Postdoctoral Fellowships in RF Threat Detection for Road Vehicles
Postdoctoral Fellowships in RF Threat Detection for Road Vehicles
at
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)
, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in the
IRC for Smart Mobility and Logistics Engineering (IRC SMLE)
.
This opening is for
up to two postdoctoral fellows
working on
automotive cybersecurity
,
RF engineering
,
automotive radar
,
vehicle-to-everything
,
satellite navigation integrity
,
FPGA
, and
RF SoC
development. The group is building hardware that detects jamming, spoofing, replay, and other RF threats
in real time on the vehicle
, rather than only analyzing captures offline.
Profile 1: RF front end
focuses on receiver chain and antenna design across vehicle radio interfaces, automotive radar interference/spoofing detection from the sensor chain, and measurement/over-the-air testing on an instrumented vehicle.
Profile 2: FPGA and RF SoC
focuses on real-time detection implemented in the signal chain, integrity monitoring for navigation and V2X links, and fitting the solution within automotive power, size, and latency constraints.
Eligibility highlights:
PhD in electrical, microwave, radar, communications, or embedded systems engineering depending on profile; genuine hands-on hardware experience is mandatory; purely simulation-based profiles are not suitable; PhD must be within the last 3 years and from a QS Top 500 institution; strong publication record is required, with an average of 4 Q1/Q2 journal papers per year and quartile/year details shown for each paper; patents and automotive/CAN-bus exposure are a plus.
Funding:
approximately tax-free SAR 15,000 monthly salary, SAR 500 transportation allowance, and housing support of about SAR 3,700 per month paid as a lump sum at the start of the year, totaling roughly SAR 19,200 per month. Additional benefits include annual family tickets, campus medical services, and conference support.
How to apply:
email your CV, one-page research statement, and two best papers to
[email protected]
. State clearly which profile you are applying for, or both if you genuinely cover both. Deadline:
31 August 2026
.
