PhD student on “Wireless Ingestible Devices for Gastrointestinal Therapeutics, Diagnosis or Int[...]

European Commission; France; Sur place; EUR 40 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Une opportunité passionnante de recherche est ouverte pour un doctorant en ingénierie biomédicale à la CNRS, France. Le candidat sélectionné travaillera sur des dispositifs médicaux ingestibles, explorant des technologies de pointe tout en bénéficiant d'un encadrement par des experts reconnus. Le stage commence en septembre 2025 et les candidatures sont ouvertes jusqu'au 31 mars 2025.

Prestations

Accès à une formation et supervision de pointe

Participation à des activités de formation réseau et conférences

Seconde expérience en milieu industriel

Qualifications

• Diplôme de Master requis.
• Pas encore titulaire d'un doctorat.
• Compétences en électromagnétiques et en programmation souhaitées.

Responsabilités

• Concevoir et évaluer des prototypes de circuits radiofréquence.
• Participer au développement de dispositifs médicaux ingestibles.
• Collaborer avec l'entreprise BodyCap.

Connaissances

Connaissance des électroniques radiofréquence

Conception de circuits

Ingénierie des micro-ondes et des antennes

Compétence en électromagnétiques et/ou physique des ondes

Compétences de programmation (Python ou MATLAB)

Formation

M.Sc. (ou équivalent)

Outils

COMSOL

CST

HFSS

Description du poste

Organisation/Company CNRS Department IETR Laboratory Research Field Engineering » Biomedical engineering Engineering » Electrical engineering Engineering » Electronic engineering Physics » Electromagnetism Physics » Applied physics Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions PhD Positions Country France Application Deadline 14 Jul 2025 - 01:00 (Europe/Zurich) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Offer Starting Date 1 Sep 2025 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe - MSCA Reference Number DC10 Marie Curie Grant Agreement Number 101169012 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Context: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) Doctoral Networks are joint research and training projects funded by the European Union. Funding is provided for doctoral candidates from both inside and outside Europe to carry out individual project work in a European country other than their own. The Intelli-Ingest MSCA Doctoral Networks is made up of 4 beneficiaries and 6 associated partners, all coordinated by the Biorobotics Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy.

The Intelli-Ingest Doctoral Network aims to empower 13 young scientists and engineers to become experts in ingestible medical device research and translation. Ingestible devices are minimally invasive, orally delivered medical devices that traverse the gastrointestinal tract, using electronic, mechanical, or smart material elements for diagnosis, therapy, surgery, or sampling. The program's key objectives include advancing the capabilities of ingestible devices by addressing current technical limitations, with a focus on improving diagnostic accuracy, reducing the need for additional interventions, creating environmentally sustainable devices, and developing simulators to reduce reliance on in vivo testing.

The training network is interdisciplinary, integrating various fields such as physiology, electronics, robotics, microengineering, materials science, AI, and pharmaceutical science. The doctoral candidates (DCs) will receive comprehensive training through research projects, secondments, and interactions with industry and clinical environments, preparing them for diverse careers. Additionally, the network seeks to foster international, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral cooperation, contributing to European innovation capacity and advancing the field of minimally invasive, orally delivered medical technologies.

This project will overall develop a minimally invasive, orally delivered miniaturised device for Gastrointestinal Therapeutics, Diagnosis or Intervention. The specific candidate's work in this project area at the IETR laboratory of CNRS will focus on the design, prototyping, and performance assessment of a multiplexed radio-frequency circuits and radiating structures for simultaneous biosensing, connectivity, and localisation of ingestible devices. This work package will be lead by Denys Nikolayev, principal inversigator in Wireless Bioelectronics at CNRS and ERC grantee. The performance assessment of the prototypes will be carried out in collaboration with BodyCap company.

The CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) is France’s leading public research institution, renowned for advancing knowledge across a wide range of disciplines. With access to exceptional infrastructure, public and private funding, and world-wide collaborations, the CNRS provides an ideal environment for impactful research. Its community includes outstanding scientists, including Nobel laureates, who contribute to projects shaping the future of science and technology. Joining the CNRS means becoming part of a global network of excellence, where innovation thrives.

