Call for applications - 5GSmartFact project 14 PhD Marie Skłodowska-Curie researcher positions open

The 5GSmartFact project opens 14 PhD positions in Industry 4.0 enabled by 5G in several locations across Europe.

5GSmartFact is an MSCA-ITN European Industrial Doctorate project that features a consortium of academia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Aalborg University), research centres (i2Cat, Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique), 5G companies (NEC, Nokia, Siradel) and companies in factory automation (ABB, Robert Bosch, Ingeniarius, Roboception), together with supporting institutions (ESADE, Universidade de Coimbra, Université Paris-Saclay).

Contracts will be full-time, have a minimum 3-year duration and include social security coverage. Selected candidates will embark on a doctorate programme, share their time between at least two of the entities of the consortium and benefit from high-quality academic and industrial training and networking activities. Competitive salaries are offered.

 

List of individual job offers:

ESR 1. Autonomous and collaborative robotic systems in 5G smart factories (UPC-SPAIN)

ESR 2. Slicing for dense networks with mMTC, eMBB and URLLC requirements (UPC-SPAIN)

ESR 3. Time Sensitive Network (TSN) over wireless networks in industrial environments (i2CAT-SPAIN)

ESR 4. Applications of Visible Light Communications (VLC) to the IIoT (i2CAT-SPAIN)

ESR 5. Enhanced interference mitigation techniques for industrial private networks (Aalborg University-DENMARK)

ESR 6. Massive MIMO Communication for Industry 4.0 Use-cases (Aalborg University-DENMARK)

ESR 7. Intelligent radio environments (IRE) for Industry 4.0 (CNRS-FRANCE)

ESR 8. Transfer Learning for Optimizing Intelligent Radio Environments (CNRS-FRANCE)

ESR 9. Channel models and network planning for 5G private industrial networks infrastructure (SIRADEL-FRANCE)

ESR 10. Inter-communication of edge computing platform to support IIoT deployments (NEC-GERMANY)

ESR 11. AI-Based network slicing orchestration supporting end-to-end service requirements (NEC-GERMANY)

ESR 12. Cooperative and multimodal localization in 5G-enabled multi-robot systems (INGENIARIUS-PORTUGAL)

ESR 13. Detection and Grasping of Objects in Robotics (ROBOCEPTION-GERMANY)

ESR 14. 5G-based Indoor Positioning in Industrial Environments (BOSCH-GERMANY)

 

Please find more information at https://5gsmartfact.upc.edu/job-offers.

Submission is open until 23rd June 2021.

 

The applicants can apply to up to 3 individual job offers. The selection process will take into account the priority specified by the applicant.

 

Elibility criteria: Applicants must fulfil the following rules in order to be eligible.

• Early-Stage Rule

Applicants must, at the time of recruitment by the host institution, be in the first four years (full-time equivalent) of their research careers and have not yet been awarded a doctoral degree. This is measured from the date when they obtained the degree which would formally entitle them to embark on a doctorate.

• Mobility Rule

Applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country indicated for each position (see below) for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date. Compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays, and time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention are not taken into account.

• · PhD Rule

The selected candidates must apply for the doctoral programme indicated in the job offer of their choice.

 

Evaluation criteria: Eligible candidates will be evaluated according to the following criteria.

1) Curriculum vitae

2) Academic performance (diplomas, university transcripts, etc.)

3) Research and industrial experience

4) Awards and fellowships

5) Publications and patents

6) Research, leadership, and creativity potential

7) English knowledge

8) Other relevant items based on the specific candidate: members will be able to provide more detail about the evaluation criteria for their positions.

 

Short-listed candidates for each position will be invited to an on-line interview.