Research Associate in Communications and Signal Processing
Imperial College London Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
United Kingdom

Applications are invited for a Research Associate position in the EEE Department, Imperial College London. This post is to recruit a post-doctoral research associate for ‘Intelligent Transmission and Processing Lab (ITP Lab)’ directed by Professor Geoffrey Ye Li, which focus on exploiting machine learning for signal processing and wireless communications. The research topics to be carried out are very flexible, varying from intelligent...

Job listing information

• Reference ENG01475
• Date posted 26 November 2020
• Closing date 4 January 2021

Key information about the role

• Location South Kensington Campus (map)
• Position type Full time, fixed term
• Salary £40,215 – £47,579 plus benefits
• Department Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Category Researcher / Non Clinical Researcher

Job description

Job summary

Applications are invited for a Research Associate position in the EEE Department, Imperial College London. This post is to recruit a post-doctoral research associate for ‘Intelligent Transmission and Processing Lab (ITP Lab)’ directed by Professor Geoffrey Ye Li, which focus on exploiting machine learning for signal processing and wireless communications. The research topics to be carried out are very flexible, varying from intelligent signal processing in physical layer communications, such as massive MIMO, coding, signal detection and channel estimation, end-to-end communications, intelligent resource allocation, to federated learning and its applications in wireless communications.

Duties and responsibilities

Duties and responsibility include:

• To take initiatives in the planning of research
• To direct the work of small research teams
• To ensure the validity and reliability of data at all times
• To maintain accurate and complete records of all findings
• To write reports for submission to research sponsors
• To present findings to colleagues and at conferences
• To submit publications to refereed journals
• To provide guidance to staff and students

Essential requirements

Essential requirements include:

• Hold a PhD (or equivalent) in the general area of (a) Machine Learning, (b) Statistical Signal Processing, (c) Wireless Communications, (d) Applied Mathematics, or a closely related discipline or equivalent research or industrial experience

• Practical experience within a research environment and / or publication in relevant and refereed journals

• Practical experience in a broad range of techniques, including:
  • Optimisation and signal processing systems.
  • Wireless systems
  • Simulation programming

• Knowledge in the general areas of Aplied Math, Wireless Communications, Machine Learning, Statistical Signal Processing.
  Willingness to explore new ideas from other fields is a must.

Further information

*Candidates who have not yet been awarded their PhD will initially be appointed at the Research Assistant level within the salary range £35,477 - £38,566 per annum.

For a full list of essential requirements please refer to the job description

Prospective candidates may contact Prof Geoffrey Ye Li geoffrey.li@imperial.ac.uk  for further details.

Any queries regarding the application process should be directed to Vanessa Rodriguez- Gonzalez v.rodriguez-gonzalez@imperial.ac.uk 

For technical issues when applying online please email recruitment@imperial.ac.uk