Senior Research Fellow (Quantum Migration Security)

FSR@NTU is seeking an experienced Senior Research Fellow to provide technical and operational leadership for Thrust 3 of the QUASAR-CREATE programme. The position will exercise significant technical and coordination responsibility within Thrust 3.

Key Responsibilities:

Coordinate the research and technical direction, priorities, and execution approach of Thrust 3.

Recommend research, engineering, prototyping, and industry-trial priorities.

Coordinate contributions from multidisciplinary and internationally distributed teams.

Make or recommend technical architecture, implementation, testing, and integration decisions.

Evaluate trade-offs involving security, performance, interoperability, cost, operational feasibility, and

deployment risk.

Review the technical quality and readiness of research outputs, prototypes, and trial systems.

Identify delivery risks and recommend adjustments to scope, sequencing, resources, or partner

responsibilities

Guide researchers and engineers without necessarily holding formal line-management responsibility.

Contribute to partner selection, industry engagement, project development, and technology-transfer

decisions.

Be accountable for timely, coherent, and outcome-oriented delivery of assigned Thrust 3 milestones and outputs.

Job Requirements:

PhD in Electrical or Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Applied Cryptography, or a closely related discipline.

A strong record of applied research, engineering leadership, or technology development in cryptography, cybersecurity, or secure systems.

Substantial relevant professional experience, including meaningful experience in an industrial, commercial, government, or applied-research environment.

Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating multidisciplinary technical projects involving multiple teams or organizations.

Strong understanding of public-key cryptography, post-quantum cryptography, cryptographic protocols, key management, and secure-system architecture.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.