Job number

PRO01467

Faculties

Imperial Global Singapore

Departments

Imperial Global Singapore

Salary or Salary range

SGD $6,000 - $12,000 per month

Location/campus

Non-UK

Contract type work pattern

Full time - Fixed term

Posting End Date

27 Nov 2026

About the role

Our mission is simple to summarise: make Singapore's healthcare ecosystem measurably harder to attack. We are looking for talented and driven people who will work with us on this mission by finding real weaknesses, building real defenses and see them through to fixes that protect patients, hospitals, and the devices they depend on. Imperial College London and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) are seeking a hands-on Cybersecurity Researcher to join IN-CYPHER (Imperial/NTU CYber Protection for HEalthcaRe). IN-CYPHER is a UK–Singapore research programme on the security of connected medical devices and healthcare systems, based at Imperial Global Singapore (IGS).

What you would be doing

Connected medical devices often stay in service for 10–20 years, are hard to patch, and sit inside complex hospital networks. We want someone who knows how these systems are broken and how they are defended, and who can turn that skill into lasting impact through research, vulnerability disclosure, tooling, and work with clinical and industry partners. We welcome candidates whose strengths lie in any of the following areas:

- Red team: penetration testing, vulnerability research, and exploit development, with a record of reported CVEs or published exploits/PoCs.
- Blue team: detection engineering, network monitoring, intrusion and anomaly detection, and incident response, with evidence such as tools, detection pipelines, or deployed infrastructure.
- Yellow team: building the environments others attack and defend, such as cyber ranges, testbeds, vulnerable-by-design systems, and emulation or simulation infrastructure, with evidence of systems you have built.

Prior medical-domain experience is welcome but not required. You will work closely with clinical and engineering partners at Imperial, NTU, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Candidates will be employed by Imperial Global Singapore, a research division of Imperial College London, which is consistently ranked within the top 10 of the QS University Rankings.

The position is based at the Imperial Global Singapore office located in the CREATE building on the NUS campus. The Cybersecurity Researcher will join a vibrant cross-faculty interdisciplinary research environment currently hosting approximately 30 researchers working across 5 major programmes.

What we are looking for

- PhD (or equivalent industrial experience) in computer science, engineering, applied mathematics, or a closely related discipline.
- Practical experience in network security, including protocol analysis, traffic capture, and network-level attack or defence.
- Solid understanding of attack techniques and defensive controls across network, system,



and application layers, for example MITRE ATT&CK.;
- Knowledge of research methods and of how to evaluate security techniques rigorously.

What we can offer you

- The opportunity to continue your career at a world-leading institution and be part of our mission to continue science for humanity.
- As a member of staff you will be entitled to leisure facilities within the CREATE building.
- Opportunity to travel to Imperial in London or conferences
- Generous annual leave entitlement of 21 days plus extra closure days between Christmas and New Year.
- Be part of a diverse, inclusive and collaborative work culture.

Further information

This role is full time and 1-year fixed term with potential for extension (subject to probation period) If you require any further details about the role, please contact Viktor Schlegel, Deputy Programme Director, at [email protected].

Questions about the recruitment process, should go to the HR at Imperial Global Singapore [email protected].

About Imperial Global Singapore

Welcome to Imperial Global Singapore, Imperial College London’s formal research and innovation entity in Singapore. Imperial is a global top ten university where scientific imagination leads to world-changing impact.

Imperial Global Singapore is based at the National Research Foundations Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) located on the campus of the National University of Singapore. You will join a vibrant interdisciplinary research environment undertaking research spanning engineering, natural sciences, medicine and business.Join us and be part of something bigger. From global health to climate change, AI to business leadership, we navigate some of the world’s toughest challenges.

Whatever your role, your contribution will have a lasting impact.

As a member of our vibrant community of 22,000 students and 8,000 staff, you’ll collaborate with passionate minds across nine London campuses and four global hubs.

This is your chance to help shape the future. We hope you’ll join us at Imperial Global Singapore.

Our culture

Imperial Global Singapore is committed to Imperial’s equality and diversity frameworks. We work towards equality of opportunity, eliminating discrimination and creating an inclusive working workplace. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, communities and industries, and are committed to employing a team that has diverse skills, experiences and abilities. You can read more about our commitment on our webpages.





Our values are at the heart of everything we do and everyone in our community is expected to demonstrate respect, collaboration, excellence, integrity and innovation.

All employees are expected to follow Imperial Global Singapore policies and regulations including but not limited to Confidentiality, Health and Safety, Data Protection, the regulations of CREATE Tower and of Singapore.

Imperial Global Singapore observes the San-Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions, we evaluate applicants on the quality of their work, not the journal impact factor where it is published.

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications through the following link:

Cybersecurity Researcher – Offensive & Defensive Network Security Job at IMPERIAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION SINGAPORE LTD.

Available documents

Attached documents are available under links. Clicking a document link will initialize its download. Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities mentioned above.

We reserve the right to close the advert before the stated closing date, should we receive a high volume of applications. Please submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

If you have any general queries about this vacancy, please contact the hiring manager listed in the ‘Further Information’ section. Alternatively, you can contact the Recruitment Hub at [email protected], and we will be happy to assist you.

If you experience any technical issues that prevent you from submitting an application, please contact our Technical Support team at [email protected], who will be able to help resolve the issue.

About Imperial

Welcome to Imperial, a global top-ten university where scientific imagination leads to world-changing impact. Join us and be part of something bigger. From global health to climate change, AI to business leadership, here at Imperial we navigate some of the world’s toughest challenges. Whatever your role, your contribution will have a lasting impact.

As a member of our vibrant community of 22,000 students and 8,000 staff, you’ll collaborate with passionate minds across nine London campuses and a global network.

This is your chance to help shape the future. We hope you’ll join us at Imperial College London.

Our Culture

We work towards equality of opportunity, eliminating discrimination, and creating an inclusive working environment for all. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, communities and industries, and are committed to employing a team that has diverse skills, experiences and abilities. You can read more about our commitment on our web pages. Proud signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from the Armed Forces community.

Our values are at the root of everything we do, and everyone in our community is expected to demonstrate respect, collaboration, excellence, integrity, and innovation.

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