Fixed-Term Positions
Job Announcement

Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19, we may postpone or temporarily suspend the selection of fixed-term employees.

We will keep you posted of new announcements on this website, etc.

If you have already applied, we will inform you separately as necessary.

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
Fixed Term Technical Researcher	Full time or more than 28 hours	The positions require advanced knowledge and skill in science and technology for research and development
Short-Term Technical Researcher	Less than 28 hours
Fixed Term Administrative Specialist	Full time or more than 28hours	The positions provide administrative/technical support for ongoing research, etc.

 
 

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.

*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)

From the hiring date to March 31, 2022.
Depending on positions, the expiration date of employment may arrive before March 31, 2022.
For details, please refer to each job announcement.
(The scheduled date of employment is January 1, 2022.)
*The first month of employment will be considered as a training period.

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

• A flextime labor system is applied to Fixed Term Researchers and Fixed Term Technical Researchers 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.

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: original text, written within six months, written by people NOT involved in NICT, 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) NOT accepted.
Technical Researcher	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.
Administrative Specialist	A resume (CV) in a prescribed form(PDF file) (WORD file)

＊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.

【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., "2021, 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).

　　[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.

[4PM (JST), Friday 22 November, 2021] is the application deadline for jobs starting on January 1st.  Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.

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 not hired and will be shredded immediately after the selection process.

Fixed Term Researcher　 35positions	Short-Term Researcher　  1position
Fixed Term Technical Researcher　　 2position	Short-Term Technical Researcher　 0 position	Fixed Term Administrative Specialist 0 position

*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.

