PhD in Informatics, Telecommunications or Electronics Engineering

IT; Aveiro; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Social benefits

Job summary

Instituto de Telecomunicações in Aveiro, Portugal, invites applications for a researcher in the NAVISENSE project. The contract is term-based with an undetermined end date and an estimated duration of about 34 months, starting March 2027.

The role focuses on designing autonomous capabilities and an interoperable platform to support real-time communication and data integration. You will work with project partners, contribute to demonstrations, publish results, and represent IT in project

Qualifications

• PhD in Informatics, Electro-technical and Telecommunications Engineering or related field.
• Experience developing systems to support CCAM (cooperative, connected and autonomous mobility).
• More than 10 scientific articles indexed in Scopus (Article or Review).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and validate autonomous capabilities and an interoperable digital platform for real-time communication and data integration.
• Contribute to research, integration and demonstration activities with project partners and ensure planned deliverables.
• Represent IT and manage project activities for overall execution assurance.
• Disseminate results through publications and present project outcomes to the public.

Job description

Summary

This announcement was approved by the selection panel on 16-10-2026 and was published on 21-10-2026

Work Objectives

By order issued by the Director General of the Telecommunications Institute on October 20, 2026, it was approved to open an international call to select one candidate researcher in the scientific scope of the project NAVISENSE, under the scope of a term contract, with a termination date undetermined, overseen by Portuguese Labour Code. Job description:

• Design, develop, and validate advanced autonomous capabilities and an interoperable digital platform capable of supporting real-time communication, data integration and the coordination of multiple autonomous systems.
• 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.
• 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. 2. The approximate duration of the contract will be 34 months, depending on the completion of the tasks identified above, and this period is not necessarily linked to the duration of the specific project. The expected start date is March 2027.

Monthly Salary

Basic monthly salary: the basic monthly salary corresponds to level PR1 of the TRU (€ 3,576.56). 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:

• Have proven experience in developing systems to support cooperative, connected, and autonomous mobility (CCAM)
• have published more than 10 scientific articles (Document type = Article or Document type = Review) indexed in Scopus

Required Documents

Requested 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.