Fixed Term Positions
Job Announcement

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.

 
 

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, 2028.
Depending on positions, the expiration date of employment may arrive before March 31, 2028.
For details, please refer to each job announcement.
(The scheduled date of employment is April 1, 2027.)
*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 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.

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.

【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., "2027, 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.

[4PM (JST), Monday 30 November 2026] is the application deadline for jobs starting on April 1st, 2027.  Applications will be closed when a suitable candidate has been selected.

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.

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.

Fixed Term Researcher

date	Subject NO.	Department/Group	Work content
11/2	2027R-1	Information Gathering Satellite Development Office / /Radio Research Institute	Research and development of satellite onboard radar
11/2	2027R-2	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Koganei Frontier Research Center, Terahertz ICT Device Laboratory	R&D of performance test technologies for millimeter- and terahertz-wave devices and modules
11/2	2027R-3	Network Research Institute / Photonic ICT Research Center, Optical Access Technology Laboratory	Research and development of ultra-high-speed, spatially multiplexed integrated devices and their system applications
11/2	2027R-5	Network Research Institute / Photonic ICT Research Center, Optical Access Technology Laboratory	Research and development of access network technology for all-band seamless connectivity
11/2	2027R-8	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Bio-ICT Collaboration Center, Bio-ICT Laboratory	Large-scale analysis of cellular mechanical information and development of a mechanoinformatics
11/2	2027R-9	Network Research Institute / Wireless Networks Research Center, Space Communication Systems Laboratory	Research and Development of Satellite-to-Ground Optical Communication Technologies
11/2	2027R-10	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Koganei Frontier Research Center, Green ICT Device Laboratory	Research and development of gallium oxide electronic devices
11/2	2027R-11	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Kobe Frontier Research Center, DUV ICT Device Laboratory	Study on group Ⅲ nitride semiconductors　for novel photonic devices
11/2	2027R-12	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Kobe Frontier Research Center, DUV ICT Device Laboratory	Study on fabrication and characterization of semiconductor optical devices
11/2	2027R-13	Universal Communication Research Institute / Data-driven Intelligent System Research Center	Research and Development on AI complex technology and Active LLM Evaluation Platform
11/2	2027R-17	Beyond Connectivity Research and Development Promotion Unit / Terahertz Technology Research Center, Terahertz Remote Sensing Laboratory	Observation of nitrogen dioxide using GOSAT-GW satellite
11/2	2027R-18	Beyond Connectivity Research and Development Promotion Unit / Terahertz Technology Research Center, Terahertz Remote Sensing Laboratory	Development of Research Infrastructure for Terahertz Remote Sensing from Space
11/2	2027R-19	Beyond Connectivity Research and Development Promotion Unit / Terahertz Technology Research Center, Terahertz Remote Sensing Laboratory	Research for Enabling Weather Forecasting and Constructing Water Environment Maps on Mars
11/2	2027R-23	Quantum ICT Collaboration Center	Research on quantum key distribution network and satellite quantum key distribution
11/2	2027R-24	Quantum ICT Collaboration Center	Research on next generation quantum key distribution, quantum key distribution network, and their applications
11/2	2027R-25	Quantum ICT Collaboration Center	Research and Development on Field Demonstration of Quantum Entanglement for Quantum Internet
11/2	2027R-26	Radio Research Institute / Electromagnetic Advanced and Infrastructure Research Center, Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory	Modeling, Quantification, and Analysis Techniques for Assessing Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields
11/2	2027R-27	Radio Research Institute / Electromagnetic Advanced and Infrastructure Research Center, Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory	Study on electromagnetic environment assessment of high-frequency equipment and risk analysis using AI
11/2	2027R-28	Radio Research Institute / Electromagnetic Advanced and Infrastructure Research Center, Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory	Study on a terahertz wave irradiation system and its evaluation
