollow-core fibre technologies.

You will publish results, participate in collaborative projects, and, at senior level, lead initiatives and mentor junior researchers within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent research experience in optical communications, networking or related field.
• Experience with optical network architectures and control/orchestration; strong programming ability.
• Track record of research publications and collaborative work.

Responsibilities

• Develop architectures for metro, access and data centre connectivity.
• Create automation, orchestration and resource-control algorithms.
• Investigate fault detection, reconfiguration and recovery for resilient networks.
• Prototype and validate hardware or software solutions via lab/testbed experiments (JOINER).
• Publish findings and contribute to collaborations, proposals, standards and patents.
• Senior level: lead initiatives, mentor early career researchers and coordinate activities.

Skills

Optical communications

Programming skills

Automation & orchestration

Research publications

Education

PhD in optical communications or related field

Tools

JOINER

Job description

University of Bristol seeks a Research Associate or Senior Research Associate for HASC Phase 2 to advance programmable optical networks and intelligent automation. You will prototype systems, work with academic and industrial partners, and contribute to fast recovery from failures using hollow-core fibre technologies.

You will publish results, participate in collaborative projects, and, at senior level, lead initiatives and mentor junior researchers within a multidisciplinary team.