Postdoctoral Fellow (Level A or B) â Defence Trailblazer x2
Postdoctoral Fellow (Level A or B) â Defence Trailblazer x2
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Job Description
- Develop and enhance Natural Language Processing systems to support AIdriven products and services.
- Work with Large Language Models (LLMs) including finetuning and RetrievalAugmented Generation (RAG) approaches to optimise performance
- Design and implement robust evaluation frameworks
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- Level A or B appointment $88290 $145730 (min. 110059 with PhD) 17% superannuation
- Fulltime fixed term contracts to May 2027
Why Your Role Matters:
The Defence Trailblazer for Concept to Sovereign Capability is a $250 million enterprise powered by UNSW and UoA with funding from the Australian Government through the Trailblazer Universities Program as well as university and industry partners. Our mission is to accelerate the commercialisation of research for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) develop education training pathways fasttrack entrepreneurs ideas to commercialisation and enhance collaboration between industry government and academia.
The School of Computer Science and Engineering is one of the largest and most prestigious schools of computing in Australia. It offers undergraduate programmes in Software Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science and Bioinformatics as well as a number of combined degrees with other disciplines. Our research and teaching staff are world leading and world building as they advance knowledge and more information on our school go to the following link to Dr. Aditya Joshi School of Computer Science and Engineering the Postdoctoral Fellows (Level A/Level B) are expected to carry out independent and/or team research within the field in which they are appointed and to carry out activities to develop their research expertise relevant to their particular field of research. This position is funded by the ASIC Defence Trailblazer Grant.
About UNSW
UNSW isnt like other places youve worked. Yes were a large organisation with a diverse and talented community; a community doing extraordinary things. But what makes us different isnt only what we do its how we do it. Together we are driven to be thoughtful practical and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. Its the reason were Australias number one university for impact and among the nations Top 20 employers. And its why we come to campus each day.
Benefits and Culture:
UNSW offers a competitive salary and access to UNSW benefits including:
- Hybrid/Flexible working arrangements
- An additional 3 days of leave over the Christmas Period
- Access to lifelong learning and career development
- Progressive HR practices
- Discounts and entitlements
- Affordable on campus parking
Who You Are:
Level A
You have a PhD in natural language processing or a related discipline and can demonstrate the following Skills and Experience:
- Proven commitment to proactively keeping up to date with discipline knowledge and developments.
- Research with outcomes of highquality outputs (e.g. ACL NeurIPS ICML ICLR AAAI) and high impact with clear evidence of the desire and ability to achieve research excellence and capacity for leadership.
- Strong experience in finetuning LLMs and developing LLMbased tools and techniques such as RAGs and agentic workflows.
- A track record of significant involvement with the profession and/or industry.
- Highlevel communication skills and ability to network effectively and interact with a diverse range of students and staff.
- Ability to work in a team collaborate across disciplines and build effective relationships.
- Highly developed interpersonal and organisational skills.
- An understanding of and commitment to UNSWs aims objectives and values together with relevant policies and guidelines.
- Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant health and safety training.
- Retrievalaugmented generation for conversation understanding or questionanswering is desirable.
- Webbased deployment using commercial cloud platforms is desirable.
Level B additional Skills and Experience required
- Two years of postPhD experience.
- Build effective networks with colleagues.
- Generate alternative funding and/or industry projects through liaison with external local and international researchers industry and government.
Preemployment checks required for these positions
- Verification of qualifications
- The successful candidates may be required to hold or attain an Australian government security clearance.
Apply: If developing your NLP research expertise is of interest to you please submit your CV Cover Letter and responses to Skills and Experience required in the position description.
Please note:Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates must hold Australian working rights to be considered for this position
Applications close: 11.55pm Sunday 25th May 2025
Contact: Shiree Thomas Talent Acquisition Consultant e:
UNSW is committed to evolving a culture that embraces equity and supports a diverse and inclusive community where everyone can participate fairly in a safe and respectful environment. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and encourage applications from people of diverse gender sexual orientation cultural and linguistic backgrounds Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background people with disability and those with caring and family responsibilities. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.
The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.
Employment Type
Full-Time
