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PhD Position in Physical Layer Security and Hardware Demonstrator Development Technical University of Munich in Germany
Degree Level
PhD
Field of study
Computer Science
Funding
Research Associate / PhD Student position at TUM; remuneration subject to personal qualifications in salary group E 13 TV-L. The post is offered as an academic staff position and includes access to state-of-the-art lab facilities and research collaboration; no stipend amount is stated.
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Germany
University
Technical University of Munich
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Research Associate / PhD Student (f/m/d) in Physical Layer Security and Hardware Demonstrator Development at the Technical University of Munich.
The project focuses on physical-layer security for next-generation wireless communications, with emphasis on exploiting wireless channel characteristics, multi-antenna transmission, and adaptive signal processing to improve confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity. The work includes theory-driven design, simulation, measurement, and hardware demonstration.
Research topics include wiretap codes, artificial-noise transmission, secure beamforming, physical-layer authentication, and channel-based secret-key generation. You will simulate wireless systems under adversarial scenarios such as eavesdropping, spoofing, and jamming, and study the impact of realistic propagation channels, mobility, hardware impairments, and imperfect channel-state information.
The position also involves implementation on RFSoCs or software-defined radios, plus real-world experiments to compare theory, simulation, channel emulation, and hardware results. Collaboration is mentioned with partners at TUD and theoretical researchers, alongside work in the TUM ACES Lab.
Eligibility highlights: an excellent master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, or a related field; strong knowledge of wireless communication systems and channel coding; programming ability in Python or C++; FPGA programming experience; and interest in hands-on experimentation and hardware prototyping. Helpful extras include SDR experience, RF test equipment, MIMO-OFDM, LTE, 5G-NR, and information theory.
Funding: the role is remunerated according to E 13 TV-L, subject to personal qualifications. No separate scholarship or stipend amount is stated.
How to apply: email your application to [email protected] with PHYSEC in the subject line. Include your CV, certificates/diplomas or transcript of records, a short motivation/research statement, your master thesis, up to three publications if available, and contact details for two references.
Location: Munich, Germany.
Funding details
Research Associate / PhD Student position at TUM; remuneration subject to personal qualifications in salary group E 13 TV-L. The post is offered as an academic staff position and includes access to state-of-the-art lab facilities and research collaboration; no stipend amount is stated.
What's required
Excellent master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, or a related field; strong knowledge of wireless communication systems and channel coding; proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python or C++; FPGA programming experience; interest in hands-on experimentation and hardware prototyping. Bonus experience includes SDR platforms such as USRP, NI VST, or Ettus devices, spectrum analyzers or signal generators, RF hardware, MIMO-OFDM, LTE, 5G-NR, and information theory.
How to apply
Send your application by e-mail to [email protected] with "PHYSEC" in the subject line. Include your CV, copies of relevant certificates and diplomas or transcript of records, a short description of your research interests and motivation, your master thesis and up to 3 publications if available, and contact information for two references.
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