Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH
- Research Field
- Engineering » Communication engineering
- Researcher Profile
- First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Country
- Spain
- Application Deadline
- Type of Contract
- Temporary
- Job Status
- Full-time
- Hours Per Week
- 35
- Offer Starting Date
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
- European Union / Next Generation EU
- Reference Number
- 150-739-TC15
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- No
Offer Description
- Carry out the design and development of a small payload for drones and PocketQubes (cube-shaped picosatellites of 5 cm side, and < 250 g).
Functions:
- Analyze radio frequency interference in the 24.25-27.50 GHz band that can impair radiometric measurements at 23.8 GHz.
- Use to infer the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere. Characterize the payload in an anechoic chamber (antenna pattern), Faraday chamber (sensitivity).
- Conduct field experiments on a drone to obtain RFI maps to support mobile phone operators to deploy their networks in compliance with ITU standards.
- Carry out the design, implementation and testing of microwave and digital circuits.
- Program STM32 type microprocessors.
- Develop and implement real-time RFI detection algorithms on microprocessors.
Requirements
- Research Field
- Engineering » Communication engineering
- Education Level
- Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Technical skills:
- RF design.
- CubeSats and SmallSats.
Organizational skills:
- Organization and management of tasks and people.
- Management of stocks of components and purchases.
Functional Skills:
- Group work.
Professional experience:
- In any of the technical skills described above, at student level, thesis, student scholarship.
- In testing (RF and digital electronics laboratory).
- Experience in functions similar to those described, specifically in the development of research activities, both in the university and industrial environment, will be valued.
- Languages
- CATALAN
- Level
- Good
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Good
- Languages
- SPANISH
- Level
- Good
- Research Field
- Engineering » Communication engineering
- Years of Research Experience
- 1 - 4
Additional Information
All the candidates who cannot prove the required academic degree will be immediately withdrawn from the selection process.
The CVs will be assessed according the following general criteria:
- The maximum score for the candidates who accomplish all the eligibility criteria stated in the
job offer will be 10 points.
- Threshold: 5 points.
- The maximum score (10 points) will be distributed as follows:
- 1 point for required speciality.
- 2 points for required academic training.
- 2 points for technic competences.
- 1 point for organisational competences.
- 3 points for professional experience.
- 1 point for any aspect of the candidate’s professional profile to be determined as specially relevant by the Selection committee.
If the selection committee decide to include a personal interview as additional step of the selection process, only the candidates scored 5 or above for their CV will be retained for the interview step.
The interview will be assessed according the following criteria:
- Maximum scoring: 5 points.
- Threshold: 3 points.
- The maximum score will be distributed according the following criteria:
- 2 points for adequacy to functional competences of the job.
- 2 points for adequacy of professional experience.
- 1 point for any aspect of the candidate’s professional profile to be determined as especially relevant by the Selection committee.
The eligible candidates will be ranked from highest to lowest score, being this the selection criteria.
The planned selection process is as follows:
- Those interested must access the website where the university publishes all the offers:
https://rdi.upc.edu/ca/uaslr/vols-dedicar-te-a-la-recerca/ofertes-PSR/c…, select the offer that is of interest to you, click on:
https://seuelectronica.upc.edu/ca/tramits/Convocatoria_i_concursos_pers…
ral, fill in the form and add the additional documentation indicated.
- The members of the selection committee will decide for each case what the selection process
will be, if an assessment is made only for the curriculum vitae or any other procedure is planned:
interview, tests, etc ...
- Each phase of the selection process will be reported on the website where the offer is published.
If applicable, indicate your request.
- Finally, the name of the person selected will be published on the same website where the offer
is published.
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Signal Theory and Communications
- Country
- Spain
- State/Province
- Catalonia
- City
- Barcelona
- Postal Code
- 08034
- Street
- C. Jordi Girona, 1-3
Where to apply
- Website
Contact
- City
- Barcelona
- Website
- Street
- C. Jordi Girona, 31
- Postal Code
- 08034
- lourdes.moreno@upc.edu