The Performance Engineering Laboratory (PEL) is one of the key research laboratories within the School of Computer Science at University College Dublin. Its main goal is to focus on the design, simulation and demonstration of new technologies for future enterprise-level software and telecommunication systems.

PEL has openings for several ambitious postgraduate students (at both MRes and PhD level) to work on a set of collaborative projects with industrial partners, such as IBM Research and IBM’s Software Laboratory in Dublin.

Required Skills Profile

• An honours degree in Computer Science (or a closely related field).
• Excellent software programming skills.
• Excellent written, communication and presentation skills.
• Experience in Java development (or similar programming language, such as Python) is desirable.
• Strong sense of ownership and drive.
• Applicants whose first language is not English must provide evidence of competency in English.

For more information: http://pel.ucd.ie/index.php/Vacancies:home