We are ambitious and have a bold vision of what we want to achieve - shaping ourselves into one of the best universities in the world, which we are achieving through the talents and endeavour of every employee.  

Our culture empowers people to achieve this aim and to collectively, and individually, make a real difference.  

The role

The Institute for Communication Systems home of the 6G Innovation Centre (6GIC) is looking to recruit a Research Fellow in Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) for Future 6G Radio Access Networks.

This exciting opportunity will see the successful candidate work on a collaborative research project with Interdigital, addressing technology creation, simulation and dissemination for ISAC RAN technologies involving user equipment in monostatic, bistatic and multistatic sensing configurations. Depending on your expertise and project priorities, the research may include electromagnetic ISAC channel modelling, waveform and transceiver design, sensing signal processing, AI/ML-enabled radio interfaces, MIMO beamforming and channel estimation, interference management, environment reconstruction, target imaging, or radio-resource management.

This is a industry-facing role combining advanced technical research, simulation development, pre-standardisation, intellectual-property generation and formal project delivery. The successful candidate will work closely with researchers at Surrey and InterDigital and will help develop research findings into practical evaluation tools, technical reports, standards contributions and scientific publications in top-tier journals. Part of the appointment will be conducted at InterDigital's London office, with regular in-person technical engagement with the IDE team. The candidate must therefore be willing and able to work across the University of Surrey and InterDigital locations as required by the project.

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+.

About you

• Strong research expertise in one or more areas directly relevant to ISAC, such as channel modelling, radar/sensing signal processing, MIMO and beamforming, waveform/transceiver design, radio-resource management, environment reconstruction or AI/ML for wireless systems.
• Excellent mathematical and analytical ability, supported by strong programming and simulation skills and experience of producing reliable, well-documented research software.
• Willingness to spend part of the appointment at InterDigital's London office and to attend ETSI ISG ISAC and other relevant project or dissemination meetings, including travel when required.

How to apply

For more information and to be considered for this role, please apply with a CV and covering letter via the University website. You will also be asked some brief questions to help us understand your suitability for the role.

Closing Date: 04 Oct 2026

Area: Research & Teaching

Salary: £37,694 to £46,049 per annum
Fixed term contract upto Sept 2027

We are ambitious and have a bold vision of what we want to achieve - shaping ourselves into one of the best universities in the world, which we are achieving through the talents and endeavour of every employee.  

Our culture empowers people to achieve this aim and to collectively, and individually, make a real difference.  

The role

We are looking to recruit two Senior Research Associates at the University of Surrey for a new project on formal verification, seL4 security and AI-assisted theorem proving, funded by the Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA): https://agentic-sel4.github.io/

The project, joint with Andrei Popescu at the University of Sheffield and Toby Murray at the University of Melbourne, has two closely connected aims. First, we will develop a formally verified reference monitor on top of seL4 for the secure containment of AI agents, including mechanisms for dynamically controlling agents’ capabilities and information flows. Second, we will investigate the use of modern AI techniques to accelerate large-scale formal verification, including AI proof agents for maintaining, extending and refactoring the seL4 Isabelle/HOL proof base.

The Surrey positions are full-time fixed-term until November 2027. We have substantial funding for access to state-of-the-art AI models and computing infrastructure.

About you

We are interested in candidates with expertise in one or more of interactive theorem proving, formal verification, information-flow security, seL4, neurosymbolic AI, and AI-assisted reasoning. Candidates do not need to cover all these areas: the researchers can focus on different parts of the project according to their expertise.

Particular preference will be given to candidates with strong Isabelle/HOL expertise (or substantial experience with related interactive theorem provers), and to candidates who are available to start as soon as possible. We would also be very interested in hearing from excellent Isabelle researchers who may be at an earlier career stage than would normally be expected for a Senior Researcher position.

