Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time)
(Ref. 260121012)
(1) Research Fellow (Full-time/Part-time) (two posts)
(2) Postdoctoral Fellow (Full-time/Part-time) (two posts)
(3) Research Associate (Full-time/Part-time) (two posts)
(4) Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) (two posts)
[Appointment period: each for twelve months]
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project - “Intelligent design and underlying atomic mechanisms of advanced high-entropy alloys”.
Qualifications
For the post of Research Fellow, applicants should a doctoral degree with at least three years of postdoctoral research experience or equivalent qualifications and experience.
For the post of Postdoctoral Fellow, applicants should have a doctoral degree or an equivalent qualification and must have no more than five years of post-qualification experience at the time of application.
For the post of Research Associate, applicants should have a Master’s degree or a good honours degree with three or more years of research/relevant work experience.
For the post of Research Assistant, applicants should have an honours degree or an equivalent qualification.
For all posts, applicants should have the strong background in materials engineering or machine learning and AI-related fields.
Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Yang Xusheng at telephone number 2766 6604 or via email at xsyang@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
For full-time appointment, a highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.
For part-time appointment, the remuneration rates are HK$394 per hour for the post of Research Fellow, HK$385 per hour for the post of Postdoctoral Fellow, HK$178 per hour for the post of Research Associate and HK$125 per hour for the post of Research Assistant.
Consideration of applications will commence on 28 January 2026 until the positions are filled.
Posting date: 21 January 2026