Doctoral Student in Networked Systems Security and Privacy at KTH, Stockholm

Job Description

KTH’s Networked Systems Security (NSS) group in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is recruiting a doctoral student in security and privacy, supervised by Prof. Panagiotis (Panos) Papadimitratos. Research can be in any of the group’s areas, but the advert says that security and resilience of positioning and localisation, including global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), is of primary interest. Experimental, systems and theoretical profiles are all welcome.

At a glance

• Position: Doctoral student, up to four years full time (the advert lists one position, although its title says ‘doctoral students’)
• Subject: Information and Communication Technologies
• Supervisor: Prof. Panagiotis Papadimitratos (proposed)
• Reference: PA-2026-1902
• Apply by: 23 September 2026
• Apply: 23 September 2026

About the networked systems security PhD

• Original research in security and privacy of networked systems, leading to peer-reviewed publications
• Design, analysis, verification, implementation or empirical evaluation of secure networked systems
• A focus of primary interest: security and resilience of positioning and localisation, including GNSS
• Work within an international research team, alongside doctoral courses

How KTH doctoral employment works

Only applicants admitted to doctoral studies can be employed as doctoral students. The first contract is for up to one year and is then renewed for up to two years at a time, adding up to at most four years of full-time study. Up to 20% of working time may go to tasks such as teaching and administration. Applicants need English at the level of Swedish upper-secondary English B/6.

The group’s research areas are described on the NSS website.

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What KTH is looking for

• A master’s degree, or at least 240 credits including 60 at second-cycle level, or equivalent knowledge
• English equivalent to English B/6
• A solid background in several of: computer security, privacy-enhancing technologies, mobile computing, networking, Internet security, wireless communications, distributed algorithms and systems, programming languages, performance analysis, operating systems, simulation tools, software engineering, system and network programming, applied cryptography, information theory
• Ability to work independently, collaborate, take a professional approach and analyse complex problems

Nice to have

• Strong experimental, systems or theoretical profile
• Interest in several of design, analysis, verification, implementation and evaluation of secure systems
• Readiness to contribute to an international research team

Pay and location

Doctoral students at KTH are salaried employees, paid monthly under KTH’s doctoral student salary agreement; the advert gives no figure. The post is full time in Stockholm, starting by agreement.

How to apply

Apply through the official KTH page. The closing date is 23 September 2026.

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