Researcher in Advanced Materials

Description:

Funditec Research – Digital is Funditec’s unit specializing in applied cybersecurity. It is seeking to hire a candidate to coordinate the research line focused on the convergence of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, developing innovative solutions for strategic sectors: connected industry, critical infrastructure, digital health, defense, media, renewable energy, smart transportation, financial services, and digital public administration.

Main Responsibilities:

Scientific and technical leadership and management of multidisciplinary teams on high-impact R&D&I projects.
Conceptualization and design of security architectures for distributed systems, edge/fog computing, and federated data platforms.
Technical coordination within European consortia (Horizon Europe, Digital Europe, EDF) and preparation of proposals for national (AEI, CDTI) and international organizations.
Institutional representation on technical committees and standardization bodies (ETSI, IEEE, ISO).
Development of TRL 2–5 research solutions and technology transfer through publications, demonstrators, and collaboration agreements.

Education and Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
Master’s degree in Cybersecurity and/or AI Applied to Cybersecurity. A Ph.D. in related fields will be highly valued.
Security architectures for distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native environments.
AI security: adversarial robustness, privacy-preserving ML, federated learning, explainable AI.
Emerging technologies: applied quantum computing, blockchain, zero-trust architectures.
Platforms: Kubernetes, Istio, Apache Kafka, TensorFlow Extended, MLOps pipelines.
Certified C1/C2 level English proficiency.
Availability to travel to meetings with European partners and scientific events.

Experience:

At least 5 years of research experience in applied cybersecurity and intelligent systems.
At least 2 years in technical leadership roles.
Demonstrable participation in competitive national/European projects as a principal investigator or technical coordinator.

Conditions:

Permanent contract · Full-time · Remote work
Flexible work hours · Flexible compensation
23 working days of vacation + days off per collective bargaining agreement