NLP Research Technician - Python, Prototypes & AI

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH; España; On-site; EUR 30,000 - 37,000; Part time

Job summary

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH is seeking a researcher to develop NLP and AI tasks part-time on a temporary basis. The role involves building and testing prototypes with real data, and working on LLM training and machine translation.

Starting date is 1 Dec 2026, with an 8 h/week schedule. The position focuses on cutting-edge NLP research, requiring experience in PLN/AI and collaboration across academia and industry.

Qualifications

• Knowledge in Natural Language Processing (NLP).
• Experience in PLN and AI research.
• Experience in university and industrial environments.
• Proficiency in Python programming.
• Good command of English; Catalan/Spanish helpful.

Responsibilities

• Carry out research tasks in PLN and AI.
• Develop and test prototypes with real data.
• Development and validation of prototypes applied to NLP problems.
• Develop code in Python.
• LLM training.
• Automatic translation (machine translation).

Skills

Natural Language Processing

AI

Education

Academic degree required

Tools

Python

Job description

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH is seeking a researcher to develop NLP and AI tasks part-time on a temporary basis. The role involves building and testing prototypes with real data, and working on LLM training and machine translation.

Starting date is 1 Dec 2026, with an 8 h/week schedule. The position focuses on cutting-edge NLP research, requiring experience in PLN/AI and collaboration across academia and industry.