- Location: Guildford
- Salary: £38,448 to £57,666 per annum
- Closing date: 21 December 2026
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The role
The Institute for Communication Systems (ICS) home of the 5G and 6G Innovation Centre (5GIC/6GIC) is looking to recruit a Research Fellow in Neuromorphic and Quantum-Inspired Computing: Foundations and Applications in Wireless Communications. The successful candidate will be part of the Wireless Systems Lab group and will have the opportunity to work very close with our industrial partners as well as with academic partners all over the world.
The post is part of a major EU-funded 6G research project in which the University of Surrey leads the work on cross-layer co-design of RAN workloads for emerging-computing accelerators. The project investigates how next-generation radio access networks can be made radically more energy-efficient by moving computationally intensive physical-layer (PHY) functions away from conventional digital hardware and onto emerging computing architectures. These include neuromorphic (spiking and event-driven), in-memory and analogue computing.
The post holder will undertake research in neuromorphic, in-memory and other unconventional computing architectures for future wireless communication systems. The research will focus on physical-layer receiver processing and on architectures that reduce reliance on high-resolution analogue-to-digital conversion and conventional digital
ICS is the largest academic research institute in Europe specialising in all aspects of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies). It is home to over 200 researchers with expertise in all communication and broadcasting systems and has developed the best in class large scale testbeds for research and innovation and enjoys the state-of-the-art lab and computing facilities.
Established in 2012, 5GIC is the world’s first dedicated centre in researching end-to-end aspects of 5G and works closely with national and international leading academic institutes and key industrial partners. In November 2020, 6GIC was officially launched with parallel research undertaken in both 5G+ and 6G for 2030+.
Please refer to the essential criteria in the Job Profiles for a Research Fellow A and B attached for further details.
Please note that these roles will be offered at either Research Fellow A or Research Fellow B level depending on your experience (see job profile below for further details). The salary range for a Research Fellow A starts at £38,448 and Research Fellow B starts at £48,337.
How to apply
To apply, please submit your application with a CV and Cover Letter explaining how you meet the selection criteria outlined in the person specification.
Area: Research & Teaching