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Intermediate Research Support Technician. 150-739-TC15

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH The Human Resources Strategy for Researchers
16 May 2023

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

Mission:
  • 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
Skills/Qualifications

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.
Specific Requirements

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

Benefits
Annual gross remuneration: €31,459.76/year (for full time)
 
Eligibility criteria

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.

Selection process

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

Contact

City
Barcelona
Website
Street
C. Jordi Girona, 31
Postal Code
08034
E-Mail
lourdes.moreno@upc.edu