Technician for Natural Language Processing tasks. (Ref. 30267230023)

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

Organisation/Company Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH Research Field Computer science Engineering » Computer engineering Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Research Support Positions Application Deadline 16 Nov 2026 - 23:00 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Part-time Hours Per Week 8 Offer Starting Date 1 Dec 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number 30267230023 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Mission:

Develop research tasks in the field of Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence.

Functions to be developed:

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

Specific Requirements

Knowledge:

• Natural Language Processing.

Professional Experience:

• Have carried out research tasks in PLN and AI.
• Experience in functions similar to those described will be valued, specifically in the development of research activities, both in the university and industrial environment.

Languages CATALAN Level Basic

Languages ENGLISH Level Good

Languages SPANISH Level Good

Research Field Computer scienceEngineering » Computer engineering Years of Research Experience 1 - 4

Additional Information

€33,876.08 gross per year (for a full-time position)

Eligibility criteria

All the candidates who cannot prove the required academic degree will be immediately withdrawn from the selection process.

The CVs will be assessed according the following general criteria:

• The maximum score for the candidates who accomplish all the eligibility criteria stated in the job offer will be 10 points.
• Threshold: 5 points.
• The maximum score (10 points) will be distributed as follows:
• 1 point for required speciality.
• 2 points for required academic training.
• 2 points for technic competences.
• 1 point for organisational competences.
• 3 points for professional experience.
• 1 point for any aspect of the candidate’s professional profile to be determined as specially relevant by the Selection committee.

If the selection committee decide to include a personal interview as additional step of the selection process, only the candidates scored 5 or above for their CV will be retained for the interview step.

The interview will be assessed according the following criteria:

• Threshold: 3 points.
• The maximum score will be distributed according the following criteria:
• 2 points for adequacy to functional competences of the job.
• 2 points for adequacy of professional experience.
• 1 point for any aspect of the candidate’s professional profile to be determined as especially relevant by the Selection committee.

The eligible candidates will be ranked from highest to lowest score, being this the selection criteria.

Selection process

The planned selection process is as follows:

• The members of the selection committee will decide for each case what the selection process will be, if an assessment is made only for the curriculum vitae or any other procedure is planned: interview, tests, etc ...
• Each phase of the selection process will be reported on the website where the offer is published. If applicable, indicate your request.
• Finally, the name of the person selected will be published on the same website where the offer is published.

Additional comments

Remember that the resume should not include any personal data or photographs.