Postdoc Fellowship — Agentic Offensive Security

Position

• Postdoc Fellowship
• Funded by Digital Futures — 2.4M SEK, 2-year salary
• Hosted at KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Royal Hacking Lab)
• Focus: LLM agents that discover and/or exploit vulnerabilities in software (black-box web apps) or networks; and/or vulnerabilities in agentic AI attack surfaces

Who should apply

• PhD in a relevant area (security, ML/AI, systems, or adjacent)
• Interests ideally overlapping LLM security or adversarial ML
• PhD obtained in 2026
• Mobility required: moving to KTH from another institution (not open to researchers already based at KTH)
• Requirement: EU residence permit valid at least until January 2027. Extensions possible; new permits cannot be issued for this call.

Timeline

Step	Date
Application	20 September 2026
Interviews	20–30 September 2026
Selected candidate	30 September 2026
Pre-registration	2 October 2026
Finalizing proposal	2–15 October 2026
Full application	16 October 2026
Decisions	December 2026
Project start	June 2027

How to apply

• Cover letter: max one-page research plan
• CV (include your EU residence status)
• One reference letter (optional)
• Email files to Dr. Emre Süren by 20 September 2026

Opportunities

• Top-ranked university (98 world / 34 EU)
• Living in Stockholm
• Remote work possible
• Flexible hours