Post Doctoral Researcher, Hamilton Institute

Department: Hamilton Institute
Vacancy ID: 043383
Closing Date: 16-Aug-2026

Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued.

The Hamilton Institute/Department of Electronic Engineering at Maynooth University, Ireland, has further opportunity for a well-qualified postdoctoral researcher to join the RINN – Research Ireland Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, within the Climate & Sustainability research theme.

This role is part of a national Centre, Rinn Artificial Intelligence – Research & Innovation in Data Science and AI, a multi-institutional interdisciplinary National Centre for Data Science and AI funded by Research Ireland. This position for Post-Doctoral research will sit within the Faculty of Science and Engineering under the supervision of Rinn AI Research Ireland Principal Investigator, Associate Professor Erivelton Nepomuceno.

Project theme: Energy-Aware Modelling and System Identification for Sustainable Computing

The successful candidate will join a dynamic and interdisciplinary team of researchers working at the interface of system identification, data science, artificial intelligence, and sustainable computing. The research will be conducted jointly between the Hamilton Institute and Department of Electronic Engineering, with the researcher also becoming a member of the Sustainable Circuits and Systems Laboratory.

The project aims to develop an energy-aware modelling and system identification framework that incorporates computational efficiency into the model development process. Rather than focusing solely on predictive performance, the research will investigate methods to balance model accuracy and computational complexity, enabling the development of more sustainable modelling approaches.

The project combines concepts from nonlinear system identification, optimisation, computational complexity, and data-driven modelling, with the long-term objective of extending these ideas to modern AI and machine learning models. The developed methodologies are expected to contribute to sustainable simulation and efficient computational modelling across a range of engineering applications.

Post-Doctoral Researcher: €47,237 (1 point - with increment)

Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions.

Closing Date:

23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday, 16th of August 2026.

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified above. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.

Late applications will not be accepted.

Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer

The position is subject to the Statutes of the University