Hiring PhD in Informatics, Telecommunications or Electronics Engineering

IT; Aveiro; On-site; EUR 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Instituto de Telecomunicações in Aveiro invites applications for a researcher on the DiME project under a fixed-term contract of about 35 months. The role covers designing, developing and validating advanced digital solutions to transform urban mobility into an intelligent, sustainable system, leveraging AI, connectivity and autonomous systems.

The selected candidate will collaborate with project partners, contribute to deliverables, disseminate results in conferences and journals, and help

Qualifications

• Have proven experience in developing systems to support cooperative, connected, and autonomous mobility (CCAM).
• Have published more than 10 scientific articles indexed in Scopus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and validate CCAM digital solutions for urban mobility.
• Collaborate with project partners to meet deliverables and milestones.
• Represent the institute and manage project activities.
• Disseminate results via conferences and journals and engage outreach.

Skills

CCAM experience

Scopus publications

Education

Doctorate degree in Informatics, Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications or related field

Job description

Summary

This announcement was approved by the selection panel on 02-10-2026 and was published on 20-10-2026

Work Objectives

By order issued by the Director General of the Telecommunications Institute on October 19, 2026, it was approved to open an international call to select one candidate researcher in the scientific scope of the project DiME, under the scope of a term contract, with a termination date undetermined, overseen by Portuguese Labour Code. Job description:

• Design, develop, and validate advanced digital solutions to transform urban mobility into an intelligent, integrated, and sustainable system. It addresses key challenges such as decarbonization, efficiency, and coordination through a digitally native, interoperable approach that combines artificial intelligence, advanced connectivity, and autonomous systems within a scalable platform that enables real-time coordination of vehicles, users, and infrastructure.
• Contributing to the research, integration, and demonstration activities with the project partners, ensuring planned deliverables and progress targets, conducting the associated tasks and activities, and communicating with the project evaluation and monitoring bodies;
• Representing the Telecommunications Institute and conducting management activities within the project for overall assurance of the project execution as a whole;
• Dissemination of results through the publication of scientific papers in conferences and journals, as well as participation in preparing events to present and demonstrate the project to the public.

Place of Work

The workplace shall be at Instituto de Telecomunicações, Polo de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro.

Duration

A term contract, with a termination date undetermined. The approximate duration of the contract will be 35 months, depending on the completion of the tasks identified above, and this period is not necessarily linked to the duration of the specific project.

Monthly Salary

Basic monthly salary: the basic monthly salary corresponds to level PR2 of the TRU (€ 3,851.67). Instituto de Telecomunicações informs that it offers a wide range of social benefits to its employees, aiming to promote well-being, quality of life, and support in professional performance. More information will be provided during the onboarding process or can be obtained from the Human Resources department.

Admission Requirements

Any national, foreign and stateless candidate(s) holding a doctorate degree in Informatics, Electro-technical and Telecommunications Engineering or other related scientific area and a suitable scientific and professional curriculum may submit an application. In case the degree has been awarded by a foreign higher education institution, the degree must comply with the provisions of Decree-Law no. 341/2007 of 12th of October, and all formalities established therein must be fulfilled, by the selected candidate, until the date of signature of the contract. General tender admission requirements include those specified in the previous section and compliance with the productivity criteria in force at Instituto de Telecomunicações, (https://www.it.pt/docs/Politica_de_Qualidade_2.pdf) that must be verifiable from the candidate’s curriculum vitae. Additionally, the applicant’s admission to the contest of this hiring procedure must fulfil the requirements pointed out in clauses 1 and 2:
1 – Have proven experience in developing systems to support cooperative, connected, and autonomous mobility (CCAM)
2 – have published more than 10 scientific articles (Document type = Article or Document type = Review) indexed in Scopus

Required Documents

• Motivation letter.
• Curriculum Vitae.
• Degree certificates.
• Other required supporting documents.

Candidates who formalize their applications in an improper way or fail to prove the requirements set forward by this tender are excluded from admission. In case of doubt, the panel is entitled to request any candidate to present further documentation supporting their statements. False statements provided by the candidates shall be punished by law.