By leveraging recent advances in LLMs and agentic tools (MCP, LangChain, etc), the project will design, specify, implement, and evaluate advanced capabilities such as spontaneous agent generation. Collaborative agentic AI agents will autonomously allocate resources, compose services, monitor and optimise, and secure the underlying beyond-5G infrastructure and service delivery.

CyberHub invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will primarily contribute to the project. Ideally educated to PhD level in an area related to Computer Science, the applicant will be proficient in software development, systems administration, networking and cloud.

This is an invaluable opportunity to develop research in an exciting area, gain experience in international research projects, join a leading University in the top 200 in Europe, and integrate a rapidly growing research environment and collaborate with leading industry and academic partners in the UK and Europe. Contributing to teaching activities and student supervision will be encouraged.

What we offer:

• Aston University is a dynamic and vibrant campus located within Birmingham city centre, which has excellent transport links via bus or train.
• The role is offered as 'dynamic working', which means working both on campus and from home dependent on the activity.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• A generous annual leave scheme with 30 days bookable leave and a further 13 days of bank holiday and University Closure days.
• Everyday discounts to a number of activities and retailers.
• Great family friendly policies.
• On site gym and pool with discounted staff membership available
• Further information on our Benefits and Rewards can be found here.

This role is likely to qualify for endorsement under the Endorsed Funder route of the Global Talent visa. This visa is for talented or promising individuals in academia or research in fields such as science, engineering, medicine, social sciences, or humanities.

See the Home Office guidance: https://www.gov.uk/global-talent

Closing Date: 11 Sep 2026

Unit: Teaching & Research

Salary: £38,784 to £41,064 per annum