PhD Position: Spaceborne quantum communication

PhD Position: Spaceborne quantum communication

Tesat‑Spacecom (TESAT) is offering a PhD position in the field of free‑space optical quantum communication with a focus on multi‑user space/aerial QKD network architecture design based on trusted nodes. The fully funded position is part of the Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network “FOCAL” which consists of a consortium of European research institutes, universities and industry partners. The academic supervision of the candidate will be provided by Dr. Christian Deppe in combination with an enrollment in the PhD program of the Technical University Braunschweig (TUBS). Over the course of the thesis the candidate will have the opportunity to collaborate with consortium partners, with two secondments planned at DLR‑IKN (Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany) and Fraunhofer HHI (Berlin, Germany) and short visits to ThinkQuantum (Padua, Italy) and the University of Edinburgh.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop multi‑user space/aerial QKD network architecture based on trusted nodes.

• Conduct experimental research in free‑space optical quantum communication.

• Collaborate with consortium partners and conduct secondments at DLR‑IKN and Fraunhofer HHI.

Qualifications

• :a Master’s Degree in physics, mathematics, photonics engineering, communications engineering or other related STEM field
• sanalytical thinkin
• ga willingness to work in a team in multi-partner project structure
• sa solid understanding of the concepts of quantum physics, in particular, quantum optic

Eligibility criteria

• a:1) be in the first four years (full‑time equivalent research experience) of their research career
• s;2) be of any nationality, but not having resided or carried out their main activity in the country of the host institution of the position they are applying to for more than 1 year in the past 3 years (MSCA Mobility Rule)
• a:3) have not yet been awarded a PhD degree

Additional information is available at:

Seniority level: Entry level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Satellite Telecommunications

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