Senior Research Support Technician. 150-739-246

Technical Competencies:

• Machine learning tools for aerial survey analysis.
• Processing of very high resolution satellite images and aerial data.
• Signal processing and computer vision for biodiversity and oceanography.
• Signal processing for the analysis of underwater acoustic data sets.
• Deep Neural Networks for the Analysis of Large Wildlife Databases.
• Computing clusters with CPU/GPU.

Organizational Skills:

• Elaboration of proposals for approved research projects with international consortia/teams (at least 3 proposals approved as scientific coordinator).
• Collaboration with research groups or foreign NGOs.

Functional Competencies:

• Communication skills.

Educational requirements:

• Signal processing.
• Statistical/advanced signal processing.
• Speech and language technologies.
• Machine learning.
• Satellite images for wildlife conservation.
• It will be assessed:
  • Master in Engineering.

Professional experience:

• In projects of ESA Third Party missions.
• In the preparation of successful research proposals for the European Space Agency.
• In applied research in conservation and marine sciences at least 10 years.
• In research abroad as a visiting scientist.
• Experience in functions similar to those described, specifically in the development of research activities, both in the university and industrial environment, will be valued.

€68,044.30 gross/year (per full-time)

All the candidates who cannot prove the required academic degree will be immediately withdrawn from the selection process.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/concursos-psr/concursos-actius, select the offer that is of interest to you, click on: https://seuelectronica.upc.edu/ca/tramits-en-elaboracio/Convocatoria_contractacio_personal_PTGAS_realitzacio_activitats_cientificotecniques, 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.