There will also be closely related positions at our partner institutions. For opportunities at the University of Sheffield, please contact Andrei Popescu (a.popescu@sheffield.ac.uk); for opportunities at the University of Melbourne, please contact Toby Murray (toby.murray@unimelb.edu.au).

How to apply

To apply, please upload your CV and a cover letter outlining how your experience and skills meet the requirements of the role.

For informal queries about the role, please contact Professor Brijesh Dongol via b.dongol@surrey.ac.uk.

Interviews will take place on 17th September.

Closing Date: 14 Sep 2026

Area: Research & Teaching

Salary: £47,389 to £51,753 per annum
Fixed Term until 30/11/2027

You will join the UKRI/AHRC-funded BRAID P3R project, working within the CoSTAR National Lab as part of a collaboration between the University of Surrey and Royal Holloway, University of London. The project will develop new technical approaches that enable performers, creators and rights holders to express and protect rights over their work and likeness as live performances are captured, transformed and distributed across digital platforms.

The research will build on Surrey’s world-leading work in content authenticity and media provenance. You will develop new Computer Vision, AI and multimedia technologies for identifying and representing rights associated with performers and creative works across images, video and audio. A particular focus will be the development of provenance-based licensing infrastructure that can associate rights and permissions with media and with the performers represented within it. This will include exploring techniques for determining the presence and likeness of performers within visual media, for example using biometric and privacy-preserving representations, and connecting these signals to provenance and licensing information using standards such as C2PA (Content Credentials).

A further strand of the project will explore audio watermarking for live performance, including robust watermarking of live audio streams and its integration with provenance and licensing frameworks. The research will contribute towards a technical framework and APIs that external companies can integrate with to prototype new services for rights-aware capture, distribution and reuse of live performance content.

You will join the Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP) at the University of Surrey, a world-leading research centre in Computer Vision, AI and multimedia. Our team has a strong international track record in content provenance and authenticity research spanning computer vision, watermarking, machine learning, privacy-preserving technologies and open standards. We have contributed extensively to the development of the C2PA Content Credentials standard and worked closely with industry to translate provenance research into technologies used in real-world products and services.

The project is highly collaborative and interdisciplinary. You will work with researchers at Surrey and Royal Holloway, the wider CoSTAR National Lab community, and industry partners who will help integrate and evaluate technologies developed through the project. The role provides an opportunity both to publish fundamental research in leading international venues and to translate that research into demonstrators, APIs and prototype systems with external partners.

The position will be based at the University of Surrey in Guildford, UK. The post is available for an immediate start and is for a duration of 12 months. Remote working is available with the expectation of at least 50% time spent in the office.

For informal enquiries, please contact Professor John Collomosse at j.collomosse@surrey.ac.uk.

CVSSP is one of the UK’s leading centres for research in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, AI and multimedia technologies. The successful candidate will join an active research environment with strong links across academia, the creative industries and technology companies.

Closing Date: 30 Sep 2026

Area: Technical & Experimental

Salary: £37,694 to £46,049
Fixed Term

This post is aligned to the Nature Inspired Computing and Engineering (NICE) group within CSRC and is part of a strategic investment in AI. Our current research in AI focuses on solving foundational and real-world problems in areas such as Natural Language Processing, Optimisation, Audio and Vision, AI for Health and Medical Applications, Robotics, and Security.

The postholder will be expected to expand our dynamic team of internationally recognised AI researchers and linking their work across the University including NICE; Surrey Centre for Cybersecurity (SCCS); Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP); the 5G/6G Innovation Centre; the Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI Institute (PAI) and the Surrey Space Institute (SSI). Thus, the position provides an opportunity to drive a strategic research direction and align colleagues within CSRC and beyond.

The candidate must have wide knowledge of the AI field, with an internationally recognised track record of publications in top-tier venues, evidence of research income, ideally with experience of working with industry and/or government. 

