HRS2026/440-350 PhD student

UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID; España; On-site; EUR 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded PhD position

Conference travel opportunities

State-of-the-art facilities access

Teaching opportunities (optional)

Job summary

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, in Spain, offers a fully funded PhD position within the ERC CoG project SONIFY in the Department of Audiovisual Engineering. The position emphasizes acoustics, sound field analysis, and advanced signal processing.

The successful candidate will join an international research environment, have access to state-of-the-art facilities, and may participate in conferences and extended research stays abroad, under expert supervision.

Qualifications

• Education in acoustics and optics. Knowledge of acoustical measurement techniques, as well as physical acoustics, optics and optical interferometry.
• Experience in acoustic signal processing.
• Skills in acoustics, optics, audio signal processing.

Responsibilities

• Research in acoustic measurement and acousto-optic sensing.
• Research in experimental techniques in acoustics.
• Research in signal processing in acoustics.

Skills

Acoustics

Optics

Audio signal processing

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Job description

Organisation/Company UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID Department HRS4R Research Field Engineering » Sound engineering Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Master Positions Application Deadline 4 Nov 2026 - 23:00 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 37,5 Offer Starting Date 22 Oct 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe - ERC Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

• Research in acoustic measurement and acousto-optic sensing
• Research in experimental techniques in acoustics
• Research in signal processing in acoustics

Requirements

Research Field Engineering Education Level Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Skills in acoustics, optics, audio signal processing.

Specific Requirements

Education in acoustics and optics. Knowledge of acoustical measurement techniques, as well as physical acoustics, optics and optical interferometry. Experience in acoustic signal processing.

Additional comments

We are offering a fully funded PhD position at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) within the ERC CoG project “Scalable Spatial Sensing and Dynamic Reconstruction of Complex Sound Fields (SONIFY)”.This project provides a unique opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research in acoustics, sound field analysis, spatial audio and room acoustics. We are seeking highly motivated candidates with a strong background in acoustics, audio engineering, signal processing, and related fields. The successful candidate will join an international research environment focused on advancing next-generation methods across experimental, virtual and computational acoustics. The PhD positions will be hosted in the Department of Audiovisual Engineering, under the guidance of Efren Fernandez Grande.

The position offers:

• Full-time funded PhD employment
• Access to state-of-the-art research facilities and equipment
• Opportunities for international conference participation and travel
• Funding to conduct an extended research stay abroad, at other leading laboratories
• Teaching opportunities and student supervision (optional)
• Along several other benefits

Being an ERC funded project ensures freedom to pursue ambitious and original research ideas, collaboration with leading research institutions, long-term impact and frontier research focus as well as high scientific visibility.

Join SONIFY and contribute to the future of acoustics and sound technology!