Fixed Term Researcher

date	Subject NO.	Department/Group	Work content
11/6	2021R-14	Radio Research Institute/ Electromagnetic Standards Research Center, Space-Time Standards Laboratory	Fabrication and evaluation of wafer-processed gas cell for miniaturized atomic clocks
11/6 closed on 8/3	2021R-29	Universal Communication Research Institute Big Data Integration Research Center	Research on fundamental technologies for smart data analysis
11/6	2021R-31	Universal Communication Research Institute/ Big Data Integration Research Center	Research on fundamental techniques for real-world analysis with smart data
11/6 closed on 7/20	2021R-45	Network Research Institute Resilient ICT Research Center/Sustainable ICT Systems Laboratory	Research and development on radio access technologies applicable into severe radio propagation environment
11/6	2021R-54	Network Research Institute/ Photonic ICT Research Center, Photonic Network Laboratory	Research of resiliency of optical network
11/6	2021R-58	Network Research Institute /Photonic ICT Research Center, Photonic Network Laboratory	Research on high-speed and low-power short-range optical link technologies and huge-capacity massive-channel optical network system
11/6	2021R-61	Network Research Institute/ Network Architecture Laboratory	R&D on blockchain/DLT and secure networking
11/6	2021R-67	Network System Research Institute / Network Science and Convergence Device Technology Laboratory	R&D on innovative networking integrating with AI and virtual network technology
11/6 updated on 5/24	2021R-68	Network Research Institute/ Network Architecture Laboratory	R&D on innovative networking with FPGA/P4 based programmable hardware routers
11/6 updated on 6/3	2021R-71	Network Research Institute Wireless Networks Research Center/ Wireless Systems Laboratory	Research and development on PHY, MAC and higher layers of scalable and broadband wireless access and IoT systems
11/6 closed	2021R-78	Wireless Networks Research Center / Space Communications Laboratory	R&D on the TT&C ground station for the satellite laser communication onboard ETS-9
11/6	2021R-84	Wireless Networks Research Center / Space Communications Laboratory	Research on free-space laser communications for small satellites
11/6 closed	2021R-99	Beyond 5G Research and Development Promotion Unit　Terahertz Technology Research Center Terahertz Laboratory	R&D on integrated photonics (incl. compact frequency comb light sources) for terahertz (THz) /optical communications
11/6 closed	2021R-101	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Green ICT Device Advanced Development Center	Research and development on gallium oxide devices (device processing)
11/6 updated on 5/24	2021R-105	Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe Frontier Research Center / Bio-ICT Laboratory	An analysis on the mechanism to form structures and patterns of unicellular organisms
11/6 updated on 2/26	2021R-107	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Koganei Frontier Research Center, Quantum ICT Laboratory	research and development of noise-tolerant superconducting qubit aiming at fault-tolerant universal quantum computer
11/6	2021R-111	Quantum ICT Collaboration Center	Research on quantum key distribution network
11/6	2021R-112	Advanced ICT Research Institute Koganei Frontier Research Center, Quantum ICT Laboratory	Research on quantum cryptography and quantum communication technologies
11/6	2021R-113	Quantum ICT Collaboration Center	Research on practical continuous-variable quantum key distribution
11/6	2021R-114	Quantum ICT Collaboration Center	Research on network coding in quantum key distribution networks
11/6	2021R-118	Advanced ICT Research Institute Kobe Frontier Research Center, DUV ICT Device Laboratory	Study on fabrication and characterization of semiconductor light-emitting and nanophotonic devices
11/6 closed	2021R-121	Advanced ICT Research Institute, Center for Information and Neural Networks/Neural Information Engineering Laboratory	Research on brain function measurement and analysis
11/6 updated on 3/2	2021R-134	Advanced ICT Research Institute/ Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Function Analysis and Imaging Laboratory	Research and development of quantitative evaluation on language ability and mental state by using EEG data
11/6	2021R-140	Advanced ICT Research Institute/ Center for Information and Neural Networks	Quantitative understanding of brain representations underlying natural perception, cognition, and behavior
11/6 closed on 7/19	2021R-141	Center for Information and Neural Networks	MRI studies on the development, deterioration and disability of body recognition and motor functions of the brain
11/6	2021R-149	Advanced ICT Research Institute/ Center for Information and Neural Networks	Research on representation of motion information in the brain
11/6	2021R-154	Advanced ICT Research Institute/ Center for Information and Neural Networks	Research on decoding of human condition and intention from brain information
11/6	2021R-155	Advanced ICT Research Institute/ Center for Information and Neural Networks	Developing decoding techniques to predict forthcoming human actions and intention
11/6	2021R-158	Cybersecurity Research Institute / Cybersecurity Laboratory	Research and development on cyber attack hybrid analysis platform technology
11/6	2021R-160	Cybersecurity Research Institute / Cybersecurity Laboratory	Research and development on automated cybersecurity using machine learning techniques
11/6	2021R-170	Universal Communication Research Institute/ Advanced Speech Translation Research and Development Promotion Center, Advanced Speech Technology Laboratory	Research and Development of Advanced Multilingual Speech Recognition and Synthesis Technologies
