Senior Research Officer on Future Vehicular Communications

The University of Essex is one of the top research-intensive universities in the UK. The School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE) is top-rated and has a long-standing tradition of research into Communications and Networks. It was one of the first UK universities to actively research into these areas, back in the Department of Electronic System Engineering (ESE). In the recent Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF’2021), CSEE ranks the 6th in the UK for our research power and the 9th for our research impact (by Grade Point Average).

You will be appointed as a Senior Research Officer at Essex with a fixed term until 15 August 2026 and will work with the PI Dr Zilong Liu (email: zilong.liu@essex.ac.uk) for successful delivery of his EPSRC project “New Signal Design and Processing for Future Vehicular Communications (DRIVE)”. As the driving force of this project, you will develop novel radio signals (including multicarrier waveforms and code-domain non-orthogonal multiple access schemes) and their efficient processing algorithms to support future high-mobility communication and integrated communications and sensing (ISAC) systems. You are expected to publish/present the research outputs in top-rated IEEE journals and flagship conferences and file patents to protect our research outputs. You are also expected to actively engage with the research community and industrial partners for maximizing the project impact.

You should have a solid PhD degree (or be close to completion) as well as rich experience in the design, analysis, and evaluation of physical layer wireless systems. You must have a profound understanding and proven track record (demonstrated through quality IEEE Transactions publications) on the analysis, detection and evaluation of multicarrier waveforms and/or code-domain multiple access schemes. Experience in the following research topics are expected: OFDM, AFDM, OTFS, ISAC, Code-Domain NOMA (e.g., SCMA), and RSMA. Additionally, quality publications in top-rated IEEE journals (e.g., TIT, TSP, TWC, TCOM, and TVT) is a great advantage. This is a research-focused position and no teaching duties are required.

A full list of duties and responsibilities can be found within the job pack.

This post is fixed-term until 15 August 2026 due to a temporary funding source.

Please note, the successful candidate will be appointed to the post of Senior Research Officer.

As part of the process and to be successful you will be required to demonstrate how you your research has been impactful within and beyond the academic sphere, the importance of this and the effect it will have on the University.

The University of Essex is a campus-based University and all academic appointments are made with the expectation that you will be present on campus to fulfil the requirements of your position. At the time of a job offer, the possibility of hybrid working, will be discussed and considered on an individual basis, but you will be required to be based within the UK.

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