Job offer

Organisation/Company Universitat Politècncia de Catalunya Department Physics Research Field Engineering » Computer engineering Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Bachelor Positions Country Spain Application Deadline 30 Jun 2025 - 12:00 (Europe/Andorra) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 37.5 Offer Starting Date 10 Jun 2025 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe (other) Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The candidate will join a multidisciplinary research group working in a variety of R&D and consulting projects in the fields of air traffic management and aircraft operations, with a significant participation in the SESAR and Clean Aviation research programmes.

The candidate will lead and support the development and verification of different algorithms and computational challenges related with the computation of aircraft trajectories and advanced concepts in aircraft operations and air traffic management.

Principal tasks will be:

• Design, develop, and test methods and algorithms for trajectory prediction and optimization applications, both for onboard and ground-based systems.
• Design, develop, and test methods and algorithms for large-scale flight trajectory computation using distributed/parallel computing.
• Design, develop, and test methods and algorithms for trajectory simulation and visualisation.
• Design, develop, and test optimisation methods for airspace management, air traffic flow management and air traffic control applications.
• Contribute to the maintenance and development of prototypes and software libraries developed within the research group
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of software engineering processes and methodologies within the research group.

Where to apply

E-mail jordi.pons-prats@upc.edu

Requirements

Research Field Engineering » Computer engineering Education Level Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

• Good understanding of software engineering processes, procedures, methodologies and tools.
• Good proficiency in Python and C++. Knowledge of other programming languages would be a plus.
• Knowledge in aeronautics and air traffic management will be a plus.
• Experience with artificial intelligence applications will be a plus.
• Theoretical and applied knowledge of AI and data prediction algorithms will be a plus.
• Experience in parallelization of programs with OpenMP will be a plus.

Specific Requirements

• MSc, or BSc in computer science.

Languages ENGLISH Level Good

Research Field Engineering » Aerospace engineering

Additional Information

• 1 yearcontract. Test period of 6months.
• Initial gross salary range between 30KEur and 38Keur, based on the experience and merits of the candidate.

Eligibility criteria

Applicants shall send a CV and motivation letter to the designated e-mail address clearly indicating the job offer reference number. Please provide the name and contact details of at least two people that could recommend/endorse the candidate.

Selection process

• Stage 1: first filtering based on CV
• Stage 2: second filtering and selection of the final candidate based on videoconference interview(s)

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute Universitat Politècnica de Catalumya, ICARUS Group Country Spain State/Province Catalonia City Castelldefels Postal Code 08860 Street C/ Esteve Terrades, 5