Senior V2X Researcher

Our Mobile Wireless Internet (MWI) research area is looking for a Senior V2X Researcher. In particular, the researcher will take the lead of the V2X research line within the MWI groups, having as main goals:

• Development of the research strategy and roadmap of the V2X research line
• Lead scientific publicationns
• Definition of technological assets
• Technical leadership of projects where the V2X reasearch line participates
• Support H2020 project proposals dealing with V2X
• Support end customer project proposals dealing with V2X
• External Technical leadership of R&D projects where the V2X research line participates (e.g. technical coordinator or WPL roles in H2020 projects). In particular the selected candidate will assume the technical coordination for an H2020 project recently won by i2CAT.
• Collaborate with the technical leaders of the IoT and 5G research lines within the MWI group, as well as other technical leaders within i2CAT

The V2X research line currently participates in several projects including the H2020 project CARAMEL project (https://www.h2020caramel.eu/), and several private projects where the team is developing custom extensions to an ETSI G5 stack as well as applications running on top of the stack. The team also has experience in network simulators that model mobility models as well as relevant V2X technologies (802.11p and C-V2X).

The researcher will be part of the Mobile and Wireless Internet (MWI) group at i2CAT. More information can be found here: https://www.i2cat.net/research-topics/mobile-wireless-internet/

Who we are:

i2CAT Foundation is a non-profit research and innovation centre that promotes mission oriented R&D activities on advanced Internet architectures, applications and services. The centre stands for a new open innovation framework, fostering the collaboration between companies, public administration, the academic environment and end-users.

i2CAT’s activities span the areas of Research, playing a key role in the EU Framework Program for Research and Innovation; Strategic Projects, leading local initiatives that strengthen the digital policies of public administration, and Technology Transfer, fostering R&D collaboration with companies to develop innovative market-oriented solutions.

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What do we offer:

• You will be part of a multicultural team. We have a fun loving and friendly international work environment.
• Be in contact and work with cutting-edge technology
• Work in challenging R&D projects
• Fix + variable salary
• Option of flexible retribution (restaurant card, transport card, medical insurance, kindergarten)
• Flexible working schedule - We know you have a life outside of work and we will work with you to make sure it's kept that way
• Fridays afternoon off
• Intensive work schedule in July & August
• Home-office option
• Open space office in Barcelona
• Free fruit every week
• Discounted Gym-access
• 25 vacation days per year
• Casual dress code
• Let us know which trainings you need
• You will have the opportunity to attend tech conferences and events.

The i2CAT Foundation seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and, therefore explicitly, encourages women to apply.

The i2CAT Foundation seeks to increase the number of persons with disabilities among its workforce, and therefore explicitly encourages this collective to apply.