11/2	2027R-30	Beyond Connectivity Research and Development Promotion Unit / Terahertz Technology Research Center, Terahertz Remote Sensing Laboratory	Development of laboratory measurement database for THz passive remote-sensing of surface bodies.
11/2	2027R-35	Cybersecurity Research Institute / Cybersecurity Laboratory	"Research on Cyber Threat Intelligence "
11/2	2027R-36	Cybersecurity Research Institute / Cybersecurity Laboratory	Research on Human-Centered Cybersecurity
11/2	2027R-37	Beyond Connectivity Research and Development Promotion Unit / Advanced Connectivity Bridge, Industrial Wireless Systems Laboratory	R&D on management, customization and reinforcement technologies of PHY, MAC and higher layers for industrial wireless communications
11/2	2027R-38	Network Research Institute / Photonic ICT Research Center, Photonic Network Laboratory	Research on expansion of optical network application areas
11/2	2027R-39	Network Research Institute / Photonic ICT Research Center, Photonic Network Laboratory	Research on High-capacity Optical Fiber Transmission Technologies
11/2	2027R-40	Universal Communication Research Institute / Advanced Science and Technology Research Center for Multimodal AI Communication, Multimodal Speech Communication Laboratory	Research and Development of Multilingual Speech Synthesis Technology for Content Dubbing
11/2	2027R-42	Beyond Connectivity Research and Development Promotion Unit / Advanced Connectivity Bridge, Social-ICT Systems Laboratory	Research and Development of Systems and Services for Advanced Integration of Physical and Cyber Spaces Based on High-Frequency IoT Technologies
11/2	2027R-45	Cybersecurity Research Institute / National Cyber Training Center, Cyber Training Laboratory	Research on Human Resource Development and Research for Cybersecurity
11/2	2027R-47	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Function Analysis and Imaging Laboratory	Research and development on cutting-edge magnetoencephalographic technology
11/2	2027R-48	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Function Analysis and Imaging Laboratory	Research and Development of Next-Generation Neuroimaging Technologies Using MRI and MEG
11/2	2027R-49	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Function Analysis and Imaging Laboratory	Research on brain functions and development of applied technology using electroencephalogram.
11/2	2027R-50	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Function Analysis and Imaging Laboratory	A study on measurement and analysis of large-scale brain information
11/2	2027R-51	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
11/2	2027R-52	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Networks and Communication Laboratory	Research and Development for Improving Human Locomotion（１）
11/2	2027R-54	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Networks and Communication Laboratory	Mechanisms Underlying the Acquisition of Motor Phase Representations
11/2	2027R-55	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Networks and Communication Laboratory	Investigation of Neural Information Processing Mechanisms Using Functional Neuroimaging and Brain Stimulation
11/2	2027R-56	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Neural Information Engineering Laboratory	Research of computational modeling of concept acquisition and reasoning in the brain
11/2	2027R-57	Radio Research Institute / Electromagnetic Advanced and Infrastructure Research Center, Space Environment Laboratory	Research and development on space environment measurement and its influence assessment on spacecraft
11/2	2027R-60	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Koganei Frontier Research Center, Quantum ICT Laboratory	Research and development of noise-tolerant quantum node technology using superconducting quantum circuits
11/2	2027R-61	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Koganei Frontier Research Center, Quantum ICT Laboratory	Fundamental Research and Development toward Realizing Quantum Networks
11/2	2027R-62	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Koganei Frontier Research Center, Quantum ICT Laboratory	Research and development of quantum optical communication network technology
11/2	2027R-63	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Koganei Frontier Research Center, Quantum ICT Laboratory	Fundamental Research and Development of Photonic Quantum Information Processing through Advanced Control of Quantum Light
11/2	2027R-64	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Koganei Frontier Research Center, Quantum ICT Laboratory	Research on quantum communication
11/2	2027R-65	Network Research Institute / Network Architecture Laboratory	Research and Development on Advanced Network Technologies Integrating AI and Computing
