Principal Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellow / Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Research Assistant / Research Technical Assistant (Full-time/Part-time)

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

(Ref. 260109016)

(1)    Principal Research Fellow (Full-time/Part-time) (three posts)
(2)    Senior Research Fellow (Full-time/Part-time) (three posts)
(3)    Research Fellow (Full-time/Part-time) (three posts)
(4)    Postdoctoral Fellow (Full-time/Part-time) (three posts)
(5)    Research Associate (Full-time/Part-time) (three posts)
(6)    Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) (three posts)
(7)    Research Technical Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) (three posts)
[Appointment period: each for six months]

Duties

The appointees will assist the Director of the Hong Kong Branch of National Rail Transit Electrification and Automation Engineering Technology Research Center (CNERC-Rail) in the research project - “Smart Railway Technology and Applications”.

Qualifications

Applicants for the Principal Research Fellow post should have a doctoral degree plus substantial postdoctoral research experience normally of at least eight years’ duration, high level of academic achievement and good record and reputation as a competent researcher.

Applicants for the Senior Research Fellow post should have a doctoral degree plus at least six years of postdoctoral research experience or equivalent qualifications and experience.

Applicants for the Research Fellow post should have a doctoral degree plus at least three years of postdoctoral research experience or equivalent qualifications and experience.

For the Postdoctoral Fellow post, 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.

Applicants for the Research Associate post should have a Master’s degree or a good honours degree with three or more years of research / relevant work experience.

Applicants for the Research Assistant post should have an honours degree or an equivalent qualification.

Applicants for the Research Technical Assistant post should have a higher diploma or a diploma or an equivalent qualification in the appropriate discipline plus at least three years’ relevant post-qualification experience.

Applicants are invited to contact Ms Maggie Guo at telephone number 2766 8539 or via email at maggie.guo@polyu.edu.hk for further information.

Conditions of Service

For full-time appointment(s), a highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.

For part-time appointment(s), the remuneration rates for the posts of Principal Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, Research Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Associate, Research Assistant and Research Technical Assistant are HK$668 per hour, HK$630 per hour, HK$394 per hour, HK$385 per hour, HK$178 per hour, HK$125 per hour and HK$120 per hour respectively.

The closing date for application is 21 July 2026.

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Posting date: 9 January 2026