Principal Investigator

Summary:
We are the people behind the products that help keep the world connected at home, school, work, at play, and everywhere in between. VIAVI employees are passionate about supporting customer success and we welcome people who bring their best every day to the company - to question, to collaborate and to push for solutions that will delight our customers.

Position Overview:
VIAVI are part of a consortium that has won funding from the Horizon Europe program. This exciting research work is focused on developing new technologies to deliver a user-friendly E2E AI framework for DataOps and MLOps in 6G communication systems. With themes of data space and trustworthy AI, the project has the ambition to incorporate 6G testbeds and digital twins in an overarching platform to support 6G development, optimization, autonomous networks and monetization.

VIAVI are seeking to recruit a Principal Investigator for a three-year term, starting early 2025, in the office of the VIAVI Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Duties & Responsibilities:
- Delivering the VIAVI contribution to the Horizon Europe consortium project as part of a small team.- Conducting research into platforms for MLOps and DataOps for 6G networks.- Creating proofs of concept and demonstration software.- Building testbeds for demonstration of the research outputs.- Representing VIAVI to the consortium partners.- Publishing the project outcomes through publication and presentation at conferences as appropriate.- Proactively protecting IPR owned by VIAVI.

Pre-Requisites / Skills / Experience Requirements:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in relevant numerate discipline. A PhD is advantageous.- Knowledge of mobile telecommunications including 3GPP, RAN and Core protocols and interfaces is desirable.- Good Python coding skills is an asset.- Experience in simulation and modelling, especially for wireless networks.- Experience of data science, especially machine learning including supervised and unsupervised approaches.- Some knowledge of virtualization or containerization is desirable.- Experience of building systems to develop, test and demonstrate novel technology would be a benefit.- Fluent spoken and written English.

Work Locations:
The role is based in France where VIAVI has offices in Saint-Étienne, Saint Herblain and Plaisir. This role is amenable to home-based work (France).