Research Scientist Positions in Cybersecurity in Saudi Arabia

Description

They are looking for research scientists with experience, who have demonstrated the ability to do independent research as well as effectively work with others in a team, and who wish to give a boost in their career, embracing the unique opportunity of participating in the shaping of such a challenging and innovative research theme, as well as contributing to the ambitious research agenda of the RC3 center, supported by a very substantial funding landscape.

Benefits

You will work in an exciting international environment with researchers from over 100 nationalities and will have the opportunity to participate in the development of the research center agenda, and boost your career development and training.

Research scientists receive highly competitive salaries, and no income tax is currently paid to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  Other benefits include free healthcare, medical and dental insurance , one round-trip travel to home country per year, as well as general facilities as below, in a combination unmatchable with any other research environment worldwide.

Requirements

• Resilience of Cyber-Physical System Infrastructures and Control (e.g., SCADA, CPS, IoT, power, process industry, smart transportation).
• Internet and Cloud Infrastructures Resilience (e.g., SDN, e-Health, FinTech, e-Gov).
• Security and Dependability of Embedded Components and Sub-systems (e.g., manycores, SoC, hypervisors, TEE/SGX, ECUs).
• Data Privacy and Integrity in Highly Sensitive Sectors (e.g., blockchain, biomedical, social).

Specific Requirements

They welcome candidates with a PhD in Computer Science and/or Engineering, Informatics, or related areas, with a strong background in the theory and practice of one or more of Security/ Privacy, Dependability/ Fault Tolerance, of Distributed Systems and Networks and/or Real-Time and Embedded Systems.

They consider as an added advantage proven track record in research project definition and management, team leading, research collaboration with industrial partners, experience in supporting PhD candidates in their research.