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Classification of Fixed-Term Employees

Fixed term positions available at NICT:

 Job Title Weekly Working hours  Description
Fixed Term Researcher Full time or more than 28hours

Ph.D holders or those equivalent (soon-to-be doctors can also apply)

Short-Term Researcher Less than 28 hours
Research Assistant Within 22 hours and 30 minutes

Persons who are enrolled in a graduate school, university or college of technology (4th year and above of the main course, or advanced course) and engage in research support work under the instructions of the institute.

Fixed Term Research Engineer Full time or more than 28 hours

The positions require advanced knowledge and skill in science and technology for research and development

Short-Term Research Engineer Less than 28 hours
Fixed Term Administrative Specialist Full time or more than 28hours

The positions provide administrative/technical support for ongoing research, etc.

 
 

Selection Process

  1. Reception of application documents (by post or online application)
  2. Document screening
  3. Face-to-face, telephone, or video interview (with those who passed the document screening)
  4. Job offer and proposal of working conditions
  5. Agreement on working conditions
  6. Employment

*Please note that NICT will not bear the travel expenses for interviews.

Salary

*A monthly salary is paid to employees who work more than 4 days a week (more than 28 hours), and a daily or hourly wage system is applied to the others.
*The amount of salary shall be determined considering the applicant's work experience, etc. Please be noted that the basic salary is compliant with the government employees’ wages, which may be updated from time to time with consent from NICT's labor union.
*Dependent Allowances, Commuting Allowances, and Housing Allowances shall be granted to employees who work more than 4 days a week and meet the payment requirements. (Commuting Allowances will be granted to Research Assistants regardless of the working days)

Appointed Term

From the hiring date to March 31, 2026.
Depending on positions, the expiration date of employment may arrive before March 31, 2026.
For details, please refer to each job announcement.
(The scheduled date of employment is April 1, 2025.)
*The first month of employment will be considered as a training period.

Holidays

Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, and year-end and New-Year holidays (December 29-January 3)

Work Schedule, etc.

  • A flextime labor system is applied to Fixed Term Researchers and Fixed Term Research Engineers working 37.5 hours per week. (Applies to Fixed Term Administrative Specialists working 37.5 per week as well)

  • A staggered commuting system is applied to Fixed Term Administrative Specialist working 7.5 hours per day.
  • An annual paid leave will be permitted to Fixed Term employees in accordance with the regulations.

Required Documents

Researcher
  • A resume (CV) in a prescribed form(PDF file) (WORD file) 
  • A list of publication (journal articles, verbal presentations, intellectual property right and so on)
  • A research proposal for the subject (free form)
  • Reference letter(s) should be: written by people NOT involved in NICT, the date of creation, with recommender’s seal or signature, addressed to “President of National Institute of Information and Communications Technology”. The photocopy(ies) of reference letter(s) is (are) possible.
Research Engineer
  •  A resume (CV) in a prescribed form(PDF file) (WORD file) 
  • Employment History (free form)
*You may be required to submit additional documents for selection.
Research Assistant
  •  A resume (CV) in a prescribed form(PDF file) (WORD file) 
  • Reference letter(s) should be: written the date of creation, with recommender’s seal or signature, addressed to “President of National Institute of Information and Communications Technology”. 

    The photocopy(ies) of reference letter(s) is (are) possible.Or research achievements such as presentations at academic conferences you need.

    *Student applicants must submit a written consent from your supervisor at the time of the interview to confirm that the job you are applying to will not affect your studies.

How to Apply (accepted only by post or online application)  

【Submit by post】
You may send your application documents by post to the address specified below.
  • Please put the Subject Number and the year and month of the job announcement (e.g., "2025, April announcement") on the envelope in red ink.
  • Submissions via email or fax will not be accepted.
  • Unrelated research proposals will not be accepted.
  • If you wish to apply for multiple positions, please prepare the required documents for each job. (e.g., 2 sets of documents will be required for 2 different job applications). In addition, please indicate the order of high to low priority in the Remarks column.
  • Please note that we will not accept any changes in the order of preference of applicants after the application documents have been submitted.
  [Postal Address]
  Personnel Affairs Group, Personnel Affairs Office, General Affairs Department,
      National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT),
      4-2-1 Nukui-kitamachi, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan

【Online Application】

You may also send your application documents through the Online Application Page below.
  • You will be asked to enter a valid email address in order to receive the link to proceed.
  • Please give yourself enough time before the due date as the server may be busy and connectivity errors may occur as the deadline approaches.
  • Applications with insufficient/incomplete documents cannot be accepted.
  • If you wish to apply for multiple positions, please prepare the required documents for each job. (e.g., 2 sets of documents will be required for 2 different job applications). In addition, please indicate the order of high to low priority in the Remarks column.
  • Please note that we will not accept any changes in the order of preference of applicants after the application documents have been submitted.

