Soran University

Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) invites applications for Academic Staff positions in Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity. We are building a distinctive capability at the intersection of cybersecurity, engineering systems, critical infrastructure, and applied learning. We welcome outstanding candidates who can help SIT strengthen its capability in OT cybersecurity, especially colleagues who can work with real engineering systems, brownfield environments, cyber-physical operations, and industry partners. Appointment may be made at a rank aligned with experience and profile. Academic Staff positions in SIT comprise both Faculty and Professional Officers. They play distinctive yet complementary roles in advancing SIT's mission in education and applied research. Faculty provide academic leadership in the design, delivery, and continual enhancement of programmes, ensuring academic rigour and industry relevance, while Professional Officers, as technical specialists, embed current and emerging industry practices and support practice-oriented delivery. Together, they strengthen SIT's applied learning environment through hands-on, real-world approaches that enhance students' industry readiness. In applied research, faculty lead translational research and innovation in collaboration with industry, bridging knowledge creation with practical application, while Professional Officers contribute deep technical expertise and industry experience to translate concepts into implementation, prototyping and deployment, thereby ensuring impactful and industry-relevant outcomes. Why join SIT SIT is Singapore's first University of Applied Learning and the University for Industry. Our students learn in authentic environments, work on real problems with external partners, and undertake substantial workplace learning through the Integrated Work Study Programme. Our approach to education is explicitly competency-based, with a focus on demonstrated capability, workplace relevance, and flexible pathways for learners. SIT's Punggol campus is a testbed for the systems around which this role is built. The campus runs on Singapore's first Multi-Energy Microgrid (MEMG), which is the largest microgrid in Singapore and the first MEMG on a university campus in Southeast Asia. The MEMG was built and operated with SP Group, integrating solar PV, thermal, and distributed energy resources into a live, sandbox-grade environment for energy transition research. The campus also houses the Energy Efficiency Technology Centre (EETC), established with the National Environment Agency, whose Energy Efficiency Training Facility is a first-of-its-kind integrated industrial systems plant in Singapore — giving staff and students a working industrial process environment for development, applied research, and hands-on training. Alongside these, the Centre for Intelligent Robotics at Punggol Digital District, together with the SIT–NVIDIA AI Centre, gives staff and students authentic cyber-physical environments in which to develop, integrate, and stress-test new technologies under realistic operating conditions. In parallel, SIT works closely with the maritime ecosystem on decarbonisation and digitalisation. Through its Future Ship and System Design Programme and partnerships with DNV's Maritime Decarbonisation & Autonomy Regional Centre of Excellence, Seatrium's Offshore & Marine Digital Learning Lab, RINA, and MPA-linked initiatives, SIT engages directly with shipowners, yards, classification societies, and regulators on zero-emission and autonomous vessels, shore charging and future-fuel bunkering, digital twins, and AI-enabled remote operations. Taken together, these platforms, the deep industry partnership network across the energy and maritime sectors and next-generation AI and robotics use cases, provide an exciting ecosystem of real assets, operators, and operational problems to which security, resilience, and safe-operation research can be applied, tested, and translated into practice. Areas of interest in OT cybersecurity This search prioritises practitioners. We are looking, first and foremost, for candidates with substantial, hands-on experience defending real-world industrial environments as asset owners, operators, integrators, consultants, or responders, who can bring that operational experience, engineering constraints and sector-relevant problems into the classroom and the lab. We welcome accomplished academics, but the strongest candidates will have spent significant time on plant floors, in control rooms, and inside live OT networks and environments. Candidates should be able to translate that field experience into rigorous, hands-on teaching, authentic learning experiences, and useful, industry-relevant outcomes. We are interested in the security, resilience, and safe operation of real-world industrial systems, particularly in the maritime and energy sectors, including secure applications of robotics and AI in these operational environments where critical systems must continue to operate safely under degraded or contested conditions, and cyber decisions have physical, operational, and safety consequences. Relevant areas include: Secure deployment and brownfield hardening of OT systems already in live operation Safe modernisation, segmentation, remote access, and control integration in industrial or infrastructure environments OT testing, experimentation, and validation environments that reflect real production constraints OT incident response, resilience, degraded operations, and safe recovery OT asset discovery, dependency mapping, criticality analysis, and operational risk visibility Security of cyber-physical systems, controllers (e.g., PLCs, RTUs, HMIs, DCS, IEDs, power converters and charging systems), embedded devices, industrial protocols (e.g., Modbus, CAN, DNP3, OPC-UA, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, BACnet), and industrial control networks Consequence-aware security analysis for complex OT systems-of-systems Key responsibilities You will contribute to SIT's mission through a combination of teaching, curriculum development, applied scholarship, and external engagement in OT cybersecurity. Depending on rank and profile, responsibilities may include: Teaching undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing education learners Designing modules, labs, case-based learning, and authentic