Fraunhofer FIT in cooperation with RWTH is are looking for skilled people interested in taking on the often not only technical task of ‘Connecting the Unconnected’. See https://wiback.org for more details on our work. Our focus is on ‘applied research’. You can work on your MSc or PhD or simply drive exciting projects forward. But, whatever you do should result in code or hardware that could be used in the field. You should have a strong EE or CS background and enjoy tinkering with either code or hardware or both. Key topics are wireless networks spectrum management, QoS,path computation, IoT and building energy efficient solar-powered wireless nodes to be used in the Global South(UNDP SDG 9c).
| Job Type | Research Assistant (PhD) |
| Extent | Full time |
| Status | Open |
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Required skills(subsetof):
Layers 1 to 4 of the network stack
Wireless networks (WLAN, IoT/LoRaWAN, 5G)
Advanced C++ and/or Python coding skills
UI development
Real-time systems
Linux (kernel) hacking / customization / admin
Hardware development / design
Graph theory and algorithms
AI/ML
Firmware development
Self-motivationand desire to build stuff that worksâ–ŞField deployments in real remote environments