Postdoc Researcher in Resilient Edge Computing for Critical Infrastructure

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden; Kista; Presencial; SEK 480 000 - 600 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral position within CIRES, a European project advancing resilient edge-cloud architectures for critical infrastructure. You will design protocols, implement mechanisms, and validate them in real environments with industrial partners.

The role offers a strong platform for an internationally visible research career, with opportunities to publish in leading venues, contribute to EU deliverables, and collaborate across

Qualificações

• PhD in CS, EE or a closely related field.
• Strong background in networked and distributed systems.
• Experience in system design and experimental evaluation.
• Proven ability to publish scientific research.
• Strong programming skills (Python, C/C++).
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsabilidades

• Design resilient network protocols and architectures across connectivity conditions.
• Ensure sensors and edge systems maintain communication during disruptions.
• Develop methods for offloading computation and data collection.
• Contribute to robust AI/ML and data analysis for resilient decisions.
• Integrate solutions with partner software and assess in large-scale tests.

Conhecimentos

Distributed systems

System design

Experimentation

Scientific publishing

Programming (Python/C++)

English proficiency

Formação académica

PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Are you passionate about building distributed systems that keep running under attack, failure, and disruption? Do you want to work on research that directly strengthens the resilience of Europe's critical digital infrastructure? If so, we invite you to apply for this postdoctoral position at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden.

The Project

This position is part of CIRES (Critical Infrastructure Resilience through Edge Computing Systems), a European research project funded under the Chips Joint Undertaking. CIRES addresses a fundamental and urgent challenge: how to design distributed digital infrastructures that remain operational, secure, and trustworthy under failures, cyber attacks, degraded connectivity, and large-scale disruptions. Modern critical infrastructure increasingly relies on tightly coupled edge computing, distributed communication networks, and cloud coordination. While these architectures offer autonomy and scalability, they also introduce complex failure modes and new attack surfaces. CIRES develops next-generation resilient edge-cloud architectures with a focus on secure communication, distributed coordination, adaptive service continuity, and rapid recovery under adverse conditions. The project brings together leading European research institutes, universities, and industrial partners, offering an opportunity to address scientifically challenging distributed systems problems while contributing to technologies that safeguard essential societal infrastructure.

About The Role

As a postdoctoral researcher in CIRES, you will develop network and system mechanisms that keep critical infrastructure services running when connectivity and power are degraded or disrupted. The work combines protocol and architecture design with implementation and experimental validation in real environments, together with the project's application partners.

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing resilient network protocols and architectures that work across connectivity conditions, from well-connected, high-capacity networks to intermittently connected, delay-and-disruption-tolerant networks (DTN), and adapt to the conditions at hand
• Applying these mechanisms so that sensors, IoT and other low-power devices, user devices, and edge systems keep sufficient communication services during disruptions to communication and power infrastructure
• Developing methods for offloading computation between end devices, edge, and cloud based on available resources and current and predicted service needs, together with efficient data collection and caching
• Contributing to robust AI/ML and data analysis methods that support resilient decision making when only partial data is available
• Integrating solutions with partners' software and platforms and evaluating them in large-scale tests in real environments
• Publishing results in leading international conferences and journals
• Contributing to EU project deliverables and technical reporting
• Collaborating with industrial and academic partners across Europe

You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and engage with industrial partners to validate solutions in relevant environments.

What We Offer

This position provides a strong platform for building an internationally visible research career. Specifically, you will benefit from:

• The opportunity to publish in leading international venues in distributed systems and networking
• Influence over technical direction within your research area
• Access to realistic deployment environments and industrial validation scenarios
  • Participation in large-scale European research collaboration across industry and academia
  • Exposure to the full research-to-deployment pipeline within critical infrastructure contexts
  • Career development support toward senior roles in academia, research institutes, or industrial R&D

  The position is a full-time, fixed-term appointment for two years, starting as soon as possible, designed to support your career development. You will gain experience in large-scale European collaboration, applied research in critical infrastructure, and direct interaction with industrial stakeholders. Travel is included in the role, primarily within Europe, with an estimated 3-4 international trips per year for consortium meetings, workshops, and conferences.

  Who Are You?

  Requirements:

  • PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field
  • Strong background in networked and distributed systems, for example network protocols, wireless or IoT networking, or edge computing
  • Experience in system design and experimental evaluation
  • Demonstrated ability to publish scientific research
  • Strong programming skills (e.g., Python, C/C++, or equivalent)
  • Excellent written and spoken English

  Meriting:

  • Experience with EU-funded research projects
  • Experience with robust or distributed AI/ML, for example federated learning
  • Experience with delay-and-disruption-tolerant, opportunistic, or mesh networking
  • Familiarity with containerization, virtualization, or distributed deployment environments
  • Experience with computation offloading, caching, or edge resource management
  • Experience with testbeds or real-world deployments, including low-power IoT devices
  • Familiarity with semiconductor or embedded hardware platforms
  • Experience collaborating with industrial partners

  Personal qualities:

  • Strong analytical capability and independent problem-solving
  • Ability to drive research forward with initiative and self-leadership
    • Collaborative mindset in multidisciplinary, international environments
    • Clear and structured communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
    • Curiosity, technical depth, and motivation to work on challenging problems with real-world relevance

    Are we right for each other?

    At RISE, we like different and we are convinced that diversity contributes to an innovative environment where we together challenge boundaries and develop new knowledge for the future. With us, passionate problem solvers meet to solve some of the world's most important, and perhaps fun, problems. We cannot promise you an easy job, but what we can promise you is a bunch of committed colleagues and some really exciting societal and industrial challenges to tackle. You will work in a dynamic environment that gives you development opportunities both professionally and personally. With us, you get the opportunity to make a real difference. Welcome to Sweden's research institute and innovation partner!