Application Deadline

[4PM (JST), Thursday 28 November 2024] is the application deadline for jobs starting on April 1st, 2025.  Applications will be closed when a suitable candidate has been selected.


Contact

Personnel Affairs Group, Personnel Affairs Office, General Affairs Department, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)

4-2-1 Nukui-kitamachi, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan
jinjig【atmark】ml.nict.go.jp
Please change 【atmark】 to "@" when sending e-mail.

FAX: +81-(0)42-327-7590

Privacy Policy

The application documents will be handled with appropriate care and will only be used for recruitment purposes. The documents will not be returned to the applicants and will be shredded immediately after the selection process.

List of Vacant Positions (click the Subject Number to see details)

Fixed Term Researcher  Short-Term Researcher   
Fixed Term Research Engineer   Short-Term Research Engineer  Research Assistant

*Positions that are on a five-day weekly basis are full-time positions. The working hours are 37.5 hours per week.

*Job announcements may be taken down due to certain reasons.

*The vacant positions will be available until they are filled.

 date Subject NO.  Department/Group  Work content
11/1 2025R-1 Information Gathering Satellite Development Office / Research and development of satellite onboard instruments, and security management.
11/1 2025R-2 Radio Research Institute / Radio Propagation Research Center, Remote Sensing Laboratory Research and development on optical quantum remote sensing
11/1 2025R-3 Radio Research Institute / Radio Propagation Research Center, Remote Sensing Laboratory Research and development on data utilization such as satellite-borne cloud and/or precipitation radar
11/1 2025R-4 Beyond 5G Research and Development Promotion Unit / Terahertz Technology Research Center, Terahertz Laboratory Research and Development of highly sensitive terahertz receiver and its application to spectroscopy
11/1 2025R-5 Beyond 5G Research and Development Promotion Unit / Terahertz Technology Research Center, Terahertz Laboratory Integrated terahertz devices
11/1 2025R-8 Network Research Institute / Network Architecture Laboratory R&D on AI and network virtualization integration for advanced networking
11/1 2025R-9 Network Research Institute / Network Architecture Laboratory R&D on blockchain/DLT and distributed networking
11/1 2025R-10 Network Research Institute / Resilient ICT Research Center, Sustainable ICT Systems Laboratory Resilient ICT Technologies
11/1 2025R-12 Network Research Institute / Photonic ICT Research Center, Optical Access Technology Laboratory Research and development on ultra high-speed optical to electrical signal convertion and it application for access network
11/1 2025R-13 Network Research Institute / Photonic ICT Research Center, Optical Access Technology Laboratory Research and development on the transmission media-independent and harmonized seamless access network technology
11/1 2025R-14 Cybersecurity Research Institute / National Cyber Training Center, Cyber Training Laboratory Research on Human Resource Development and Research for Cybersecurity
11/1 2025R-17 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Kobe Frontier Research Center, Bio-ICT Laboratory Understanding and Regulating Cellular Information Systems Using a Constitutive Approach
11/1 2025R-18 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Kobe Frontier Research Center, DUV ICT Device Laboratory Study on fabrication and characterization of semiconductor optical devices
11/1 2025R-19 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Kobe Frontier Research Center, DUV ICT Device Laboratory Study on group Ⅲ nitride semiconductors for novel photonic devices
11/1 2025R-20 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Kobe Frontier Research Center, Nano-scale Functional Assembly ICT Laboratory Research and development on optical and high-frequency nano-hybrid devices
11/1 2025R-22 Beyond 5G Research and Development Promotion Unit / Terahertz Technology Research Center, Terahertz Laboratory Development of a radiative transfer model for Terahertz surface roughness effects
11/1 2025R-23 Beyond 5G Research and Development Promotion Unit / Terahertz Technology Research Center, Terahertz Laboratory Development of laboratory measurement database for THz passive remote-sensing of surface bodies.
11/1 2025R-24 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Koganei Frontier Research Center, Terahertz ICT Device Laboratory and Beyond 5G Research and Development Promotion Unit Terahertz Technology Research Center, Terahertz Laboratory R&D on terahertz- and millimeter-wave wireless technology
11/1 2025R-25 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Koganei Frontier Research Center, Terahertz ICT Device Laboratory R&D of terahertz- and millimeter-wave device measurement technology
11/1 2025R-26 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Koganei Frontier Research Center, Quantum ICT Laboratory Research and development of noise-tolerant quantum node technology using superconducting quantum circuits
11/1 2025R-27 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Koganei Frontier Research Center, Quantum ICT Laboratory Basic research and development of novel quantum communications
11/1 2025R-28 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Koganei Frontier Research Center, Quantum ICT Laboratory Research and development of quantum optical communication network technology
11/1 2025R-29 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Koganei Frontier Research Center, Quantum ICT Laboratory Experiments in quantum communication by optics