11/6 closed on 7/20	2021R-176	Advanced Speech Translation Research and Development Promotion Center / Advanced Translation Technology Laboratory	Research and development of next-generation machine translation algorithms
11/6 closed on 7/20	2021R-177	Advanced Speech Translation Research and Development Promotion Center / Advanced Translation Technology Laboratory	Research on Summarization and Omission Completion in Simultaneous Machine Translation
11/6	2021R-180	Open Innovation Promotion Headquarters, Social Innovation Unit/ ICT Testbed Research and Development Promotion Center, ICT Testbed Research, Development and Operations Laboratory	Research and development for building large-scale network emulation testbed for designing and evaluating CPS technologies
11/6	2021R-181	Open Innovation Promotion Headquarters, Social Innovation Unit/ ICT Testbed Research and Development Promotion Center, ICT Testbed Research, Development and Operations Laboratory	Research and development for building large-scale wireless emulation testbed
11/6	2021R-183	Open Innovation Promotion Headquarters, Social Innovation Unit/ ICT Testbed Research and Development Promotion Center, Social-ICT System Laboratory	Demonstrative Research of Synergetic System utilizing Artificial Intelligence and/or Distributed Ledger Technology with Wireless Communications Technology toward the Society enabled by Autonomous Mobility Power
12/18 closed on 8/3	2021R-188	Advanced ICT Research Institute, Center for Information and Neural Networks	Research on ethical, legal, and social issues of research outcomes in brain science
12/18 closed on 5/24	2021R-190	Center for Information and Neural Networks	Development of algorithms, circuits and theory based on classical and non-classical magnetic spin principles
12/18	2021R-192	Advanced ICT Research Institute Koganei Frontier Research Center, Quantum ICT Laboratory	Experimental studies on quantum network with trapped ions
12/18 closed on 8/3	2021R-193	Applied Electromagnetic Research Institute / Remote Sensing Laboratory	Research and development of comprehensive analysis method by using AI of remote sensor ( various types of radar, lidar, etc.)acquisition data for meteorological observation
2/26 updated on 5/24	2021R-194	Advanced ICT Research Institute/ Kobe Frontier Research Center, Bio-ICT Laboratory	Development of high-resolution biological imaging methods
3/2	2021R-195	Applied Radio Research Institute/ Applied Electromagnetic Research Center, Digital Optics Laboratory	Research and development of precision optical measurement technology by digital holography
4/1 closed	2021R-196	Advanced ICT Research Institute　Center for Information and Neural Networks / Brain Networks and Communication Laboratory	Neuroimaging and psychophysics research on human robust and stable visual perception
4/1 closed	2021R-197	Advanced ICT Research Institute　Center for Information and Neural Networks / Brain Networks and Communication Laboratory	Neural mechanism of efficient cognitive-sensory-motor control
4/22	2021R-198	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
4/22 closed on 5/25	2021R-199	Universal Communication Research Institute / Data-driven Intelligent System Research Center	Research and Development on Data-driven Intelligent Communication Technology
5/24	2021R-200	Advanced ICT Research Institute/ Koganei Frontier Research Center, Quantum ICT Laboratory	Research and development on ion traps for fault-tolerant quantum computing
5/24	2021R-201	Network Research Institute/ Resilient ICT Research Center, Sustainable ICT Systems Laboratory	Research and development on radio access technologies applicable into severe radio propagation environment
5/24 closed on 7/26	2021R-202	Advanced ICT Research Institute　Center for Information and Neural Networks / Neural Information Engineering Laboratory	Brain inspired information processing modeling of cognitive mechanism
7/20	2021R-203	Universal Communication Research Institute / Data-driven Intelligent System Research Center	Research and Development on Data-driven Intelligent Communication Technology
7/20	2021R-204	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Function Analysis and Imaging Laboratory	Brain function analysis by intergative analysis on functional and diffusion MRI data
7/20	2021R-205	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Networks and Communication Laboratory	MRI data analysis and computational modeling for development and aging of brain motor functions
8/19	2021R-206	Universal Communication Research Institute / Big Data Integration Research Center	Research on fundamental technologies for smart data analysis

Short-Term Researcher

date	Subject NO.	Department/Group	Work content
11/6	2021R-98	Beyond 5G Research and Development Promotion Unit　Terahertz Technology Research Center Terahertz Laboratory	R&D on novel terahertz (THz) technology (generation/detection of ultrafast modulated signals in the THz frequency region)

Fixed Term Technical Researcher

date	Subject NO.	Department/Group	Work content
11/6 closed on 7/20	2021T-91	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Frontier Research Laboratory	Superconducting quantum metamaterial technical support
7/20	2021T-214	Universal Communication Research Institute / Advanced Speech Translation Research and Development Promotion Center, Advanced Speech Technology Laboratory	Research on new applications of machine translation systems
7/20	2021T-215	Universal Communication Research Institute / Advanced Speech Translation Research and Development Promotion Center, Advanced Speech Technology Laboratory	Research on machine translation systems with various input and output styles

Short-Term Technical Researcher

date	Subject NO.	Department/Group	Work content

Fixed Term Administrative Specialist

date	Subject NO.	Department/Group	Work content