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Bachelors
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About the position and project
Are you motivated to take a step towards a doctorate and open up exciting career opportunities? As a PhD Candidate with us, you will work to achieve your doctorate, and at the same time gain valuable experience that qualifies you for a further career in higher education and research, in and outside academia.
The position is a part of the HAT-CI project (Human-AI Teaming Framework in Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructures: Enhancing Resilience and Autonomy), funded by the Norwegian Research Council (RCN) for 2025–2029.
The HAT-CI project addresses critical gaps in cybersecurity by developing a novel framework for human-AI collaboration in Security Operations Centers (SOCs) protecting critical infrastructures. Rather than relying on AI systems alone or purely human oversight, HAT-CI advances the paradigm of adaptive, ethically grounded human-AI teams. The project tackles persistent challenges such as high false-positive rates, limited AI adaptability to evolving threats, and poor contextual awareness by integrating human expertise with AI capabilities.
The project is led by the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) in collaboration with NTNU, in partnership with industry leaders (NC-Spectrum, Netsecurity) and the Norwegian Centre for Cybersecurity in Critical Sectors (SFI-NORCICS).
Your immediate leader is the Head of the Information Security unit at Department of Information Security and Communication Technology. The place of work will be campus Gjøvik.
Eligibility Criteria
Required selection criteria
- You must have a relevant Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Security, Computer Engineering, or related field. Your course of study must correspond to a five-year Norwegian course, where 120 credits have been obtained at master's level. Master students can apply, but the master's degree must be obtained and documented before starting the position.
- You must have a strong academic background from your previous studies and have an average grade from your Master's degree study, or equivalent education, which is equal to B or better compared to NTNU's grading scale. If you do not have letter grades from previous studies, you must have an equally good academic foundation. If you have a weaker grade background, you maybe considered if you can document that you are particularly suitable for a PhD education.
- Admission to NTNU's Doctoral Programme in the relevant discipline (Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or Information Security). Your qualifications and admission status must meet the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering's PhD programme requirements.
- Proficiency in English (written and spoken) – equivalent to at least CEFR Level B2 or higher. This is essential for reading academic literature, writing research papers, and participating in international collaborations.
- Strong research interest and motivation in at least one of the following areas:
- Cybersecurity for critical infrastructures
- Human-AI interaction and teaming
- AI ethics and responsible AI governance
- Human factors in cybersecurity
- Incident response and threat detection
- Digital sovereignty
PLEASE NOTE: For detailed information about what the application must contain, see paragraph “About the application”.
The appointment is to be made in accordance with NTNUs guidelines for recruitment positions and Regulations for the degrees philosophiae doctor (ph.d.) and philosophiae doctor (ph.d.) in artistic development work at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)for general criteria for the position.
Financial Benefits
Salary and conditions
In the position of PhD Candidate, code 1017, your gross salary will normally be NOK 550 800,-per annum depending on qualifications and seniority. A 2% statutory contribution to the State Pension Fund is deducted from the salary.
The employment period is 3 years.
For employment as a PhD Candidate, it is a prerequisite that you gain admission to the PhD programme in Information Security and Communication Technology within three months of your employment contract start date, and that you participate in an organized doctoral programme through out the period of employment.
The position is conditional on external funding.
As an employee at NTNU, it is important that you keep yourself up to date with academic and organizational changes and adapt to them.
For the necessary professional and social interaction, it is a prerequisite that you are physically present and available to the institution on a daily basis.
The appointment is carried out in accordance with the principles of the State Employees Act, and Export control (legislation that regulates the export of knowledge, technology and services). Candidates who, after assessment of the application and attachments, are considered to bein conflict with the criteria in the latter act, will not be able to be employed.