11/1 2025R-30 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Koganei Frontier Research Center, Quantum ICT Laboratory Research on quantum communication
11/1 2025R-31 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Koganei Frontier Research Center, Quantum ICT Laboratory Research and development on ion traps for fault-tolerant quantum computing
11/1 2025R-33 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Koganei Frontier Research Center, Green ICT Device Laboratory Research and development on gallium oxide devices (device processing)
11/1 2025R-34 Network Research Institute / Wireless Networks Research Center, Space Communication Systems Laboratory Research on broadband mobile satellite communications
11/1 2025R-35 Network Research Institute / Wireless Networks Research Center, Space Communication Systems Laboratory R&D on optical satellite communications technology and services related to the formation of user communities
11/1 2025R-36 Network Research Institute / Wireless Networks Research Center, Space Communication Systems Laboratory Research on Communication System Technologies in Non-Terrestrial Networks toward B5G/6G
11/1 2025R-38 Network Research Institute / Photonic ICT Research Center, Photonic Network Laboratory Research on huge-capacity massive-channel optical fiber transmission technologies and related digital signal processing technology
11/1 2025R-39 Network Research Institute / Photonic ICT Research Center, Photonic Network Laboratory Research on high-speed and flexible optical network system technologies
11/7 2025R-40 Network Research Institute / Resilient ICT Research Center, Sustainable ICT Systems Laboratory Resilient natural environment measurement technologies
11/1 2025R-41 Network Research Institute / Wireless Networks Research Center, Wireless Systems Laboratory R&D on PHY, MAC, and higher layers for wireless network management, customization, and reenforcement technologies
11/1 2025R-43 Cybersecurity Research Institute / Cybersecurity Laboratory Research on AI for Cybersecurity
11/1 2025R-44 Cybersecurity Research Institute / Cybersecurity Laboratory Research on Cyber Threat Intelligence
11/1 2025R-45 Cybersecurity Research Institute / Cybersecurity Laboratory Research on Hardware Security
11/1 2025R-46 Cybersecurity Research Institute / Cybersecurity Laboratory Research on Cyberattack-attribution Technology
11/1 2025R-47 Cybersecurity Research Institute / Cybersecurity Laboratory Research on Data-driven Cybersecurity Technology
11/1 2025R-48 Cybersecurity Research Institute / Cybersecurity Laboratory Research on Emerging Cybersecurity
11/1 2025R-49 Cybersecurity Research Institute / Cybersecurity Laboratory Research on Usable Security
11/1 2025R-51 Cybersecurity Research Institute / Cybersecurity Laboratory Research on 5G Security
11/1 2025R-52 Cybersecurity Research Institute / Cybersecurity Laboratory Research on Security for AI
11/1 2025R-56 Universal Communication Research Institute / Big Data Integration Research Center Research on fundamental technologies for smart data analysis
11/1 2025R-57 Universal Communication Research Institute / Advanced Reality Technology Laboratory Research and development of technologies for analysing spatio-temoral information of human behaviors and their applications
11/1 2025R-60 Quantum ICT Collaboration Center Research and Development on Field Demonstration of Quantum Entanglement for Quantum Internet
11/1 2025R-61 Quantum ICT Collaboration Center Research on quantum key distribution network and satellite quantum key distribution
11/1 2025R-62 Quantum ICT Collaboration Center Research on next generation quantum key distribution, quantum key distribution network, and their applications
11/1 2025R-64 Radio Research Institute / Electromagnetic Standards Research Center, Space-Time Standards Laboratory Development of positioning technology using wireless two-way interferometry (Wi-Wi)
11/1 2025R-65 Radio Research Institute / Electromagnetic Standards Research Center, Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory Research on measurement and estimation techniques for the EMF environment and calculation of inductive quantities in the human body
11/1 2025R-66 Radio Research Institute / Electromagnetic Standards Research Center, Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory Research on communication and survey to clarify attitudes toward science and technology
11/1 2025R-67 Radio Research Institute / Electromagnetic Standards Research Center, Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory Research on estimation of radio frequency exposure estimates and conformity assessment methods for human exposure to new wireless communication technologies
11/1 2025R-68 Radio Research Institute / Electromagnetic Standards Research Center, Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory A Study on Exposure Assessment Methods and Compliance Assessment Methods for Diversified Radio Use
11/1 2025R-69 Radio Research Institute / Electromagnetic Standards Research Center, Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory A Study on Improving The Accuracy of Electromagnetic and Thermal Simulations for Human Exposure Assessment
11/1 2025R-73 Radio Research Institute / Radio Propagation Research Center, Space Environment Laboratory Development of space weather forecast system based on ionosphere research
11/1 2025R-74 Open Innovation Promotion Headquarters, Social Innovation Unit / ICT Testbed Research and Development Promotion Center, Social-ICT System Laboratory Building a testbed and an experimental Research & Development of the next generation high-speed wireless system combined with time-space synchronization technique, AI, or distributed devices management technique for active autonomous mobilites society in Beyond5G era
