Intermediate Research Support Technician. 150-739-TC15

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

24 May 2023 - 23:00 (Europe/Madrid)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

35

Offer Starting Date

1 Sep 2023

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

Where to apply

Website

https://rdi.upc.edu/ca/uaslr/vols-dedicar-te-a-la-recerca/ofertes-PSR/concursos…

Contact

City

Barcelona

Website

https://www.upc.edu/

Street

C. Jordi Girona, 31

Postal Code

08034

E-Mail

[email protected]

STATUS: EXPIRED