Application procedure: Your complete application must be submitted through the CNRS employment portal following this link:

The applications should be submitted between March 1st, 2025 and March 31st, 2025 (12:00 Paris time) containing the following documents:

• If available, links to the scientific publications, degree or diploma theses.
• Contact details of at least two academic or professional references.
• BSc and MSc diplomas along with their translations in English or French, grade transcripts, and official description of grading scale.

Skills/Qualifications

• M.Sc. (or equivalent) degree. In accordance with the European Union’s funding rules for doctoral networks, applicants must NOT yet have a PhD
• Knowledge of radio-frequency electronics, circuit design, microwave and antenna engineering.
• Competence in electromagnetics and/or wave physics.
• Basics of numerical EM solvers (e.g., COMSOL, CST, or HFSS), circuit design and simulation software, programming skills (Python or MATLAB).
• Experience with microcontrollers (e.g. Nordic) and Xilinx FPGA is a plus.
• Fluency in English and strong academic writing skills.

You will have an employment contract from the recruiting beneficiary. You will benefit from a competitive salary, number of days off, remote work, social security coverage. The salary will be composed of:

• A living allowance (3400 euros per month – gross salary) which is adjusted by applying a country correction coefficient to the living allowance of the country in which the researcher is recruited. The country correction coefficients are indicated in Table 1 of the MSCA Work Programme (link)
• Monthly mobility allowance: 600 euro/month
• Monthly family allowance, if applicable and depending on the family situation: 660 euro/month
• Enrollment in a PhD school
• Access to state-of-the-art research and supervision by recognized experts
• Participation in network-wide training activities, workshops and conferences
• Secondment periods in industry, clinical environments and other partner labs

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible, applicants must comply with all the following rules:

• At the deadline date, applicants must possess or be finalising their Master’s degree or equivalent/postgraduate degree.
• At the date of recruitment, applicants must have their Master’s degree or equivalent/postgraduate degree, which would formally entitle them to embark on a doctorate.
• At the date of recruitment, applicants must fulfil the transnational mobility rule: applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the recruitment date – unless as part of a compulsory national service or a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention.
• At the deadline date, applicants must be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research career (career breaks excluded) and not yet awarded a doctoral degree. Career breaks refer to periods where the candidate was not active in research, regardless of their employment status (sick leave, maternity leave, etc). Short stays such as holidays and compulsory national service are not considered.
• Applicants must be available full-time to start the program in September 2025.
  

Selection process

Our selection procedure is open, transparent, merit-based, impartial, and equitable, in line with the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers ( link ).

Applicants should follow the application criteria and instructions for the position(s) they are interested in. Candidates will be informed, before the selection, about the recruitment process for each position and the selection criteria.

The selection procedure will consist of the following steps:

• Eligibility check: The Recruitment Committee will check each application is complete and that applicants fulfil the eligibility criteria described in the previous section.
• Remote Evaluation: Each eligible application will be evaluated independently by the principal investigators of each institution in our network, according to the DC position options expressed by the applicants.
• Online interviews: The short-listed candidates will be interviewed by a Selection Committee that will include the recruiting Principal Investigators. Selection committees will bring together diverse expertise and competencies and have an adequate gender balance.

Applications will be reviewed for eligibility and suitability based on the criteria listed for each position. The recruiting institution will notify the selection outcome after the interview. Candidates will be informed after the selection process about the strengths and weaknesses of their applications.

To be eligible, applicants must comply with all the following rules:

• At the deadline date, applicants must possess or be finalising their Master’s degree or equivalent/postgraduate degree.

• At the date of recruitment, applicants must have their Master’s degree or equivalent/ postgraduate degree, which would formally entitle them to embark on a doctorate.

• At the date of recruitment, applicants must fulfil the transnational mobility rule: applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the recruitment date – unless as part of a compulsory national service or a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention.

• At the deadline date, applicants must be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research career (career breaks excluded) and not yet awarded a doctoral degree. Career breaks refer to periods where the candidate was not active in research, regardless of their employment status (sick leave, maternity leave, etc). Short stays such as holidays and compulsory national service are not considered.

• Applicants must be available full-time to start the program in September 2025.