Surrey has an established international reputation in AI research, 1st in the UK for computer vision and top 5 for AI, computer vision, machine learning and natural language processing (CSRankings.org) and were 7th in the UK for REF2021 outputs in Computer Science research. Computer Science and CVSSP are at the core of PAI, established in 2021 as a pan-University initiative which brings together leading AI research with discipline expertise across health, social, behavioural and engineering sciences, business, law and the creative arts to shape future AI for the benefit of people and society. PAI leads a portfolio of over £100m in grant awards including major research activities in creative industries and healthcare, and two doctoral training programmes with funding for over 100 PhD researchers: the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in AI for Digital Media Inclusion and the Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Training Network in AI-Enabled Digital Accessibility. 

AI features in both our UG and MSc curricula as well as training within the CDTs. The candidate would be expected to contribute to these as well as undertake other teaching duties in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

The postholder will benefit from the support of colleagues across the University to develop their careers. The University’s welcoming community recognises the need to nurture its staff and to help them build a flourishing career. They will become a principal fellow of the Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI supporting the growth of collaborative cross-disciplinary research and training as Surrey delivers its future vision. 

What we can offer

In addition to salary, generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days of holiday plus seven University closure days and eight bank holidays, a generous pension, access to world-class leisure facilities on campus, a range of travel schemes, and supportive family friendly benefits including an excellent on-site nursery. 

Additional information

To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter via our website. You will also be asked some brief questions to help us understand your suitability for the position.

For informal enquiries, please contact the Director of the Computer Science Research Centre, Professor Brijesh Dongol, b.dongol@surrey.ac.uk

Interviews are planned to take place at the end of September/early October 2026. 

Our strategy and mission

Surrey has launched its Vision 2041 strategy that produces graduates and research outcomes that enrich lives, transform society and create change for a better world. 

The University of Surrey is committed to providing an inclusive environment that offers equal opportunities for all.  We place great value on diversity and are seeking to increase the diversity within our community. Therefore, we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups, such as people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and people with disabilities.

Closing Date: 13 Sep 2026

Area: Research & Teaching

Salary: £58,225 to £69,488 per annum

This post is aligned to the Nature Inspired Computing and Engineering (NICE) group within CSRC and is part of a strategic investment in AI. Our current research in AI focuses on solving foundational and real-world problems in areas such as Natural Language Processing, Optimisation, AI for Health and Medical Applications, and Security.

The postholder will be expected to expand our dynamic team of internationally recognised AI researchers and linking their work across the University including NICE; Surrey Centre for Cybersecurity (SCCS); Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP); the 5G/6G Innovation Centre; the Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI Institute (PAI) and the Surrey Space Institute (SSI) Thus, the position provides an opportunity to drive a strategic research direction and align colleagues within CSRC and beyond.

The candidate must have wide knowledge of the AI field, with an internationally leading track record of publications in top-tier venues, significant research income, ideally with experience of working with industry and/or government. 

Surrey has an established international reputation in AI research, 1st in the UK for computer vision and top 5 for AI, computer vision, machine learning and natural language processing (CSRankings.org) and were 7th in the UK for REF2021 outputs in Computer Science research. Computer Science and CVSSP are at the core of PAI, established in 2021 as a pan-University initiative which brings together leading AI research with discipline expertise across health, social, behavioural and engineering sciences, business, law and the creative arts to shape future AI for the benefit of people and society. PAI leads a portfolio of over £100m in grant awards including major research activities in creative industries and healthcare, and two doctoral training programmes with funding for over 100 PhD researchers: the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in AI for Digital Media Inclusion and the Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Training Network in AI-Enabled Digital Accessibility. 

AI features in both our UG and MSc curricula as well as training within the CDTs. The candidate would be expected to contribute to these as well as undertake other teaching duties in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

The postholder will benefit from the support of colleagues across the University to develop their careers. The University’s welcoming community recognises the need to nurture its staff and to help them build a flourishing career. They will become a principal fellow of the Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI supporting the growth of collaborative cross-disciplinary research and training as Surrey delivers its future vision. 

