POST-DOCTORAL /RESEARCH INGENEER in IoT systems 13 months contract at IMT Nord Europe

OSITION TITLE : ‘’IoT Systems’’

DISCIPLINE : Computer Science and Signal processing

Expected start date : September 2026

Contract : Determined position for 13 months

AFFILIATION : Ecole Nationale Supérieure Mines-Télécom Lille Douai (IMT Nord Europe)

Public establishment belonging to IMT (Institut Mines-Télécom), placed under the supervision of the Ministry of Industry, IMT Nord Europe has three main objectives: providing our students with ethically responsible engineering practices enabling them to solve 21st century issues, carrying out our R&D activities leading to outstanding innovations and supporting territorial development through innovation and entrepreneurship. It aims at training engineers and scientists of the future, with both industrial expertise and strong skills in digital technologies. Strategically located at the crossroad of Europe, one hour from Paris, one hour and a half from London and thirty minutes from Brussels, IMT Nord Europe intends to become a major player in industrial, digital and environmental transformations of the 21st century. Therefore, our school is building bridges between education, research, engineering and digital science.

Located on two main campuses dedicated to research and education in Douai and Lille, IMT Nord Europe offers research facilities of almost 20,000m² in the following areas:

•          Digital Systems

•          Energy Environment

•          Process and Materials

IMT Nord Europe aims at strengthening its Innovation and Research Center (CERI) on Digital Sciences both in education and research but also at developing cross-cutting research activities with other Innovation and Research Centers (CERI) of our school. The goal of our center is to study the fusion of physical and digital worlds using modeling and optimization of complex systems, fluidity in human-environment interactions, and pervasive and secure systems design.

The selection committee will pay specific attention to cross-cutting proposals allowing the connection between the different Centers. For more information, see: www.imt-nord-europe.fr 

The required missions of the successful post-doctoral position candidate are described below

BRIEF:

Under the guidance of the Head of Digital Systems Center, the successful candidate will actively contribute to the research efforts of the Centre which is structured in 3 research groups.

·         ARTS (Autonomous, ResilienT Systems) group aims at making distributed and constrained systems resilient and autonomous.  A global vision is adopted, integrating data collection (and its communication problems), software development (and its adaptation to systems), prediction, control and security.

·         HIDE (Human, Interaction, DEcision) group studies human-centred learning models and the interaction between humans and their environment. It is concerned with augmented environments (Smart Factory, intelligent transport system, ...), assistance and management of elder's autonomy (technology enabled care, abnormal human behavior), as well as security of human-related data.

·         MCLEOD (Modelling and control of Complex systems in Large Environments requiring Optimized Decisions) group aims at understanding and better controlling complex systems through modeling, decision-making and control based on Control theory and Artificial Intelligence approaches.

The candidate will join the ARTS research group, to promote and support the thematic development of the Centre d’Enseignement, de Recherche et d’Innovation (CERI), specifically by designing and evaluating lightweight, distributed, and energy-efficient mechanisms for resilient cooperative decision-making in wireless sensor networks.

The main objectives are:

·         Modeling faults and adversarial behaviors in realistic WSN scenarios (including arbitrarily and correlated failures)

·         Designing resilient consensus and distributed detection algorithms robust to faulty and malicious nodes

·         Incorporating adaptive trust mechanisms to dynamically mitigate unreliable nodes

·         Evaluating performance trade-offs between robustness, energy consumption, and communication overhead

·         Publish in leading conferences and journals in the field, and take part in the organization of scientific events.

REQUIRED PROFILE:

The position is intended for a PhD holder in computer science, automatic control, or related fields, who has developed expertise in distributed networks (architectures, large-scale smart systems, etc.).

Expected Scientific and Technical Skills:

·         Strong background in distributed systems, wireless sensor networks, or related fields

·         Knowledge of distributed algorithms (consensus, decentralized decision-making)

·         Experience with fault tolerance,

·         Proficiency in programming (Python, MATLAB, or C++) and simulation tools (e.g., NS-3 or equivalent)

·         Knowledge of IoT/cyber-physical systems and performance evaluation metrics (robustness, convergence, energy efficiency)

·         Familiarity with machine learning for anomaly detection (optional but valued)

Interpersonal and Professional Skills:

·      Ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with colleagues from diverse backgrounds (teaching, research, technical support, industrial partners).

·      Autonomy, initiative, and the ability to contribute to collective projects (research, innovation).

·      Strong skills in scientific communication and outreach.

·      Excellent command of English, both spoken and written, with strong abilities in expression, negotiation, and academic writing.

This position is in Douai France. The applicant should keep in mind the possible short travels required to reach the different sites of activities, especially for research group activities. 

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Deadline date for submissions: July 12, 2026

Eligibility condition: Hold a PhD degree.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MISSIONS, PLEASE CONTACT:

Jean-Philippe Vandeborre, Director of Digital Systems Center (CERI SN)

jean-philippe.vandeborre@imt-nord-europe.fr Tel : +33 (0)3 20 33 55 96

Emmanuel Renaux, Deputy-director of the CERI SN in charge of teaching activities,

emmanuel.renaux@imt-nord-europe.fr, Tel : +33 (0)3 20 43 64 17

Eric Duviella, Deputy-director of the CERI SN in charge of research activities,

eric.duviella@imt-nord-europe.fr, Tel : +33 (0)3 27 71 21 02

Yahia MEDJAHDI and Lala RAJAOARISOA, Heads of ARTS research group

yahia.medjahdi@imt-nord-europe.fr, Tel : +33 (0) 3 20 43 64 26

lala.rajaoarisoa@imt-nord-europe.fr, Tel : +33 (0)3 27 71 23 38