Post Doctoral Research Engineer

Job description

Job ID 1005913 Date posted 5/23/2017 Primary Location Bristol, England, United Kingdom Job Category Administration Schedule Full time Shift No shift premium (United Kingdom)

Postdoc/research engineer

Hewlett Packard Labs

Based in Bristol, UK

Hewlett Packard Labs is the corporate research lab for Hewlett Packard

Enterprise. At Hewlett Packard Labs we conduct high-impact research into

the challenges and opportunities facing our customers and society in the

next decade. Our research in Hewlett Packard Labs in Bristol is focused

on security technologies. We are expanding our team working on a major

European research project - called SHIELD - that proposes an innovative

architecture to virtualise network security functions and couple it with

big-data analytic for enabling new threats and attacks detection

algorithms. We are seeking an innovative postdoc or research engineer to

join the team to be responsible for design and development of the

project prototype, as well as research new security mechanisms. This

position, on a 18 months fixed term contract, is an opportunity to gain

experience of advanced development and research in an industrial

research lab. Strong candidates will be innovative, knowledgeable and

highly productive postdoc or research engineers with a track record of

successful systems development projects and proven skills in developing

low-level system software. With between two and five years software

development experience - including PhD studentship, successful

candidates will be excellent team players with very good interpersonal

skills. They will be expected to assist in lab research, taking direct

ownership for developing prototype features and seeing them through from

design to deployment, working closely with other members of the team in

the UK and across Europe.

Responsibilities

     Perform research into trusted computing, virtual networks and

systems security

     Software design and development through the complete software

lifecycle

     Leading/owning the design, development, documentation and delivery

of prototypes

Qualifications

    To be eligible for the position, applicants are expected to hold a

PhD in Computer Science or have corresponding qualifications in computer

security, with a proven track record of software development.

Outstanding research engineer with a Master degree will also be considered.

Knowledge and Skills

     Software development experience

     Good theoretical and strong practical knowledge of computer

science, security and software engineering fundamentals

     Strong software design and implementation skills, the ability to

think widely about problems and to consider all aspects and consequences

of proposed solutions

     Excellent written and oral communication skills, good presentation

skills

     Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to integrate well

into a positive, energetic development team

Knowledge of any of the following is highly desirable:

     Virtual networking

     Trusted computing

     Software-defined networking

     Systems software

     Embedded systems

- See more at: https://www.shield-h2020.eu