Phd Position On Sustainable Mobile Networks

**Key takeaways**:
- Hours
- 40 hr.- Salary indication- Salary gross/monthly
based on full-time- € 3,059 - € 3,881- Deadline
- 14 Nov 2025

Key research directions include:

- Sustainable and energy-aware orchestration of softwarized network functions.
- Dynamic resource allocation and optimization across distributed cloud-edge infrastructures.
- Performance analysis in simulators and experimentation in a testbed.

**Your profile**:

- You are interested in learning how things work and how to make them better, and motivated to take an intellectual challenge to develop impactful solutions for sustainable computing & communication systems.
- You have an MSc degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field;
- You have a good command of computer communications and networking.
- You are familiar with analytical modelling, machine learning, optimisation approaches or are willing to develop these skills;
- You are familiar with prototyping or are willing to develop skills to conduct experiments in a test environment;
- You have a good team spirit and like to work in an internationally oriented environment;
- You are proficient in English

**Our offer**:

- The University offers a dynamic ecosystem with enthusiastic colleagues
- Your salary and associated conditions are in accordance with the collective labour agreement for Dutch universities (CAO-NU)
- You will receive a gross monthly salary ranging from € 3.059;
- (first year) to € 3.881;
- (fourth year)
- There are excellent benefits including a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary, an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%, and a solid pension scheme
- A minimum of 232 leave hours in case of full-time employment based on a formal workweek of 38 hours. A full-time employment in practice means 40 hours a week, therefore resulting in 96 extra leave hours on an annual basis.
- Free access to sports facilities on campus
- A family-friendly institution that offers parental leave (both paid and unpaid)
- You will have a training programme as part of the Twente Graduate School where you and your supervisors will determine a plan for a suitable education and supervision
- We encourage a high degree of responsibility and independence, while collaborating with close colleagues, researchers and other staff.
- A full CV including your publications, awards, and working experience. Your CV should demonstrate the scope of your work and education and indicate a good fit with the stated requirements for the position.
- An academic transcript of BSc and MSc education, including grades.
- A short (max 1-page) description of your MSc thesis/final project along with a link to the full thesis document.
- References (contact information) of two scientific staff members (one of whom should be the supervisor of your BSc or MSc thesis/final project) who are willing to provide a recommendation letter at our request.

Tentative first interview date: November-December 2025.

The 1st (online) meeting serves as an introduction, where we introduce ourselves to you and you to us. You may be asked to give a short presentation. This will be further explained in the invitation.

Tentative 2nd interview date: December 2025. In the second interview, we will further discuss the job content, your skills, and your talents.

Screening is part of the selection procedure.

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**About the organisation**:
The faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) uses mathematics, electronics and computer technology to contribute to the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). With ICT present in almost every device and product we use nowadays, we embrace our role as contributors to a broad range of societal activities and as pioneers of tomorrow's digital society. As part of a tech university that aims to shape society, individuals and connections, our faculty works together intensively with industrial partners and researchers in the Netherlands and abroad, and conducts extensive research for external commissioning parties and funders. Our research has a high profile both in the Netherlands and internationally. It has been accommodated in three multidisciplinary UT research institutes: Mesa+ Institute, TechMed Centre and Digital Society Institute.