Postdoc Researcher

Contract: Fixed term until March 2028 (possible continuation to an additional few years)

Expected start date: 01 December 2026 or anytime soon

Closed date: 20 September 2026 (however, note that this will be earlier once a suitable candidate is found)

Details:

Our research group is working on metamaterials and related electromagnetic issues at Nagoya Institute of Technology (NIT), which is known as one of the top research universities in Japan. The research group is new but rapidly growing due to success during recent years. We already have a wide range of advanced research facilities including a state-of-the-art VNA (Keysight Technologies, PNA-X series), arbitrary waveform generator (25 GHz bandwidth, 65 GSa/s), 4 oscilloscopes (including URX series of Keysight Technologies), spectrum analyser, 12 workstations (380 cores and more than 5.1 TB RAM in total), 9 NASs (over 380 TB), electromagnetic simulators (ANSYS HFSS, 50 licences) (CST, 5 licences), etc. Our group is rapidly increasing its presence in the research field of metamaterials and metasurfaces and has been publishing papers from top-ranked journals in recent years. For instance, from 2023, our group published 19 journal papers including 2 from Nature Communications and 1 from Physical Review Letters. Some of our works are highlighted by globally prestigious journals including Nature. More information is found here.

This will be a great opportunity to join the emerging group and further enhance your career with us. We are looking for one excellent, highly motivated postdoc researcher.

At this position, you will closely work with our collaborators from the University of Nottingham, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Roma Tre University, Kyoto University, the University of Tokyo, Institute of Science Tokyo, Osaka University and some Japanese companies for a millimetre-wave metasurface project using nonlinear circuits such as diodes. This position may require travel to these partner organizations. To be considered, the candidate is expected to have strong experience/knowledge/capability in the following:

• Metamaterials/metasurfaces
• Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS)/Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS)
• Nonlinear circuits
• Millimetre wave
• Electromagnetic simulation

We also welcome a researcher from different fields:

• AI (machine learning, big database, etc)
• Semiconductors

As a minimum requirement, you must have a PhD degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or other related fields.

The salary depends on the performance and career of the candidate but is expected to be between 4,000,000 and 7,000,000 yen per year. However, an exceptional candidate (for instance, publishing papers in top, highly selective journals with IF=10 or higher) may receive a higher salary of up to 10,000,000 yen per year. In principle, the type of employment will be full-time, however flexible working hours are also possible with agreement to the discretionary work system.

The type of employment will be part-time or full-time, depending on how quickly he/she can start the job. However, the difference between them does not change the amount of the salary.

To apply for this position:

Please send an email to Prof Wakatsuchi (wakatsuchi.hiroki@nitech.ac.jp) via the above 'Apply' button together with your detailed CV including the full list of publications and contact information of at least one referee (a few would be more ideal). Also, as mentioned above, please note that these openings will be closed once best-fit candidates are found. Thus, we strongly recommend you to apply as soon as possible.

For more information, please see our web page: here