What we can offer

In addition to salary, we offer a generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days of holiday plus seven University closure days and eight bank holidays, a generous pension, access to world-class leisure facilities on campus, a range of travel schemes, and supportive family friendly benefits including an excellent on-site nursery. 

Additional information

To apply, please submit your CV and via our website. You will also be asked some questions to help us understand your suitability for the position.

For informal enquiries, please contact the Director of the Computer Science Research Centre, Professor Brijesh Dongol, b.dongol@surrey.ac.uk

Interviews are planned to take place in October 2026.

Our strategy and mission

Surrey has launched its Vision 2041 strategy that produces graduates and research outcomes that enrich lives, transform society and create change for a better world. 

The University of Surrey is committed to providing an inclusive environment that offers equal opportunities for all.  We place great value on diversity and are seeking to increase the diversity within our community. Therefore, we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups, such as people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and people with disabilities.

Closing Date: 13 Sep 2026

Area: Research & Teaching

Salary: Up to £95,483 per annum, dependent on experience

CVSSP has an established international reputation in AI research, 1st in the UK for computer vision and top 5 for AI, computer vision, and robotics (CSRankings.org). SCSEE was ranked  7th in the UK for REF2021 outputs in Computer Science research, and 15th in Engineering for research power.  Computer Science and CVSSP are at the core of the Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI (PAI), established in 2021 as a pan-University initiative which brings together leading AI research with discipline expertise across health, social, behavioural and engineering sciences, business, law and the creative arts to shape future AI for the benefit of people and society. PAI leads a portfolio of over £100m in grant awards including major research activities in creative industries and healthcare, and two doctoral training programmes with funding for over 100 PhD researchers: the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in AI for Digital Media Inclusion and the Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Training Network in AI-Enabled Digital Accessibility.    

The candidate should have wide knowledge of the AI field and ideally experience of working with industry. The candidate must have a proven record of internationally recognised research contributions and leading significant research programmes in AI and Machine Learning. Current research in AI within the School focuses on solving foundational and real-world problems in areas such as Natural Language Processing, Optimisation, Audio and Vision, AI for Health and Medical Applications, Robotics, and Security. 

AI features in both our UG and MSc curricula as well as training within the CDTs. The candidate would be expected to contribute to these as well as undertake other teaching duties in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across the School and PAI. 

As a senior leader the postholder is expected to have experience of inclusive leadership and to be able to demonstrate an ability to grow and support research teams to deliver their potential. They will be expected to champion the development of strategic partnerships and contribute at a senior level to service within the University and externally.  The position provides an opportunity to drive a strategic research direction within PAI bringing together multi-disciplinary research expertise across the University. 

The postholder will benefit from the support of colleagues within the School and across the University to develop their careers. The University’s welcoming community recognises the need to nurture its staff and to help them build a flourishing career. They will become a core member of the Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI supporting the growth of collaborative cross-disciplinary research and training as Surrey delivers its future vision.  

What we can offer

In addition to salary, we offer a generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days holiday plus seven university closure days and eight bank holidays, a generous pension, access to world-class leisure facilities on campus, a range of travel schemes, and supportive family friendly benefits including an excellent on-site nursery. 

Additional Information

To apply, please submit your CV via our website. You will also be asked some questions to help us understand your suitability for the position.

For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Adrian Hilton, a.hilton@surrey.ac.uk

Interviews are planned to take place in October 2026.

Our strategy and mission

Surrey has launched its Vision 2041 strategy that produces graduates and research outcomes that enrich lives, transform society and create change for a better world. 

The University of Surrey is committed to providing an inclusive environment that offers equal opportunities for all.  We place great value on diversity and are seeking to increase the diversity within our community. Therefore, we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups, such as people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and people with disabilities.

Closing Date: 13 Sep 2026

Area: Research & Teaching

Salary: Up to £129,434 per annum, dependent on experience