Research Assistant

About the job

As Research Assistant, to play a key role within QUB's strategic Centre for Secure Information Technology (CSIT) and to engage in challenging research projects in hardware-accelerated custom computing with national and international academic and industrial partners. The post will contribute to RIGOLETTO, a major European collaborative initiative developing a next-generation, open RISC-V automotive hardware platform for software-defined vehicles.

About the person

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Have, or be about to obtain, a relevant MSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering/Computer Science (or related discipline).
• Good hardware / FPGA design skills.
• Good understanding of CPU architectures
• Relevant academic or industrial research experience in either:
  • Hardware accelerated custom computing.
  • RISC-V design/prototyping

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information.

Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

What we offer

Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more at https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/HumanResources/pay-reward-and-benefits/

Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit www.qub.ac.uk/diversity.

If you are an international applicant and don't already hold a visa that permits you to take up the role you are applying for, please use the information provided on our website to self-assess whether the University is likely to be able to support a visa application - http://go.qub.ac.uk/internationalstaffsupport

Candidate Information