Postdoctoral Researcher - Optical Communication Systems for Data Centre and Optical Metro/Access
The Photonic Systems Group at Tyndall National Institute is seeking a highly motivated candidate to support research activities in high-speed optical communication and digital signal processing.
The candidate will collaborate closely with industry and academic partners to develop prototype systems with high-capacity, multiple-wavelength communication systems that exploit novel photonic integrated components for future datacentre, optical metro/access networks.
This job offer focuses on the implementation, set-up, experimental demonstration and validation of 100/200Gb/s NRZ/PAM4 intensity modulated optical communication systems with up to several Terabit per second overall capacity.
About the Role:
* Work with national and international partners in academia and industry on research and development projects.
* Setting-up optical communication testbed, testing and validating novel network architectures and optical components.
* Supporting the acquisition of new research and industry projects that will be carried out on the Tera Lab Infrastructure.
* Support the development of the system demonstrations in the ADOPTION project.
* Report the results at the project meeting and collaborate with the ADOPTION partners to refine the specifications of the final demonstrator and test bed.
* Author and co-author publications in leading journals and present talks at top international conferences in the relevant fields in order to disseminate the results of the project.
About You:
* A PhD (or Master degree with equivalent industry experience) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or a related subject.
* Good knowledge of optical communication systems and digital signal processing, as well as experience in experimental work and dedication to laboratory experiments.
* Experienced in setting up optical communication test beds to generate, transmit and receiver high-speed optical signals in academic or industrial laboratories.
* Experienced in verifying and validating experimental results by comparing with modelling of optical communication systems using software packages such as MATLAB, Python and VPITransmissionMaker.
This is a fulltime postdoctoral research opportunity in University College Cork, initially for 18 months, with further extension to 36 months, subject to successful project progress.
The salary placement on appointment will be in accordance with experience and public sector pay policy. The position is funded by European Union Project ADOPTION.