assessments Developing hands-on OT cybersecurity learning environments, training assets, scenarios, and exercises Supervising capstone projects, industry-linked projects, and graduate students where appropriate Contributing to programme development across pre-employment and continuing education offerings Developing relevant and durable institutional OT cybersecurity capabilities for Singapore's local ecosystem, including industry, infrastructure operators, and the broader workforce Delivering impact through projects and partnerships with industry, government, infrastructure operators, engineering organisations, and professional communities Contributing to interdisciplinary initiatives across engineering, cybersecurity, computing, AI, safety, and applied systems domains Providing thought leadership towards shaping local practice, policy input and advisory roles Teaching and educational contributions At SIT, strong teaching means building learning experiences that are hands-on, rigorous, and close to practice. In OT cybersecurity, this may include secure architecture and deployment exercises, brownfield hardening projects, industrial protocol analysis, controller and embedded-system security labs, OT visibility and asset discovery activities, incident response simulations, resilience and recovery exercises, or projects shaped by real operational, safety, and engineering constraints. Our educational model values authenticity, workplace relevance, and the ability to assess whether learners can perform, not only whether they can recall. You should be able to contribute to curriculum design, develop modern teaching materials, mentor students well, and work with colleagues to improve programmes over time. Experience with applied learning, competency-based education, workplace learning, engineering education, or industry-based training will be valuable. Candidates will be able to leverage SIT's campus, laboratories, and industry partnerships to create realistic learning and experimentation platforms where secure engineering systems, production-informed validation, and operational resilience can be taught, tested, and translated. The strongest candidates will connect technical cybersecurity depth with operational and domain relevance, and work across engineering, cybersecurity, safety, operations, and management domains. Research / scholarly / translational contributions SIT values scholarship that moves beyond publication alone. We are interested in research and scholarly work that can be tested, translated, adopted, or used to solve real problems. In OT cybersecurity, this may take different forms: applied research with infrastructure operators or engineering partners; translational work that leads to methods, tools, datasets, validation approaches, or deployable capabilities; practice-based scholarship grounded in operational experience; sector-facing evaluations; or interdisciplinary work that brings cybersecurity into real systems and real environments. Relevant themes may include secure brownfield modernisation, OT systems-of-systems validation, resilience and recovery under cyber disruption, safe use of operational data, dependency and criticality mapping, engineering-informed risk assessment, and consequence-aware incident response. The strongest candidates will show a clear line of sight between their expertise and tangible external value. Candidate profile / qualifications We welcome applications from candidates with strong academic, applied, or practice-oriented profiles. You should have: Doctorate or a Master's degree, with substantial and credible industry achievement, in engineering, cybersecurity, computer engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, control systems, systems engineering, industrial automation, information security, or a closely related field, or an equivalent combination of industry standing, recognised OT/ICS certification, and substantial, credible operational achievement Expertise in one or more OT cybersecurity domains relevant to this search, backed by substantial hands-on experience in real industrial or infrastructure environments A strong interest in student learning and engagement, and keenness to adopt flipped classroom methods, team-based learning, and authentic assessments for learning Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset Interest in working across disciplines and with external partners The following will strengthen an application: Experience in real-world engineering, industrial, infrastructure, government, or operational technology environments Operational knowledge and experience with brownfield OT systems and processes, industrial control systems, building systems, utilities, manufacturing systems, transport systems, energy systems, or other cyber-physical environments Practical understanding of OT architecture, industrial protocols, controllers, embedded systems, remote access, segmentation, monitoring, or lifecycle constraints, familiarity with frameworks such as IEC 62443, NIST SP 800-82, NERC CIP, IACS UR E26/27, and the SANS ICS Five Critical Controls. Experience in OT incident response, resilience planning, recovery, safety-critical operations, or operational risk management Professional certifications or recognised practice credentials relevant to cybersecurity, OT security, industrial systems, engineering safety, or infrastructure operations, such as GICSP, GRID, GCIP, GIAC, CISSP, or ISA/IEC 62443 credentials For candidates at the levels of Associate Professor / Professor, the ability to lead programmes, mentor colleagues, build external partnerships, and help shape institutional capability Application Submission Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. All applications must be submitted electronically through the SIT careers website using the Apply Now button. As part of your application, please submit the following materials: Cover letter Curriculum vitae Research, scholarship, or applied practice statement Teaching statement Questions about this opportunity may be directed to the Cybersecurity Faculty Search Committee Chair at SIT_CYBERSECURITY_ACADEMIC@SINGAPORETECH.EDU.SG. