Public notice for Employment Contract

(fixed term)

Reference: PRR-ATE-Ms-1

INESC MICROSISTEMAS E NANOTECNOLOGIAS - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores para os Microsistemas e as Nanotecnologias, a private, non-profit association, with the status of public interest institution is looking for an engineer with hands-on experience in design, prototype and maintainembedded systems to be used as electronic platforms for biosensors.

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This opening of position corresponds to a fixed-term employment contract, to be developed within the scope of the project project “Agenda Mobilizadora ATE-Agenda para a Transição Energética”, funded through the Portuguese Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência (PRR) under the following conditions:

DURATION

12 months, starting in April 2023

• Renewable, subject to suitable performance within the period of the project, not exceeding the maximum period set for this type of contract.

LEGISLATION

A fixed term contract will be celebrated according to the Portuguese Labour Code in force - Lei n.º 7/2009 (vg. art. 140º, n. 1 and n. 2, al. g), art. 148º, n. 1 and art. 149º, n. 2, 3 and 4)

MONTLY AMOUNT

The Employee is entitled, prior to any deductions or withholdings, to a monthly pay of 1.410,75€ (corresponding to N11 level), working in an exclusive dedication basis and schedule exemption.

The monthly pay, vacation and Christmas shall be paid by bank transfer.

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the work are to support the realization of nano and microstructures for innovative device integration.

SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISION

The work will be supervised by Dr. Diogo Caetano.

The employee will be integrated in the INESC-MN team.

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS - Required education Level and research experience

At the date of the application the candidates should have a master degree in Electrical Engineering or related areas. The candidates are expected (not a required) to have 1-2 years of experience in engineering activities, including the some of following skills:

• Design, solder and assembly of Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs),
• Design, implement and deploy firmware for embedded systems
• Experience developing embedded firmware in C/C++
• Familiarity with high level programming languages (e.g: Python, C#)
• Development of test setups for small batches of sensors
• Organization, support and maintenance of the Electronics Laboratory
• Experience working with laboratory equipment (e.g: power supplies, oscilloscopes, multimeters soldering stations)
• Proficiency on the design of PCBs using design eCAD (Altium Designer preferably)
• Experience in prototype and product development.

Preference will be given to candidates with experience in microelectronics circuits design for biomedical applications.

EVALUATION CRITERIA AND AVALIATION COMMITEE

The selection will be based on the following criteria:

i)             60%: demonstrated knowledge and experience in design, prototype and maintainembedded systems integrated in electronic platforms.

ii)            30%: academic performance  

iii)           10%: motivation letter

The jury may also decide not to assign the position, if none of candidates meets the required conditions

The jury is composed of

COMPLAIN AND APPEAL DEADLINES AND PROCEDURES

The jury has the faculty not to select a candidate who does not prove the requirements mentioned in required education Level and research experience

The admitted and excluded candidates will be notified by email of the final ranking list, including the copy of the Preliminary Report of the jury.

Prior Hearing and Deadline for Final Decision: After being notified, candidates have 10 working days to submit, if applicable, a formal rebuttal.

After that period, the jury notifies the candidates of the Final Report.

Excluded applicants may complain about the jury's final report for 15 working days after notification or appeal the jury's decision to the INESC MN Board of Directors for 30 working days after notification.

According to the Portuguese Law, a disabled candidate has a preference when in equal classification, which prevails over any other legal preference. Candidates must declare their respective degree of disability, the type of disability and the means of communication / expression to be used in the selection process, under the law.

FORMALISATION OF APPLICATIONS