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Senior Research Support Technician. 150-748-242

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH The Human Resources Strategy for Researchers
8 Mar 2024

Job Information

Organisation/Company
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH
Research Field
Engineering » Industrial engineering
Technology » Industrial technology
Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Country
Spain
Application Deadline
Type of Contract
Temporary
Job Status
Part-time
Hours Per Week
15
Offer Starting Date
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
European Union / Next Generation EU
Reference Number
150-748-242
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No

Offer Description

The Advanced Nuclear Technologies research group (ANT) of the Department of Physics is looking for a highly motivated and skilled researcher with a degree on Industrial Engineering and knowledge on Machine Learning and Deep Learning techniques, to participate on the development of data analysis tools in the field of experimental nuclear physics.

Mission:

Design neutron detection systems related to the measurement of nuclear data and the characterization of neutron fields in various areas such as nuclear astrophysics or nuclear engineering.

Functions to be developed:

  • Collaborate in the design of new experiments by applying Machine Learning and Deep Learning techniques to the results of Monte Carlo simulations and data analysis.
  • Analyze the experimental data obtained in the measurement campaigns.
  • Participate in the writing of scientific publications.

Requirements

Research Field
Engineering » Industrial engineering
Education Level
Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Research Field
Technology » Industrial technology
Education Level
Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications

Technical Competencies:

  • LaTeX word processor.
  • R.
  • Python.
  • MatLab.

Organizational Skills:

  • Teamwork.
  • Problem solving.

Functional Competencies:

  • Communication skills.
Specific Requirements

Educational requirements:

  • Maths.
  • Statistics.
  • Variable or attribute engineering applied to data mining.
  • Data analysis.
  • Machine Learning and Deep Learning.
  • Metrics and cross-validation.
  • Monte Carlo simulation.

Professional experience:

  • In programming in Python and MatLab applied to nuclear engineering.
  • 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
Basic
Languages
ENGLISH
Level
Good
Languages
SPANISH
Level
Good
Research Field
Engineering » Industrial engineeringTechnology » Industrial technology
Years of Research Experience
1 - 4

Additional Information

Benefits

€36,100.42 gross/year (per 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:

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
Department of Physics (FIS)
Country
Spain
State/Province
Barcelona
City
Barcelona
Postal Code
08034
Street
Jordi Girona, 1-3
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Contact

State/Province
Barcelona
City
Barcelona
Website
Street
Jordi Girona, 1-3
Postal Code
08034
E-Mail
lourdes.moreno@upc.edu