2025-2026_1_186 - A research support technician contract in gravitational wave physics for the [...]

European Commission; España; Presencial; EUR 30.000 - 45.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading research institute in Spain is seeking a researcher to contribute to gravitational wave physics. The role includes working on detector characterisation and analysis for international projects. Candidates should have postgraduate experience in the field and a good command of English. The position offers full-time employment and involves collaboration with a team of researchers.

Formación

• Solid command of spoken and written English for technical communication.
• Previous experience in gravitational wave physics research.

Responsabilidades

• Contribute to computational research activities for gravitational wave physics.
• Work on detector characterisation and gravitational wave analysis methods.

Conocimientos

Problem-solving abilities

Analytical thinking

Ability to work independently

Effective time management

Collaboration in a team-oriented environment

Curiosity

Creativity

Educación

Postgraduate level experience in gravitational wave physics

Descripción del empleo

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Organisation/Company Universitat de les Illes Balears Research Field Astronomy » Astrophysics Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Master Positions Country Spain Application Deadline 2 Sep 2025 - 23:55 (Europe/Madrid) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 37,5 Offer Starting Date 15 Oct 2025 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Other EU programme Reference Number 2025-2026_1_186 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The Institute of Applied Computing and Community Code (IAC3, http://iac3.uib.es ) is seeking to hire research staff to contribute to computational research activities for the HiTech-IAC3-BIO Platform in the area of gravitational wave physics. The position offers candidates the opportunity to directly participate in top-flight international projects such as the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Einstein Telescope and LISA Consortium, as well as strengthen our involvement in analysing the most recent data from the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observation run.

The selected candidate will work on detector characterisation and a wide range of gravitational wave analysis methods, from detector data processing to running offline search pipelines, with a particular focus on searches for continuous gravitational waves, as well as transient signals.

About IAC3 and the gravitational physics group: IAC3 is an interdisciplinary research centre home to over 60 researchers from six consolidated research groups within the departments of physics, and mathematics and computer science at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). Research in the gravitational physics group at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) spans a wide range of topics, including gravitational wave data analysis, waveform modelling and numerical relativity simulations. The group has access to its own high-performance computing cluster, as well as to external resources such as the MareNostrum supercomputer and the LIGO Data Grid. Moreover, it is an active member of leading international collaborations. The group comprises PIs Alicia Sintes and Sascha Husa, and faculty members David Keitel, Xisco Jiménez-Forteza, Antoni Ramos, Pep Covas and Jaume Carot, as well as several postdoctoral researchers and PhD students. For further details see http://grg.uib.es .

PI: Dra. Alicia Magdalena Sintes Olives

Funding body: GOIB. Director general de Política Universitària i Recerca

Institution: Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB) / University of the Balearic Islands (UIB)

• Solid problem-solving abilities and analytical thinking
• The ability to work independently and effective time management skills, whilst also collaborating in a team-oriented research environment
• Curiosity, creativity and a desire to contribute to cutting-edge research in gravitational wave astrophysics.

Language requeriments

A solid command of spoken and written English for technical communication and writing scientific documents.

Prior experience

Previous experience in gravitational wave physics research at postgraduate level, as well as belonging to any international collaboration in the field (LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA, Einstein Telescope or LISA).

Years of Research Experience None

Internal Application form(s) needed

National Social Security Insurance (Public Health Insurance)

Planned end date of the tasks subject to the contract: Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Eligibility criteria

• Curricular merits in the field (max. 40 points).
• Qualifications in the specialist area (max. 20 points), other (max. 5 points).
• Video curriculum and, if applicable, personal interview (max. 20 points).
• Experience in the field (max. 15 points). E.g.: > 3 years (10 points), < 3 years (5 points).
• Other merits (max. +5 points). E.g.: recommendation letters.
Eligibility threshold: 60 points.

In accordance with article 8 of the REGULATORY AGREEMENT 145140 of 15th June 2022 that approves the regulation governing the recruitment of research staff under chapter 6 allocation of the university budget, as well as technical or operational research staff.

Selection comitee

i. The relevant Pro-Vice-Chancellor for research (or delegated representative) as chair.
ii. The supervisor (or delegated representative).
iii. The members of the Research Area Assessment Committee (CARAI).
iv. One or more expert members in the topic pertaining to the recruitment and chosen by the chair of the committee, where applicable.
v. The head of FORHU (or delegated representative), as secretary, who may speak but not vote.

Additional comments

Resolution of the General Director for University Policy and Research awarded a direct grant from the Government of the Autonomous Region of the Balearic Islands to the University of the Balearic Islands to finance the development of the HiTech Platform – Institute of Applied Computing and Community Code - Biodiversity (IAC3-BIO), with cofunding from the Sustainable Tourism Tax and the ERDF 2021-2027 Operational Programme.

Number of offers available 2 Company/Institute Universitat de les Illes Balears / University of the Balearic Islands Country Spain Geofield