research Studentships for Master students - IST/2025/BL44

Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Updated: 2 months ago
Deadline: 21 Nov 2025

14 Nov 2025
Job Information
Organisation/Company

Instituto Superior Técnico
Department

Direção de Recursos Humanos
Research Field

Engineering » Electronic engineering
Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)
Positions

Bachelor Positions
Country

Portugal
Application Deadline

21 Nov 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)
Type of Contract

Not Applicable
Job Status

Not Applicable
Offer Starting Date

17 Nov 2025
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by a EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Organic Unit: Scientific Area of Electronics
Scholarship Theme: Development of power supply for sact aims to assess the feasibility of a fault-tolerant architecture for a power supply subsystem for a 3U CubeSat.
 

Work Plan
The work involves specifying power and energy requirements, designing the electronic circuit, and implementing it on a
printed circuit board. It also includes testing the power subsystem to validate its performance and reliability,
demonstrating the prototype's suitability for flight

Duration: 3 months
Maximum Duration Including Renewals: 12 months

Applications must be exclusively submitted on the
admissions platform
of the
Instituto Superior Técnico
at
https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/fenixedu-admissions  
and requires registration and validation of the candidate's identity.
Applications are only accepted when the form available in the platform is correctly filled, submitted and locked withoutany validation errors. The mandatory documentation to submit in the scholarship aplication includes:
Curriculum Vitae
Proof of Qualifications (or declaration of honor in case you do not yet have the certificate)
Proof of Registration/Enrolment
The application submission deadlines can be viewed in the admissions platform.
The results of the contest will be made available in the same admissions platform.


Where to apply
Website
https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/fenixedu-admissions

Requirements
Research Field
Engineering » Electronic engineering
Education Level
Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Admission Requirements
- Being enrolled in a Masters or Integrated Masters degree programme;
- Understanding of analog and digital circuit design principles, particularly for power conversion;
- Knowledge of CubeSat standards, mission profiles, and inter-subsystem interactions;
- Proficiency in using CAD tools for PCB layout


Additional Information
Benefits

Monthly Maintenance Allowance: €1040.98
Funding Entity: Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)


Eligibility criteria

Admission Requirements
- Being enrolled in a Masters or Integrated Masters degree programme;
- Understanding of analog and digital circuit design principles, particularly for power conversion;
- Knowledge of CubeSat standards, mission profiles, and inter-subsystem interactions;
- Proficiency in using CAD tools for PCB layout


Selection process

Contest Evaluation Method(s)
Curricular evaluation weighted to 100% on a scale of 10 points.
Conditions for the Contest Evaluation
The candidate will be selected based on a CV evaluation. The selection criteria will be:- The adequacy of the candidate's curricular experience;- The adequacy of the candidate's extra-curricular activities;- The demonstrated merit regarding the scholarship requirements.
Composition of the Selection Jury
Jury President:
Gonçalo Nuno Gomes Tavares (ist13269)
Jury Members:
João Paulo Lopes Monteiro (ist169647); Rui Manuel Rodrigues Rocha (ist11993).
In case the president of the jury is unable to preside, they will be replaced by one of the jury members.


Additional comments

Applicable Laws and Regulations
Law No. 40/2004, of 18 August (Statute of Scientific Research Fellow), in its current wording; FCT Regulation for
Research Fellowships, available at
https://drh.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/files/sites/45/despacho_8532_regulamento_bolsas.pdf.

Workplace: IST NanosatLab

Scientific Advisor: João Paulo Lopes Monteiro (ist169647)


Website for additional job details

https://drh.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/bolseiros/recrutamento/

Work Location(s)
Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
IST
Country
Portugal
Geofield


Contact
City

Lisboa
Website

http://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/
Street

Av. Rovisco Pais
Postal Code

1049-001 Lisboa

STATUS: EXPIRED

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