TRB/2025/00049 - OPEN NOTICE FOR INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR MSC HIRING, UNDER THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT ESA-POGS - FSO (AV)

15 Jan 2026
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Instituto de Telecomunicações

Department

Instituto de Telecomunicações

Research Field

Engineering » Electronic engineering

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Positions

Master Positions

Application Deadline

12 Feb 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)

Country

Portugal

Type of Contract

To be defined

Job Status

Full-time

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by a EU programme

Reference Number

TRB/2025/00049 - ESA-POGS - FSO (AV)

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Note: This is a free translation of the original announcement written in Portuguese, provided only for convenience of non-Portuguese speakers. Only the Portuguese version has official value.

 

By order issued by the Director General of the Telecommunications Institute on January 13, 2026, it was approved to open an international call to select one researcher with a master degree in the scientific the scope of the approved project ESA-POGS - FSO (AV), under the scope of a term contract, with a termination date undetermined, overseen by the Portuguese Labour Code, in view of the execution of the following tasks:

• Development of subsystems for high-speed optical communication systems, including pointing, acquisition and tracking, optical fiber coupling and digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms;
• Development of a pair of optical head prototypes for high-speed FSO communications, and their deployment in the campus of University of Aveiro;
• Provide support to assembling and maintenance of experimental setups related with high-speed optical communications (including metro, PON and FSO systems);
• Co-tutoring of lab activities of other BSc, MSc and PhD students.

About the position

This position is open for an early/mid career MSc researcher with background on optical communications and interest to carry out research on high-capacity optical transmission systems. The researcher will be integrated in a dynamic group of more than 20 collaborators, including other PhD researchers, PhD students, MSc students and under-graduate researchers.

Applicable Legislation: 

Labour Code, approved by Law no. 7/2009, of 12 February, in its current reading.

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

Formalisation of applications: 

Applications are formalised by sending a Motivation Letter, addressed to the Board of Instituto de Telecomunicações, including this announcement identification, full name, parents’ names, ID card, or Citizen Card number and date, or civil identification number, taxpayer ID number, date and place of birth, marital status, occupation, residence and contact address, including email address and telephone.

Applications shall include all supported documents encompassed by section 6 and 7 for tender admission, namely:

• Copy of certificate or diploma*;
• Curriculum vitae.

*- The administrative verification of the recognition of the degrees obtained abroad will be fulfilled for the purpose of contracting, in case of approval of the candidatures. Further information at https://www.dges.gov.pt/en/pagina/degree-and-diploma-recognition  

Where to apply

Website

https://www.it.pt/

Requirements

Research Field

Engineering » Electronic engineering

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Specific Requirements

Any national, foreign and stateless candidate(s) holding a master’s degree in Electronics, Telecommunications or Physics Engineering or similar 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.

Additional Information
Benefits

The basic monthly salary corresponds to level 16 of the TRU (€ 1,499.15).

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.

Eligibility criteria

Candidate(s) holding a master’s degree in Electronics, Telecommunications or Physics Engineering or similar scientific area.

Selection process

The evaluation of the scientific and curricular career has two components, namely:

i) The assessment of the curriculum vitae and other documentation presented. This component of the evaluation is expressed on a numeric scale from 0 to 20, considering:

• The candidate’s experience in the subjects related to this contest;
  • The depth of the candidate’s knowledge in the subjects, as well as oral and writing expression capability in order to communicate them.

ii) Candidates with a classification of 14 or higher in the previous component will be invited to an interview. In this interview they should make a personal presentation of their capability towards the position and their expectations regarding the presented opportunity. The evaluation of the presentation is expressed in a scale of 0 to 20 and should take into account the scientific knowledge and the capacity of communication demonstrated by the candidate, as well as the answers to the questions placed by the members of the evaluation panel. 

Each panel member score is obtained attributing a weighing factor of 70% to the classification given to the evaluation of the curriculum vitae and other documentation, and a weighing factor of 30% to the classification given to the interview.

The final classification of each candidate is obtained by the sum of the scores of the panel members divided by the number of the members of the panel. In the event of a tie, the chairperson of the panel will have the casting vote. 

The jury reserves the right not to select any of the admitted candidates.

The selection panel shall be Prof. Dr. Fernando Pedro Pereira Guiomar (President), Prof. Dr. Paulo Miguel Nepomuceno Pereira Monteiro and Prof. Dr. Gil Gonçalo Martins Fernandes, and by Dr. Darlene Neves as substitute member.

The list of admitted and excluded candidates and the final ranking list will be sent to all candidates by email.

Additional comments

Candidates shall submit their application files and supporting documentation, in a digital form, in the IT portal, https://www.it.pt/Positions/OtherContractPosition/8289 .

This competition is open from January 15, 2026, to February 12, 2026

Please refer to the original announcement.

Website for additional job details

https://www.it.pt/Positions/OtherContractPosition/8289

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Instituto de Telecomunicações - Polo Aveiro

Country

Portugal

State/Province

Aveiro

City

Aveiro

Postal Code

3810-193

Street

Campus Universitário de Santiago

Geofield

Contact

State/Province

Aveiro

City

Aveiro

Website

https://it.pt/

Street

Campus Universitário

Postal Code

3810-193

E-Mail

giiartioli@av.it.pt

STATUS: EXPIRED

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