Technician for the development of multimodal biomarkers in refractory epilepsy. (Ref. 30267480058)

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH; España; Presencial; EUR 18.000 - 30.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) - BarcelonaTECH is seeking a First Stage Researcher (R1) to develop and validate multimodal biomarkers for localizing the epileptic focus in children with refractory epilepsy. This role involves hands-on work with intracranial EEG data and collaboration with neuroimaging teams.

The position is part-time (5 hours per week) and temporary, with duties including preprocessing, biomarker extraction, data integration, and thorough documentation to ensure

Formación

• Knowledge of signal theory and multivariate analysis.
• Experience with machine learning methods for biomedical data.
• Prior work on medical applications is valued.

Responsabilidades

• Collaborate on preprocessing and quality control of intracranial EEG data.
• Develop and evaluate biomarkers of brain activity and connectivity.
• Integrate EEG biomarkers with neuroimaging data to localize epileptic focus.
• Document code, procedures and results for reproducibility.
• Use libraries in signal processing and Python for ML development.

Conocimientos

Signal theory

Multivariate analysis

Machine learning

Descripción del empleo

Organisation/Company Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH Research Field Engineering » Biomedical engineering Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Research Support Positions Application Deadline 12 Oct 2026 - 23:00 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Part-time Hours Per Week 5 Offer Starting Date 15 Oct 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Other EU programme Reference Number 30267480058 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Mission:

To develop and validate multimodal biomarkers for the localization of the epileptic focus in children with refractory epilepsy.

Functions to be developed:

• Collaborate in the preprocessing and quality control of intracranial EEG recordings of patients with refractory epilepsy.
• Implement and evaluate the extraction of biomarkers of brain activity and connectivity from intracranial EEG.
• Collaborate in the integration of intracranial EEG biomarkers with neuroimaging data for the localization of the epileptic focus.
• Support the validation of biomarkers by comparing them with available clinical notes on the location of the epileptic focus.
• Document the code, procedures and results of the project's analyses to facilitate their reproducibility.
• Use of specialized libraries insignal processing and analysis.
• Application oflibraries of Python for machine learning development.

Specific Requirements

Knowledge:

• Signal theory.
• Multivariate analysis.
• Machine learning.

Professional Experience:

• In the development of projects with medical applications.
• 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 Engineering » Biomedical 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

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