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Important note: This is a summarized English version of the full original announcement written in Portuguese. The content in English is provided for the convenience of non-Portuguese speakers. However, only the full Portuguese version has official value for the evaluation and selection process.

1. Summary: By order issued by the Director General of the Telecommunications Institute on November 23, 2022, it was approved to open an international call to select one (1) researcher with a master’s degree in the scientific the scope of the approved project NEWSPACE - No. 11, under the scope of an indefinite term working contract, overseen by the Portuguese legal Work Code.

2. Job description:

Antenna design for satellite communications

3. Applicable Legislation:

Labour Code, approved by Law no. 7/2009, of 12 February, in its current reading.

4. The selection panel shall be:

• Prof. Pedro Renato Tavares Pinho, Universidade de Aveiro (President of the jury)
• Prof. Nuno Miguel Gonçalves Borges de Carvalho, Universidade de Aveiro
• Prof. Arnaldo da Silva Rodrigues de Oliveira, Universidade de Aveiro
• Prof. Joao Nuno Pimentel da Silva Matos, Universidade de Aveiro (Substitute)

5. Place of Work: The workplace shall be at Instituto de Telecomunicações, Polo de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro. , Wireless Technologies, Radio Systems – Av

6. Duration: A term contract, with a termination date undetermined

7. Gross Salary: The monthly remuneration to be attributed consists of 1861,25 Euros €

8. Any national, foreign and stateless candidate(s) holding a master’s degree in electronic engineering and telecommunications or other related scientific area and a suitable scientific and professional curriculum may submit an applications.

9. The curricular assessment of the candidate will be based on the curriculum vitae and other presented documentation, giving particular attention namely to:
Any national, foreign, and stateless candidate(s) holding a master’s degree in electronic engineering and telecommunications (with a minimum average of 14 points), or equivalent, with relevant professional or academic experience in the area may apply. In case the degree has been awarded by a foreign higher education institution, the degree must comply with the provisions of Decree-Law no. 341/2007 of 12th of October, and all formalities established therein must be fulfilled, by the selected candidate, until the date of signature of the contract.

Candidates with a classification of 14 or higher in the previous component will pass to an interview phase. The classification in the interview is expressed in 0 to 20 scale and takes into account the demonstrated knowledge and capacity of communication of the candidate.

Each panel member score is obtained by attributing a weighing factor to the following classifications:

• C1 (50%)
  Evaluation of the curriculum vitae and other documentation
• C2 (50%)
  Adequacy of the curriculum to the proposed work

Each criteria, and the final classification F will be evaluated in a scale (0-20). The candidates will be ordered according to:

F = C1 x 50% + C2 x 50%

In case of a tie, the tied candidates will be ordered according to C1, then C2...

The Jury has the right to admit none of the candidates that applied for this position, whenever they consider that no candidate meets its minimum requirements.

10. Formalisation of applications:

Applications are formalised by sending a Motivation Letter, addressed to the Board of Instituto de Telecomunicações, including this announcement identification, full name, parents’ names, ID card, or Citizen Card number and date, or civil identification number, taxpayer ID number, date and place of birth, marital status, occupation, residence and contact address, including email address and telephone.
Applications shall include all supported documents encompassed by section 6 and 7 for tender admission, namely:
a) Copy of certificate or diploma;
b) Curriculum vitae.
*- The administrative verification of the recognition of the degrees obtained abroad will be fulfilled for the purpose of contracting, in case of approval of the candidatures. Further information at https://www.dges.gov.pt/en/pagina/degree-and-diploma-recognition

11. Candidates shall submit their application files and supporting documentation on-line through the IT Job Applications Portal, following the "Apply now" link in this webpage or at the link https://www.it.pt/Positions/OtherContractPosition/8107. The submission period opens on November 13 until December 11, 2024.

All the selection process is conducted through the IT official web portal. No actions outside this platform are valid.

12. All candidates who formalize their applications in an improper way or fail to prove the requirements imposed by this tender are excluded from admission. In case of doubt, the panel is entitled to request any candidate to present further documentation supporting their statements.

13. False statements provided by the candidates shall be punished by law.

14. Communication of the Result: The list of admitted and excluded candidates and the final ranking list will be sent to all candidates by email.

15. Preliminary Hearing and Final Decision Deadline: After notified, all candidates have 10 calendar days to respond. Panel’s final decisions are pronounced within a period of 90 days, from application deadline.

16. This tender is exclusively destined to fill this specific vacancy and can be terminated at any time up to the approval of the final candidate list. It expires with the occupation of said vacancy.

17. Instituto de Telecomunicações actively promotes a non-discrimination and equal access policy.

18. The selection panel approved this announcement on November 08, 2024