Technician for research tasks in graphics processor architecture. (Ref. 30267010027)

EURAXESS Ireland; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 26.000 - 32.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) - BarcelonaTECH invites applications for a First Stage Researcher to conduct research on domain-specific architectures for energy-efficient computer systems. The role focuses on expanding GPU evaluation tools, characterizing GPU architectures and designing new GPU architectures, with documenting and presenting results.

The position requires a Bachelor degree or equivalent and strong knowledge of GPU architectures and microarchitecture design; English

Formación

• Bachelor degree or equivalent in computer science or engineering.
• Knowledge of computer systems architectures and GPU architectures.
• Experience in design and evaluation of microarchitectures, especially GPUs.

Responsabilidades

• Expand and improve GPU evaluation tools.
• Characterize GPU architectures in terms of performance and power consumption.
• Design, model and evaluate new GPU architectures.
• Document, publish and present the results.

Educación

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Herramientas

Microarchitecture design and evaluation tools

Descripción del empleo

Organisation/Company Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH Research Field Computer science » Computer architecture Engineering » Computer engineering Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Research Support Positions Application Deadline 1 Sep 2026 - 23:00 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Part-time Hours Per Week 23 Offer Starting Date 1 Nov 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Other EU programme Reference Number 30267010027 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Mission:

Conduct research within the framework of the project "Domain-specific architectures for energy-efficient computer systems II", with reference number PID2024-155476OB-I00 (internal code J-03493), funded by the State Research Agency.

Fuctions to be developed:

• Expand and improve GPU evaluation tools.
• Characterize existing GPU architectures in terms of performance and power consumption.
• Design, model and evaluate new GPU architectures.
• Document, publish and present the results.

Research Field Computer science » Computer architecture Education Level Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Research Field Engineering » Computer engineering Education Level Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Technical Skills:

• Microarchitecture design and evaluation tools.

Specific Requirements

Knowledge:

• Computer systems architectures.
• Graphics processor architectures.

Professional Experience:

• Design and evaluation of microarchitectures, especially GPUs.
• 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 science » Computer architectureEngineering » Computer engineering Years of Research Experience 1 - 4

Additional Information

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.

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute Department of Computer Architecture (DAC) Country Spain State/Province Barcelona City Barcelona Postal Code 08034 Street Jordi Girona, 1-3 Geofield