11/1 2025R-75 Open Innovation Promotion Headquarters, Social Innovation Unit / ICT Testbed Research and Development Promotion Center, ICT Testbed Research, Development and Operations Laboratory Research and Development on a Large-Scale Network Testbed Integrating Simulators, Emulators, and Real Systems
11/1 2025R-77 Cybersecurity Research Institute / Security Fundamentals Laboratory Research and Development on Security Analysis and Implementation for Cryptography and Privacy-preserving Technologies
11/1 2025R-82 Cybersecurity Research Institute / National Cyber Observation Center, Cyber Observation Operation Office Research and Development on Promoting Cybersecurity Measures for IoT Devices
11/1 2025R-84 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Function Analysis and Imaging Laboratory Brain imaging technology of information processing using ultra-high field MRI
11/1 2025R-85 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Function Analysis and Imaging Laboratory Research and development of brain image measurement and analysis technology using ultra-high field MRI
11/1 2025R-86 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Function Analysis and Imaging Laboratory Advanced research and development on state-of-the-art magnetoencephalographic technology
11/1 2025R-87 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Function Analysis and Imaging Laboratory Research on advanced technology of neuroimaging
11/1 2025R-88 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Function Analysis and Imaging Laboratory Research on highly advanced technology of neuroimaging
11/1 2025R-89 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Function Analysis and Imaging Laboratory Research and development of quantitative evaluation on information comprehension and mental state by using EEG data
11/1 2025R-90 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Networks and Communication Laboratory Development of deformable musculoskeletal model based on medical images
11/1 2025R-91 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Networks and Communication Laboratory Research and development on improving human motor function
11/1 2025R-92 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Networks and Communication Laboratory Study of Neural Mechanisms for Processing Temporal and Spatial Information
11/1 2025R-93 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Networks and Communication Laboratory Neuroimaging and psychophysics studies on visual perception and their applications
11/1 2025R-94 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Function Analysis and Imaging Laboratory Developments of circuits and its design rule based on the physics of classical and non-classical magnetic spins
11/1 2025R-96 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Neural Information Engineering Laboratory Research on avatar control technology using brain information
11/1 2025R-97 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Neural Information Engineering Laboratory Study on computational theory of decision making
11/1 2025R-98 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Neural Information Engineering Laboratory Constructing a computaianol model for human decisino making.
11/1 2025R-99 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Neural Information Engineering Laboratory Cognitive and computational brain mechanisms of category learning and semantic concept representation, memory formation, and cognitive control
11/1 2025R-100 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Neural Information Engineering Laboratory Research on Higher Brain Functions for developing brain-inspired AI
11/1 2025R-101 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Networks and Communication Laboratory Development of BMI systems and application for Brain information engineering
11/1 2025R-102 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Networks and Communication Laboratory Development of next generation BMI devices and decoder
11/1 2025R-105 Network Research Institute / Wireless Networks Research Center, Space Communication Systems Laboratory Research on Network Control Technologies in Non-Terrestrial Networks toward B5G/6G
11/1 2025R-107 Cybersecurity Research Institute R&D on AI security
11/1 2025R-108 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Kobe Frontier Research Center, Superconductive ICT Device Laboratory Development of superconducting photon detector

 date Subject NO.  Department/Group  Work content
11/1 2025R-95 Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Function Analysis and Imaging Laboratory Development of algorithms, circuits and theory based on classical and non-classical magnetic spin principles

date Subject NO. Department/Group Work content

date Subject NO.  Department/Group  Work content

date Subject NO.  Department/Group  Work content
11/1 2025R-11 Network Research Institute / Resilient ICT Research Center, Sustainable ICT Systems Laboratory Research and development on AI/ML-based radio access technologies applicable into severe radio propagation environment
11/1 2025R-58 Beyond 5G Research and Development Promotion Unit / Terahertz Technology Research Center, Terahertz Laboratory Research assistant of terahertz-wave wireless communication experiment
11/1 2025R-59 Quantum ICT Collaboration Center Research on fundamental aspects and applications of quantum information and communications technologies
11/8 2025R-109 Radio Research Institute / Electromagnetic Standards Research Center, Space-Time Standards Laboratory Research assistance for time and frequency synchronization using wireless communication for frequency-sharing technology in low Earth orbit satellites.