Tech University postdoc offers KRW 50M

Tech University of Korea’s ICon Lab in Siheung is advertising a postdoctoral researcher opening focused on mobile and wireless communications and AIoT networks, according to the lab’s website. The posting appears on the lab’s homepage under a notice titled “Recruitment of a Postdoctoral Researcher.” The lab says it is seeking researchers in a group jointly run by professors Junsu Kim and Su Min Kim in the university’s Department of Electronics Engineering. The Siheung-based lab frames the role around wireless and connected-device research rather than a narrow single-project hire. Its homepage says the group works on Internet of Things technologies, artificial intelligence, 5G/6G mobile communications element technologies and RF energy harvesting. The same page says the opening is for a “Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Mobile/Wireless Communications and AIoT Networks.” (icon.tukorea.ac.kr) ### What exactly is the lab hiring for? ICon Lab says the position is in “Mobile/Wireless Communications and AIoT Networks,” placing it squarely in advanced communications research rather than general software work. The lab’s public description says its research spans IoT, AI, 5G/6G communications and RF energy harvesting. The AX/DX Research Institute at Tech University of Korea lists Su Min Kim as director and describes its mission as AI-, data- and software-convergence research to support industrial AX/DX transition. (icon.tukorea.ac.kr) The institute page also lists Intelligent IoT, 5G/6G communications, AI+X and communications embedded systems as research fields. ### Where do 5G/6G, LEO, UAV and V2X fit into the picture? (icon.tukorea.ac.kr) The lab’s recent publication and news trail shows active work in adjacent wireless topics that match the opening’s framing. A lab update dated Aug. 13, 2026 lists a paper on “UAV Speed Control for Data Harvesting in IoT Sensor Networks,” and another update cites a paper on reducing unnecessary handovers in 3GPP non-terrestrial networks. Those items do not by themselves reproduce every term circulating in social posts about the vacancy, but they do show current work in UAV-linked IoT networking and non-terrestrial network research. (tukorea.ac.kr) The lab’s conference-paper archive also includes work on secure sensing, cognitive radio systems and antenna design, all within wireless systems research. ### What does the university say about the lab’s funding and project base? (icon.tukorea.ac.kr) ICon Lab’s project page lists multiple government-backed and industry-linked programs. One ongoing project runs from July 2022 to December 2026 under the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion and the Ministry of Science and ICT, with a stated budget of 2.25 billion won over five years for ICT convergence technologies for environmental monitoring and disaster prevention in industrial parks. (icon.tukorea.ac.kr) The same page lists other projects in IoT water management, ultra-low-power massive networks, smart IoT water sterilization and remote monitoring systems, suggesting a mix of communications theory, embedded systems and applied industrial IoT work. ### What can be verified about pay? The university and lab pages surfaced in public search results confirm the opening, the lab, the faculty members and the research areas, but the publicly indexed pages reviewed here do not show a salary figure. (icon.tukorea.ac.kr) A social-media post cited in the source briefings described compensation at about 50 million won a year, but that figure was not visible on the university pages available through web search at the time of reporting. Because the compensation detail was not independently visible on the pages reviewed, applicants would need to confirm pay directly with the listed contacts. The lab’s homepage gives contact emails for Junsu Kim and Su Min Kim, and its contact page lists rooms in the Industry-University Convergence Building at 237 Sangidaehak-ro, Siheung. ### Who would handle the next step? The lab says applications and inquiries can be directed to Junsu Kim and Su Min Kim through the email addresses published on the ICon Lab site. (icon.tukorea.ac.kr) The AX/DX Research Institute page also lists Su Min Kim as institute director and provides a university phone number. The next public milestone is likely to be updates on the ICon Lab homepage, which already posts conference papers, journal acceptances and project news through 2026. (icon.tukorea.ac.kr) As of the material reviewed, the recruitment notice remains live on the lab’s site.