MSCA Doctoral Student in SecReSy4You Network on Critical Cyber-Physical Systems Security and Resilience with a Focus on Secure Control Systems under Uncertainty Full-time

MSCA Doctoral Student in SecReSy4You Network on Critical Cyber-Physical Systems Security and Resilience

Are you interested in working in the intersection of control theory, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence, with the support of competent and friendly colleagues in an international environment? Are you looking for an employer that invests in sustainable employeeship and offers safe, favourable working conditions? We welcome you to apply for a PhD position at the Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University.

The position is part of the SecReSy4You Doctoral Network, funded by the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). The Department of Information Technology holds a leading position in both research and education at all levels. The doctoral student will join the Secure Learning and Control Laboratory, an interdisciplinary research group doing basic and applied research at the intersection of cybersecurity, control theory, and machine learning.

As a doctoral student with us, you get offered:

• Work in an interdisciplinary network of national and international collaborators at an outstanding research institution.
• Active supervision and promotion of your scientific development toward a PhD.
• A close integration of fundamental research and applications.
• Access to state-of-the-art research facilities and resources, including high-performance compute clusters.
• A collaborative and supportive research environment with an international, friendly, and dedicated team.
• A balanced and family-friendly work-life relationship.

The European MSCA Doctoral Network SecReSy4You aims to train a new generation of 10 researchers in cybersecurity and resilience for cyber-physical systems (CPS). The 10 doctoral candidates will collaborate on modeling threat actors, developing scalable AI-based monitoring and control systems, and designing strategies to ensure long-term CPS protection.

The project aims to develop new theories and methods for enhancing the security of control systems in the presence of strategic, realistically constrained adversaries and probabilistic uncertainty. The doctoral student will primarily devote their time to graduate education. Other departmental duties of at most 20%, including teaching and administration, may also be included in the employment. In addition, the duties include the following:

• Interdisciplinary research on cyber-physical security, with a focus on secure control systems under uncertainty and realistic adversaries.
• Publication of scientific results in top journals and at flagship conferences.
• Contributions to network-wide events and performing (transnational) academic and/or industrial secondments within Europe.

To meet the general entry requirements for doctoral studies, you must:

• hold a Master's (second-cycle) degree in electrical and computer engineering, engineering physics, computer science, applied mathematics, or a closely related field, or
• have completed at least 240 credits in higher education, with at least 60 credits at Master's level including an independent project worth at least 15 credits, or
• have acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way.

Additionally, you must have:

• Very good academic performance in previous studies.
• Solid knowledge in automatic control and systems theory.
• Good proficiency in programming (e.g. in C, C++, Python, Julia, or Matlab).
• High-quality MSc thesis (or equivalent) or other independent written work.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Personal characteristics such as a good level of creativity, thoroughness, and/or a structured approach to problem-solving.

The employment is a temporary position according to the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5 § 7. Scope of employment 100 %. Starting date September 1st or as agreed. Placement: Uppsala.

Doctoral students employed through the Marie Sklodowska-Curie programme will receive a salary in accordance with the Marie Curie rules for doctoral students for the duration of the scholarship (36 months). This means that the gross salary (i.e., after deduction of employer contributions but including employee taxes) is approximately (depending on the exchange rate) 37,000 SEK/month (without family allowance). Employee's national and local taxes will be deducted from this gross salary before payment of the net salary to the doctoral candidate.

For the remaining period of your studies, you will be employed under a regular doctoral contract, with salary according to the agreed salary ladder for doctoral students plus a salary increment of 1800 SEK/month.

For further information about the position, please contact: Associate Professor André Teixeira (email: andre.teixeira@it.uu.se, phone: +46 18-471 5414).

Please submit your application by 24 April 2026, UFV-PA 2026/890.