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Apply by uploading your CV and a cover letter detailing how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role. We are seeking an enthusiastic Researcher Fellow to join an exciting interdisciplinary project developing a new generation of compact acoustic liners for ducted flow systems, with potential applications in aerospace, turbomachinery, ventilation and other flow-duct noise control technologies. Noise from ducted flow systems remains a major engineering and health challenge, particularly where space and weight constraints limit the use of conventional acoustic treatments. This project, funded by the UK Metamaterials Network, will explore a novel aeroacoustic metamaterial liner concept that combines thin, lightweight acoustic metamaterials with shallow cavity liners to achieve strong low-frequency sound absorption at exceptionally small depth-to-wavelength ratios. The successful candidate will work within a collaborative team at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, drawing on expertise in aeroacoustics, acoustic liners, metamaterials, numerical modelling and experimental testing. The project includes opportunities to engage with internationally recognised facilities, including the University’s Planar Flow Rig, and to interact with industrial collaborators. The role will involve developing analytical and numerical models of metamaterial liner designs, carrying out parametric studies and optimisation, supporting prototype manufacture, conducting impedance tube measurements, and contributing to aeroacoustic testing under grazing flow conditions. The project will combine modelling, design, manufacturing and experiments, offering an excellent opportunity for a researcher who enjoys hands-on, applied and creative engineering science. Applicants should have, or be close to completing, a PhD in acoustical engineering. Experience in modelling, measuring, and optimising thin, plate-like acoustic metamaterials is required, given the short timeline of this pump prime funds project. We welcome applications from candidates with diverse technical backgrounds who are motivated to learn and contribute to a high-impact research challenge. The post offers the opportunity to produce prototype devices, generate novel experimental data, contribute to conference and journal publications, and help shape a follow-on research programme. Funding is available for dissemination at UK and international conferences. Apply by uploading your CV and a cover letter detailing how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role.

Lingnan University is one of the eight publicly funded institutions in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and has the longest established tradition among the local institutions of higher education. It is widely recognised for providing quality education with a focus on whole-person development and conducting high-impact research for a better world. Moving forward, Lingnan University is well positioned to take lead as a comprehensive university in arts and sciences in the digital era, with impactful research and innovations. Lingnan University offers undergraduate, taught postgraduate, and research postgraduate programmes in the Faculties of Arts, Business, Social Sciences, and the Schools of Data Science, Graduate Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies. To foster interdisciplinary collaboration and scientific progress, Lingnan University established the Lingnan University Institute for Advanced Study (LUIAS), attracting distinguished scholars from around the world to collaborate with its faculty and students. With traditional strengths in arts, business, social sciences, and interdisciplinary studies, the University aims to equip students with practical knowledge and critical thinking skills to thrive in the future. Subsequent to the establishment of the School of Data Science and LUIAS, Lingnan University is transforming into a hub for global leaders to develop and promote human-centric technology and social policies. Further information about Lingnan University is available at https://www.ln.edu.hk/. Applications are now invited for the following post: Postdoctoral Fellow Division of Industrial Data Science (Post Ref.: 26/112) The main responsibilities of this post are to (i) conduct research and evaluation studies; (ii) collect and analyse data; (iii) participate in grant proposals and execution; (iv) participate in and help building academy-industry research; (v) advise several graduate students; (vi) draft manuscripts and write reports; (vii) assist in different research activities and handle administrative work and perform any other duties as assigned by the Person-in-charge or her delegates. The appointees are expected to submit applications for RGC grants, other local/overseas competitive grants and/or fellowship schemes. General Requirements Candidates should have (i) a PhD degree in imaging science or related field or an equivalent qualification; (ii) demonstrate research skills in imaging science and machine learning, particularly on image reverse engineering, fake image and video detection, statistical detection models and mathematical models of image processing; (iii) demonstrate experience in academy-industry projects; (iv) interest in publishing high-quality journal papers in the field; (v) demonstrated leadership in research projects; and (vi) fluency of written and spoken English required. Candidates should have obtained / been conferred a PhD degree or an equivalent qualification for no more than three years prior to the commencement of the appointment. Appointment The conditions of appointment will be competitive. The remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Fringe benefits include annual leave, medical and dental benefits, mandatory provident fund, gratuity and incoming passage and baggage allowance for the eligible appointee. Appointment will normally be made on a fixed-term contract of up to three years. Application Procedure (online application only) Please click "Apply Now" to submit your application. Applicants shall provide names and contact information of at least three referees to whom applicants’ consent has been given for their providing references. Personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only. We are an equal opportunities employer. Review of applications will continue until the post is filled. Qualified candidates are advised to submit their applications early for consideration. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the post advertised, or to fill the post by invitation or by search. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.