Research Grant (“Bolsa de Investigação”) - BII/ Nº2026/00096

Instituto de Telecomunicações; Aveiro; On-site; EUR 6,500 - 9,200; Full time

Job summary

The Instituto de Telecomunicações in Aveiro is opening a Research Initiation Grant to work on a Driver for wireless laboratory transmission systems. The project focuses on designing a DC supply and bias network for RF amplifier stages with high stability.

Work will be performed at IT Aveiro under the supervision of Prof. Telmo Reis Cunha, with a start date around November 2026. Duration is 6 months, possible renewal up to 1 year, and the grant is paid monthly.

Qualifications

• Students enrolled in a professional higher technical course, undergraduate degree, integrated master's degree or master's degree, to undertake initial R&D activities.
• Students enrolled in non-degree courses integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution, in association with R&D units.
• Bachelor or Master student in electronics engineering with strong background on electronics, signal processing, telecommunications basics and system theory.

Responsibilities

• Assist in designing the Driver's power supply section and bias voltages for RF stages.
• Test and validate the laboratory Driver in a lab environment connected to 220 VAC.
• Contribute to the phased development of the high-power RF amplifier system.

Skills

Electronics

Signal processing

Telecommunications basics

System theory

Education

Bachelor or Master student in electronics engineering

Job description

Summary

There is an open call for one (1) Research Initiation Grant ("Bolsa de Iniciação à Investigação") at Instituto de Telecomunicações, in the scope of project Joint-Lab-RD1.

Work Objectives

It is intended to develop an amplifying equipment, named Driver, to be used in laboratory setups for wireless transmission. This equipment presents a high power gain (on a wide bandwidth, in the frequency region of units of GHz) and a high linearity, since its purpose if to adjust the signal power level at the input of high power amplifier circuits (mounted at the Driver output), without introducing distortion to that signal. This equipment must be totally self-contained, being connected directly to the 220 VAC plug of the installed electric network. Thus, the design of this Driver is divided in distinct phases, each focused on different constitutive parts of the equipment. In the first phase of this work, it is intended to design, implement and test in the laboratory the part responsible for supplying all circuits of the Driver, and for generating a set of DC voltages (of high stability) which will serve to bias the transistors of the various stages that build the RF amplifier circuit. The phases to follow will focus on the remaining constitutive blocks of the Driver.

Place of Work

The work will be developed at the premises of Instituto de Telecomunicações at Aveiro, under the supervision of Prof. Telmo Reis Cunha.

Duration

6 months, with the possibility of renewal. This type of scholarship has a maximum duration of 1 year. Start date: November 2026 or soon thereafter.

Monthly Salary

701.12 € according to the table of grant amounts awarded directly by FCT for positions held in Portugal (www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores ). The payment will be made by bank transfer.

Admission Requirements

Research Initiation Grants (BII) are intended:

• for students enrolled in a professional higher technical course, undergraduate degree, integrated master's degree or master's degree, to undertake initial R&D activities, with a view to beginning their scientific training through integration in R&D projects to be developed in national institutions.
• for students carrying out initial R&D activities who are enrolled in non-degree courses integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution, developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units.
• Bachelor ("licenciatura") or Master student in the field of electronics engineering, or similar, with strong background on:
  • Electronics (design, analysis and laboratory measurement);
  • Signal processing;
  • Telecommunications basics;
  • System theory.

Required Documents

• Motivation letter explaining the interest in the position;
• Detailed Curriculum Vitae with transcripts;
• Degree certificate (if applicable);
• Proof of enrollment in a higher education course or declaration of intention to enroll in a study cycle leading to an academic degree or in a course that does not confer an academic degree. * *NOTE: Proof of enrollment, issued by the higher education institution in a study cycle leading to the award of an academic degree or in a non-degree course, must be submitted by the time of contract signing.

NOTICE: Degrees obtained abroad are recognized by a Portuguese higher education institution under the terms of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16 and Ordinance No. 33/2019, of January 25. More information at: https://www.dges.gov.pt/pt/pagina/reconhecimento?plid=374