Creating and sharing knowledge for telecommunications

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Important note: This is a summarized English version of the full original announcement written in Portuguese. An English version the full original announcement is available here 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.
Employer
Instituto de Telecomunicações (www.it.pt)
Location
Coimbra
Experience
Advanced
Skills and Qualifications
PhD
Degree
PhD
Employment Type
Intern

About the position

We are looking for a motivated and experienced Scientist for a full-time position, to carry out high-quality research and development in Optical Communication Systems. Topics include fiber optic communication systems, ultra-bandwidth optical wireless communications, visible light communications, coherent optical communications, digital signal processing for optical communication systems and optical networks. The candidate must have Lab experience, and expertise required to design and supervise the development of functional prototypes, at least up to TRL 4.

The candidate will integrate the IT Optical Communication Systems and Networking (OCSN) cluster in the Coimbra site (OCSN-Co), a dynamic and forward-thinking team composed of senior scientists, researchers, and students. He/she is expected to bring his/her own research ideas and skills to tackle ongoing R&D challenges and collaborate actively with external scientific and industrial partners. The OCSN-Co has a long-standing close collaboration with the OCSN in the Aveiro site (OCSN-Av), in terms of ongoing projects and joint student supervision; in the context of this collaboration, the appointed candidate should be willing to travel frequently to Aveiro for presential meetings and to participate in experimental campaigns at the Aveiro IT site.

Our Group publishes in high-quality scientific journals and high-quality conferences in Optical Communication Systems and Networks, and is seeking a researcher that can work for this goal, apply for competitive funding in the framework of projects or contracts, support our PhD students and postdoctoral researchers, as well as participating in Master and PhD courses at the University of Coimbra, namely Optical Communications Systems and Emergent Topics in Optical and Wireless Communication Systems.

Check a sample of our published research in this field

Your required profile

You hold a PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering or similar.

You have a profound knowledge of Optical Communication Systems, particularly of Signal Processing and Optical Wireless Communications.

You have a good track record of publications of applied research in high-impact journals and Conferences in Optical Communication Systems

You have strong experience in modelling of optical communication systems, components and signal processing, experience with commercial optical systems simulation tools, as well as strong knowledge of the main measurement equipment and techniques.

Experience with participation in projects in Optical Communication Systems. Active preparation of proposals, and application for research funding opportunities, is a plus.

Experience with student supervision is also valued.

You have a proficient level of comprehension, written and oral skills in English.

Your current track record of scientific publications, and or project involvement, and student supervision complies with the Productivity Criteria in force at Instituto de Telecomunicações, verifiable from your provided CV.

(see: https://www.it.pt/docs/Política_de_Qualidade_2020_(V20.2)_-_Publicado.pdf) in force at Instituto de Telecomunicações, verifiable from your provided CV.

Your current track record of scientific publications, and or project involvement, and student supervision complies with the Productivity Criteria in force at Instituto de Telecomunicações, verifiable from your provided CV.

We are offering

We offer a challenging position with the possibility of expanding your career in an inclusive environment, with excellent working conditions, advanced lab facilities, and access to prototyping services. You have the team’s support to publish in high impact Journals and Conferences, you have the possibility to participate in ongoing projects and have access to the team’s network of national and international contacts.

For first time contracts with IT, researchers are entitled to an integration fund to pay for the first year of a PhD student grant. Productive researchers at IT are entitled to additional research funds for each publication in Q1 and Q2 journals.

About Instituto de Telecomunicações

Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT) www.it.pt, established in 1992, is one the reference institutions in Portugal, working in Communications and Information Technologies (ICT). With 200+ integrated researchers holding a PhD degree and hosting the research work of 200+ PhD students and 200+ master students, IT has a solid multidisciplinary team, addressing cutting edge topics in ICT, from fundamental to applied research in Wireless Technologies, Optical Technologies, Information and Data Science, Networks and Services, and Basic Sciences and Enabling Technologies.

Research activities are supported by advanced laboratories and are carried out in collaboration with more than 250 international Labs and Institutions. IT is evaluated regularly by an International Panel appointed by the Portuguese Science Foundation and earned the statute of State Laboratory in 1992.

More information at https://www.it.pt/Positions/WhyWorkAtIT

About the Optical Communication Systems and Networking – Co Group

Find detailed information about this research Group at https://www.it.pt/OCP-Co

Who can apply and how

Any national, foreign, and stateless candidate(s), holding a PhD and the above specified qualifications, may apply for this position. IT follows an equal employment opportunity policy, ensuring fare decisions based on merit, regardless of race, gender, religion, or disability.

Find further information about the position, including offered conditions, required documentation, and full details of the selection process, at: Page 2

Application submissions are accepted only via the IT online portal at the same URL. The submission period opens on 25-09-2024, until 23-10-2024, 23:59 (UTC+1). No applications or documents will be accepted via email, or by any other means.



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