Marie-Curie ESR position in IQUADRAT (Barcelona)

One Early Stage Researcher (ESR) / Ph.D position is offered in the context of the H2020 Innovative Training Network (ITN) project SPOTLIGHT (http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/205539_en.html), focused on the design and optimization of a beyond 5G disruptive mobile network architecture that exploits massively distributed MIMO, big data analytics and cloud-empowered network management.

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic junior scientist, with an MSc in electrical engineering or related fields, aiming at significantly improving his/her career perspectives in both public and private sectors. Excellent research skills and analytical abilities are required, fluency in English (spoken and written), proactive communication skills and problem solving as part of a team, strong record keeping, great work ethic and initiatives are essential characteristics.

The position is fully funded for 3 years by the European Commission under the H2020 Marie Curie Innovative Training Network Programme. The recruited ESR will be highly encouraged to enroll to the Ph.D. programme of local universities (UOC, UPC, UB, etc.).

Marie Curie ITNs provide competitive financial support to the ESR including:

• a competitive monthly living and mobility allowance,
• coverage of the expenses related to the participation of the ESR in research and training activities (contribution to research-related costs, meetings, conference attendance, training actions, etc.).

The recruited researcher will have a regular contract with the same rights and obligations as any other staff member of Iquadrat. The ESR should start within 2 months of the acceptance of the fellowship.

The recruited researcher should be, at the time of selection, in the first four years of his/her research career (measured from the date when they obtained the degree which would formally entitle them to embark on a doctorate).
The applicants should not be in possession of a doctoral degree, but they should have the qualifications to embark on a PhD program.
The applicants (regardless of their nationalities) must not have resided or carried out their main activities (work, studies, etc.) in Spain for more than 12 months in the last 3 years.

To apply, please provide please send an email to ellik@iquadrat.com with the following information:

1) a cover letter indicating the applied position(s) and justifying your suitability

2) a detailed CV and complete transcripts

3) the name and address of two referees to support your application.

All applications will be evaluated by a committee with equality and based strictly on the candidates’ skills and eligibility, whereas issues as gender, ethnicity, disability, etc. will be irrelevant to the selection.

The closing date for applications is March 31, 2017.

Mobile networks are driven to their limits due to the unprecedented growth in the number of connected devices and the volume of data traffic, as well as the stringent demands of emerging applications and services. Despite the continuous advances in transmission and networking technologies, the mobile network ecosystem remains vastly heterogeneous and under-organized, failing to fully exploit and efficiently coordinate the vast amount of available network resources. The SPOTLIGHT project aims to overcome these limitations by proposing a disruptive architecture based on the creation of a flat coalition of massively distributed transceivers utilizing a common pool of energy, radio, computing and storage resources that are optimally handled by a cloud-empowered network core.

Towards that goal, SPOTLIGHT has defined 11 technical challenges, mapped onto 15 individual projects, which will be assigned to 15 recruited ESRs. In addition to the top-notch research activities, the SPOTLIGHT consortium will joint their expertise and infrastructure to establish a high-quality training network to provide the recruited ESRs with the technological and complementary skills, boosting their employability in the context of 5G communications.

The recruited ESR will work in close collaboration with the academic and industrial partners of the project, spanning across eight European countries:

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Iquadrat Informática SL, Spain
Ericsson AB, Sweden
Nessos SA, Greece
NEC Europe LTD, Germany
EURECOM, France
University of York, UK
MTN Cyprus LTD, Cyprus
Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Politecnico di Milano, Italy