3-years PhD position in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network “GENIUS” on “Reconfigurable integrated circuits with glide symmetry for G-band radars”

The applicant should have completed a Master program in Engineering or Physics with a good background in electromagnetic devices and theory at the date of the recruitment.

•     The applicant should have good knowledge of programming languages such as Python, C and Matlab.

•     The applicant should have basic knowledge of commercial electromagnetic (EM) simulation software, as e.g., CST or HFSS; knowledge of numerical methods for EM will be a plus.

•     The applicant should have a very good knowledge of English (both written and oral).

•     The applicant should be highly motivated, autonomous, and willing to collaborate with both academic and industrial partners.

The candidate will benefit of a salary approximately € 32,000 to € 55,000 per annum (depending on family status). She/he will conduct research in recognized international teams, will attend all the common training events of the Network (PhD schools, workshops, and convened sessions at international conferences) and will be in contact with the other five doctoral candidates of the network working on similar topics and with the other GENIUS partners.

Transferable-skill training will be provided both at POLITO and SINOWAVE as part of the doctoral programme. 

In order to comply with the MSCA-DN eligibility rules, the applicant:

•     must not be already in possession of a doctoral degree at the date of the recruitment;

•     must undertake transnational mobility: must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Italy for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their recruitment date. Short stays such as holidays are not considered.

To be eligible for a PhD at Politecnico di Torino, the applicant is bound to have the following requirements by October 31, 2023:

- a Master of Science degree (i.e. 2nd level title, as defined by the Bologna Process), issued by an officially recognized academic institution, which grants admission in PhD programmes in the country of issuance;

- one of the following certificates of English language knowledge, regardless of the date of obtainment:

• IELTS with minimum score 5.0;
• one of the language certificates accepted in substitution for IELTS 5.0 by Politecnico di Torino and listed in the table “Table of 04/12/2017 updated on 26/11/2021 (transitional period)” available at: https://didattica.polito.it/cla/en/certificates

Politecnico di Torino is engaged to assure an Open, Transparent and Merit-based Recruitment (OTM-R) of researchers. The composition of the selection committee will respect the rules of parity both in gender and in academic/industrial participation. Rejected applications will receive constructive feedbacks, and the recruited candidate will have the possibility to be accompanied in their administrative procedures to enrol in the PhD programme.

The candidates will be evaluated based on their resumes and on an interview, either in person or by telematic way.
In order to apply, candidates are required to provide the following documents to the email address genius.DC6@polito.it

1. full CV, demonstrating their personal study career and proving that they match the eligibility criteria already described above;

2. motivation letter;

3. certificate of Master of Science degree with final mark, if already obtained;

4. certificate of transcript of records for the Master of Science career, with marks;

5. one of the language certificates listed in https://didattica.polito.it/cla/en/certificates, if already obtained;

6. any other official documents which can be useful for the purpose of declaring the conformity of the title (i.e., diploma supplement, declaration of value).

All the certificates and official documents shall be issued by the relevant university in one of the following languages: Italian, English, French, Portuguese or Spanish.

Place and research environment of the PhD program:

•     1,5 year at Politecnico di Torino (Torino, Italy). The applicant will work at the Politecnico di Torino, Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunications with the Wavision research group that has an extensive experience in integral-equations EM software tools for the analysis of multi-scale geometrically-complex structures, EM analysis and modelling of glide periodic structures, and design, realization and testing of microwave imaging and sensing systems for medical and industrial applications.

•     1,5 years at SINOWAVE (Gothenburg, Sweden). The applicant will work at SINOWAVE, Dept. of Research and Technology Development, whose expertise area is mm-wave and THz hardware and systems, and in particular the development of 100-200 GHz advanced antenna components for automotive and industrial sensing, with several collaborations with major technical companies to support high risk and pilot research activities.

Supervisors:

Francesca VIPIANA at POLITO (Thesis director) 

Simon HE at SINOWAVE