Call for a Principal Researcher - 1 Vacancy

UNINOVA – Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias, by decision of the Executive Committee, opens an international call to hire a Principal Researcher, under the Special Investigator regime, over a fixed term contract and in part-time under the following Research projects funded by the European Commission's Horizon 2020 and H2020 programmes:

• SMART4HEALTH – 826117 - Citizen-centred EU-EHR exchange for personalised health
• i4Q – 958205 – Industrial Data Services for Quality Control in Smart Manufacturing
• Vessel-AI – 957237 - Enabling Maritime Digitalization by ExtremeScale Analytics, AI and Digital Twins
• AIDEAS – 101057294 – AI Driven industrial Equipment product life cycle boosting Agility, Sustainability and resilience
• AI-DAPT – 101135826 – AI-Ops Framework for Automated, Intelligent and Reliable Data/AI Pipelines Lifecycle with Humans-in-the-Loop and Coupling of Hybrid Science-Guided and AI Models

Admission Requirements/Profile of Candidates:

Applicants may be any Portuguese national, foreign and stateless candidates that hold the following requirements:

• PhD in Electrotechnical and Computer Engineering (preferential) or similar;
• Specialization in “Industrial Information Systems" (preferential);
• Minimum of 10 years of proven experience in applied research, working in multinational and multidisciplinary teams such as the ones of European research projects:
  • Coordination of R&D work, ensuring timely accomplishment of project objectives and milestones;
  • Efficiently manage workflows and communications with all stakeholders;
  • Budget control and management
  • Coordination and preparation of new proposals;
• Knowledgeable in data science and AI and technologies for digital transformation within different sectors of society, including manufacturing, health and transportion:
  • Interperability of systems
  • Data Management
  • Big data analytics
  • AI and Machine Learning
• Experience in the organization of international events such as workshops and conferences;
• Fluency in portuguese and English (written and spoken) - mandatory;
• Good communication and presentation skills;
• Experience in preparing project deliverables and reports;
• Proactivity and ability to work under pressure.
• Immediate availability (mandatory).