CSCW/HCI Research Engineer F/M, PILOT project – PEPR eNSEMBLE (France 2030)

inria; France; Hybrid; EUR 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Partial transport reimbursement

7 weeks annual leave + RTT + special/f

Teleworking

Professional equipment

Social events

Vocational training

Social security coverage

Job summary

The Research Engineer will be hosted at the Inria Centre at Université de Lorraine and work closely with PILOT project coordinators to design and implement a repository for long-term collaboration. Part of the PEPR eNSEMBLE program, funded by France 2030, the role aims to redefine digital collaboration through socio-technical models, interoperability, and secure platforms.

The repository will serve researchers, managers, policymakers, and organizations as a living resource with outputs and

Qualifications

• Master's degree in CS, information systems, HCI, CSCW, digital humanities or related field.
• Experience in software development, knowledge organization, or repository building.
• Strong written and spoken English; French advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the repository, including its structure and architecture.
• Collect, formalize, curate, and integrate project outputs (analyses, use cases, reports).
• Define metadata, classification schemes, and workflows for long-term maintenance.
• Collaborate with PILOT researchers and partners to ensure relevance and usability.
• Support dissemination and valorization of project results.

Skills

English proficiency

French language (basic)

Education

Master's degree in computer science or related field

Job description

Inria, the French national research institute for the digital sciences

Organisation/Company Inria, the French national research institute for the digital sciences Research Field Computer science Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Leading Researcher (R4) First Stage Researcher (R1) Established Researcher (R3) Application Deadline 29 Nov 2026 - 00:00 (UTC) Country France Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 38.5 Offer Starting Date 1 Feb 2027 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number 2026-10663 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The position will be hosted at Inria Centre at Université de Lorraine . The Research Engineer will work in close collaboration with the coordinators of PILOT: Myriam Lewkowicz, Claudia Ignat, and François Charoy .

The PILOT project is recruiting a Research Engineer to contribute to the design and implementation of a repository dedicated to long-term collaboration. The position is part of the French PEPR eNSEMBLE research program, funded by France 2030, which aims to redefine digital collaboration through sociotechnical models and interoperable, secure, and sovereign collaborative platforms.

PILOT, one of the 5 targeted projects of PEPR eNSEMBLE, focuses on practices and infrastructures for long-term collaboration. It draws on emerging work practices, technological opportunities, regulatory change, and organizational contexts to design socio-technical systems that support sustainable collaboration over time.

The Research Engineer will play a central role, particularly for Axis 1 “Understanding current and future forms of long-term collaboration,” by designing, developing, and maintaining a repository of up-to-date analyses, use cases, and reports on emerging forms of long-term collaboration, including their challenges and limitations. This repository is intended as a living resource to support reflexivity, comparison, and concept building, and to provide a foundation for the project’s later work on guidelines, tools, and visions.

The repository will be developed as a structured and sustainable resource gathering analyses, empirical cases, reports, and other project outputs relevant to long-term distributed collaboration. It is intended to serve as a national and international reference point for researchers, managers, policymakers, and other organizations seeking resources to support long-term collaboration (Li et al., 2021; Randall et al., 2018; Wulf et al., 2015).

References

Li, Q., Tolmie, P., Weibert, A., Schorch, M., Müller, M., and Wulf, V. (2021). “E-Portfolio: value tensions encountered in documenting design case studies.” Ethics and Information Technology 23(1), 89–93. DOI: 10.1007/s10676-020-09533-3.

Randall, D., Dyrks, T., Nett, B., Pipek, V., Ramirez, L., Stevens, G., et al. (2018). “Research into design-research practices: Supporting an agenda towards self-reflectivity and transferability.” In V. Wulf, V. Pipek, D. Randall, M. Rohde, K. Schmidt, & G. Stevens (Eds.), Socioinformatics - A practice-based perspective on the design and use of IT artefacts (pp. 491–540). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Wulf, V., Müller, C., Pipek, V., Randall, D., Rohde, M., & Stevens, G. (2015). “Practice-based computing: Empirically grounded conceptualizations derived from design case studies.” In Designing socially embedded technologies in the real-world (pp. 111–150). London: Springer.

• Design and implement the repository, including its overall structure, content organization, and technical architecture.
• Collect, formalize, curate, and integrate project outputs such as analyses, use cases, reports, demonstrators, and related documentation.
• Define metadata, classification schemes, and content management workflows to support comparison, navigation, reuse, and long-term maintenance of the repository.
• Work closely with the researchers involved in Axis 1 and with the broader PILOT consortium to ensure the scientific relevance and usability of the repository.
• Contribute to the dissemination and valorization of project results through documentation, presentations, and exchanges with project partners and stakeholders.
• Help ensure the repository’s accessibility, coherence, sustainability, and alignment with the broader ambitions of PILOT and PEPR eNSEMBLE.

Experience in software development, database or platform design, knowledge organization, repository building, or research data structuring will be particularly valuable. The position requires the ability to work in an interdisciplinary research environment and to interact with academic and institutional partners. Strong written and spoken English is expected; knowledge of French would be an advantage, especially for integration into one of the host institutions in France, but it is not mandatory.

Specific Requirements

Candidates should hold a Master in computer science, information systems, human-computer interaction, CSCW, digital humanities, information science, or a related field.

Languages FRENCH Level Basic

Languages ENGLISH Level Good

Additional Information

• Partial reimbursement of public transport costs
• Leave: 7 weeks of annual leave + 10 extra days off due to RTT (statutory reduction in working hours) + possibility of exceptional leave (sick children, moving home, etc.)
• Possibility of teleworking and flexible organization of working hours
• Professional equipment available (videoconferencing, loan of computer equipment, etc.)
• Social, cultural and sports events and activities
• Access to vocational training
• Social security coverage

From €2,692 gross per month, depending on qualifications and experience