FEUP - Postdoctoral Research Grant - PosDoc_ASTRID-BOLS-FEUP-26-85

FEUP; Portugal; On-site; EUR 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

A FEUP, Unidade CENTRA – Centro de Astrofísica e Gravitação, abre vaga para bolseiro de pós-doutoramento no âmbito do projeto ASTIDR – estruturas astronômicas em vibração e gemela digital. O estágio envolve atuação em modelação, algoritmos de vibração, e integração de dados com foco em manutenção preditiva.

O convênio oferece uma bolsa mensal de 1.901,00 € e regime exclusivo, com duração inicial de 12 meses e renovação possível até 3 anos, conforme disponibilidade do projeto.

Qualifications

• Doutoramento em Engenharia Física ou áreas relacionadas.
• Pesquisa de I&D em projetos relevantes.
• Carta de motivação que avalia proficiência em inglês.

Responsibilities

• Contribuir para o estado da arte em vibração e modelagem estrutural.
• Definir algoritmos de análise de vibração e padrões de dados.
• Desenvolver modelos de elementos finitos de ordem reduzida com recalibração a partir de medições.
• Analisar Dynamic Modal Analysis e fusão de dados em redes de sensores.
• Otimizar a colocação e tipo de sensores.
• Aplicar indicadores de degradação e machine learning para manutenção preditiva.

Skills

PhD em Engenharia Física

Experiência em projetos de I&D

Inglês avançado

Education

PhD em Engenharia Física

Job description

Organisation/Company FEUP Department Human Resources Division Research Field Engineering » Chemical engineering Engineering » Other Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Postdoc Positions Application Deadline 23 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

1 Postdoctoral Research Grant

Call open for applications for a postdoctoral research grant within the framework of project “ASTRID – Astronomical Structures Vibration Digital Twin”, with nr. 26647 and operation code at the Funds Platform (Balcão dos Fundos) COMPETE2030-FEDER-03433800, co-financed by the European Union through the COMPETE 2030 Programme , under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Engineering Physics

Admission requirements:

Candidates who cumulatively meet the following requirements may apply for this grant:

a) Hold a PhD degree in Engineering Physics or related areas, obtained in the last three years before the application to this grant;

b) The Post-doctoral research is carried out in a host entity other than the one where the research work that led to the award of the PhD degree was developed.

c) Do not exceed, with this scholarship contract, including renewals, an accumulated period of three years in this type of scholarship, followed or interpolated.

If the degree has been awarded by a foreign higher education institution, it must comply with the provisions of the Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of august 16th, and any formalities established there must be fulfilled until the time of signing the contract.

Activity Outline:

Contribution to:

• State of the art in vibration sensing, modal identification and structural modelling;
• Specification of vibration analysis algorithms and data standards;
• Reduced-order finite element models with continuous recalibration from measurements;
• Operational Modal Analysis and data fusion for heterogeneous sensor networks;
• Optimisation of sensor placement and type;
• Degradation indicators and machine learning for predictive maintenance;

Legislation and regulations: Law Nº. 40/2004, of 18th August, in its current wording (Statutes of Scientific Research Fellow) and Regulation of Research Grants of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, in force and Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto .

Work place: The work will be developed at the Research and Development Unit CENTRA – Centre for Astrophysics and Gravitation – FEUP node, under the scientific supervision of Professor Paulo Jorge Valente Garcia and Professor Filipe Manuel Rodrigues Leite Magalhães.

Grant duration: Initial duration of 12 months, with the predicted starting date of December 2026 , on exclusive basis regime, eventually renewable, up to the maximum of 3 years, but not exceeding the project end date.

If it is not possible to ensure the duration of 12 months estimated in the previous paragraph, this duration will be adjusted according to the end date of the project, and provided that the minimum duration of 3 consecutive months is guaranteed, in accordance with paragraph 6 of article 7 of the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.

Stipend: The monthly grant stipend amounts to 1.901,00€ according to the table of values of the grants awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in the Country . The payment will be made by bank transfer.

Selection procedure: The selection of the grant holder will be based on a curricular evaluation (60%), which will focus on the merit of the candidate, taking into account the following criteria:

a) Academic profile of the applicant: PhD in Engineering Physics (5 points); PhD in related areas (3 points);

b) Participation in R&D projects in an area relevant to the research project (5 points); Participation in R&D projects in areas related to the research project (3 points);

d) Motivation letter that will allow evaluation of the candidate's English proficiency and motivation (1-5 points).

Candidates will be graded on a scale of 1 to 20 points. Candidates scoring less than 10 points in the curricular evaluation will not be admitted to the interview (40%). The interview will address topics related to the work plan and to the candidate's experience and CV.

If none of the candidates achieves a minimum final score of 10 points, the scholarship will not be awarded.

Selection Jury:

Advertisement of final decision: The results of the evaluation will be released to the candidates

by email to the email address indicated in the application process .

Deadline for applications and form of presentation of the applications:

The call is open from 10/11/2026 to 23/11/2026 (until 23:59 local time).

• Certificates evidencing academic degree,
• Declaration on honour that the candidate fulfills the requirement contained in paragraph c) of the admission requirements (template below);
• other documents considered relevant by the applicant.

Declaration on honor

I, (identification of the fellow), holder of the Citizen Card / Visa / Residence Permit no., Valid until, declare under honor, under the terms of paragraph e) of no. 3 of article 7.º of the Regulation of the Research Grants from FCT, IP - Regulation no. 950/2019, of 16 December, which will not exceed, with the scholarship contract in question, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of three years in this type of scholarship, followed or interpolated.