Resilient AI Networking LabDeadline for receipt of applications: September 2nd, 2026 23:59 AoE (03 September 2026, 13:59h)

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IMDEA Networks is looking for outstanding research leaders seeking a new stage in their careers, where they can build, fund, and lead their own research team in an environment that fosters scientific excellence.
Our Research Associate Professors *are typically experienced researchers with a tenured position, assuming a position of responsibility by building, funding and leading their own research team of postdocs, PhD students, engineers and support. Research Associate Professors are not required to teach and can focus full-time on research if they so wish.
*USA academic equivalent: Associate Professor.
Research areaAll areas of networking, specifically network protocols and systems, wireless networking, network measurements and analytics, and related network science areas.




As Research Associate Professor your responsibilities are
- Conducting cutting-edge scientific research in computer networking and network science
- Building and funding a strong team of researchers, including PhD Students, postdocs, and other staff, directing their work, and supervising the PhD Students in their PhD program
- Publishing regularly in leading conferences and journals
- Identifying and taking the lead in preparing proposals for funded research projects, contracts and grants
- Establishing and maintaining links and collaborations with partner institutions and with industry
- Creating value by developing transferable IPR (patents, software, …) and collaborating in standards bodies
- Managing your own research budget, which includes a basic research budget provided by the Institute, plus the funds that the Research Professor attracts for their research and for the Institute
- Attending confer

📌 Research Professor (Madrid)
🏢 Fundación Imdea Networks
📍 Madrid