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.