Research Software Engineer

Role Description

Department

The School of Physics, Engineering and Technology brings physicists and engineers together to push the frontiers of knowledge, foster innovation and meet the grand challenges facing society. Our aim is to develop new technologies that work for the public good, in an environment where everyone can thrive.

As a School, equality, diversity, and inclusion are central to our culture and we strive to provide a working environment which allows all staff and students to contribute fully, to flourish, and to excel. We aim to ensure that there is a supportive and egalitarian culture at all levels and offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, campus facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds. The School is proud to hold Juno Champion, and Athena Swan awards.

The School has recently has secured very substantial funding for several wireless communications projects focussing on Open RAN for next generation radio access networks. YO-RAN, a £7.3M collaborative project led by York, has recently started funded by UK Government, Department of Digital, Science Innovation and Technology as part of its Future Open Networks Research Challenge.  Alongside YO-RAN a new, York-led £5.1M project has recently been awarded on O-RAN funded by UK Government. 

Role

The School is looking for a Research Software Engineer to support these projects to work on cell-free physical layer implementations, including potentially xApps and rApps to control cell free behaviour in the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC). In this role you will be involved in an Open RAN research project and you are expected to also contribute to scientific publications and demos. You will be supported by the investigators and the senior members of the team and closely collaborate with our industry partners. This role is available as a 12 month fixed-term appointment. 

Skills, Experience & Qualifications needed

You will have:

• A first degree in Electronic Engineering, Communication Engineering, Computer Science, or other similar disciplines or equivalent experience
• Knowledge in wireless communications and of a range of research techniques and methodologies
• Research expertise in an area that will complement and enhance the department's research strategy and goals
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of current software engineering practices for example version control and testing;
• Proven experience in software development in multiple languages. In particular at least one of Python, Matlab, Java, and/or C++
• Experience with MPI and OpenMP or other parallel programming models, developing software to assist with independent and collaborative projects, and experience of working in a research environment are desirable
• A PhD or equivalent experience in wireless communications, networking, computer science, electronic engineering, or similar disciplines or equivalent experience; background in a computational field (such as Mathematics, Computer Science, or Engineering); and research expertise in the area of wireless communication and networking, 5G and beyond are also desirable 

Interview date: TBC

For informal enquiries: Please contact Dr Kanapathippillai Cumanan (kanapathippillai.cumanan@york.ac.uk or the PET HR team (pet-hr@york.ac.uk).

The University strives to be diverse and inclusive  – a place where we can ALL be ourselves.

We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University. 

We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff. #EqualityatYork