11/2	2027R-66	Cybersecurity Research Institute / National Cyber Observation Center, Cyber Observation Operation Office	Research and Development on Promoting Cybersecurity Measures for IoT Devices
11/2	2027R-69	Radio Research Institute / Electromagnetic Advanced and Infrastructure Research Center, Space-Time Standards Laboratory	Precision time and frequency comparison using satellite positioning systems
11/2	2027R-70	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Kobe Frontier Research Center, Superconductive ICT Device Laboratory	Research and Development of Large-Scale Multi-Channel, Highly Integrated Superconducting Strip Photon Detection Systems
11/2	2027R-71	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Neural Information Engineering Laboratory	The Neural Basis of Human Creativity, Emergence, and Higher Brain Functions, and Their Applications to ICT
11/2	2027R-72	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Neural Information Engineering Laboratory	Study on decision-making in virtual space
11/2	2027R-73	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Neural Information Engineering Laboratory	Research on Neural Information Processing Mechanisms Supporting Motor Control
11/2	2027R-74	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Networks and Communication Laboratory	Investigation of space perception in blind individuals
11/2	2027R-79	Cybersecurity Research Institute / Security Fundamentals Laboratory	Security evaluation of cryptography by next-generation computers
11/2	2027R-80	Cybersecurity Research Institute / Security Fundamentals Laboratory	Research on the Design and Security Evaluation of Cryptographic Technologies and Protocols in Constrained Computing and Communication Environments
11/2	2027R-81	Cybersecurity Research Institute / Security Fundamentals Laboratory	Research on Cryptography, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, and Security Evaluation and Implementation of Cryptographic Technology (Multivariate post-quantum cryptography)
11/2	2027R-82	Cybersecurity Research Institute / Security Fundamentals Laboratory	Research on Cryptography, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, and Security Evaluation and Implementation of Cryptographic Technology (Code-based post-quantum cryptography)
11/2	2027R-83	Cybersecurity Research Institute / Security Fundamentals Laboratory	Research on Cryptography, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, and Security Evaluation and Implementation of Cryptographic Technology (Hash-based post-quantum cryptography)
11/2	2027R-84	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Kobe Frontier Research Center, Nano-scale Functional Assembly ICT Laboratory	Research and development of ultra-compact, ultra-high-speed nano-hybrid devices
11/2	2027R-85	Network Research Institute / Wireless Networks Research Center, Wireless Systems Laboratory	R&D of Next-Generation Radio Access Schemes and Network Management and Control Technologies for Teleoperation and Related Applications
11/2	2027R-86	Network Research Institute / Wireless Networks Research Center, Wireless Systems Laboratory	R&D on PHY, MAC, and higher layers for control, adaptation, and high-reliability in next-generation wireless networks
11/2	2027R-88	Cybersecurity Research Institute / Center for Research on AI Security and Technology Evolution	Research on AI-Based Software Security Evaluation and Vulnerability Analysis
11/2	2027R-90	Cybersecurity Research Institute / Center for Research on AI Security and Technology Evolution	Research on Cybersecurity Using AI Technology
11/2	2027R-91	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Kobe Frontier Research Center, Superconductive ICT Device Laboratory	Advancement of nitride superconducting film and junction technologies

Short-Term Researcher

date	Subject NO.	Department/Group	Work content
11/2	2027R-53	Advanced ICT Research Institute / Center for Information and Neural Networks, Brain Networks and Communication Laboratory	Research and Development for Improving Human Locomotion（２）

Fixed Term Research Engineer

date	Subject NO.	Department/Group	Work content
11/2	2027T-49	Universal Communication Research Institute / Advanced Science and Technology Research Center for Multimodal AI Communication, Multimodal Speech Communication Laboratory	Research and Application Development in Multimodal Speech Communication Technologies

Short-Term Research Engineer

date	Subject NO.	Department/Group	Work content

Research Assistant

date	Subject NO.	Department/Group	Work content
11/2	2027R-22	Quantum ICT Collaboration Center	Research on fundamental aspects and applications of quantum information and communications technologies
11/2	2027R-58	Radio Research Institute / Electromagnetic Advanced and Infrastructure 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.