Job Description

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering (HWCOE) at the University of Florida is soliciting applications for a full-time, twelve-month, time-limited, non-tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Research Assistant Scientist in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

The Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Florida has 60 faculty members working in all aspects of electrical & computer engineering and is expected to grow in upcoming years. The total student population is approximately 600 with nearly 280 in the Ph.D. program.

The Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World was established in 2017 to lead research and education in all aspects of the intelligent connection of things, processes, people, and data to address major world challenges and create more secure and connected communities.

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering seeks a research assistant scientist (12-month, non-tenure track faculty appointment) in the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World to work closely with project investigators to advance new and ongoing research enterprises within the scope of hardware and system security including security of AI accelerators. The assistant research scientist is expected to play an integral role in current extramural awards, while collaborating with affiliated faculty/staff to build a portfolio of independent and collaborative research focused on aspects of hardware and systems security.