6G Researcher


  • Location: Barcelona (Spain)
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Working day: Full time
  • Sector: Internet and technology
  • Vacancies: 1
  • Discipline: R&D

Fundació i2cat

Job description

The AI-driven Systems Research Area led by ICREA´s Professor Xavier Costa is looking for a talented researcher with a strong background in the field of mobile networks and experience in applied AI. The Scientific group focuses its research and development activities on new challenging concepts, such as network/RAN virtualization, network programmability, network slicing, mmwave, smart surfaces, etc. with a particular interest on their applications towards the society digital transformation. Expected 6G use cases, such as AI-based automation of mobile networks, mission-critical communications and wireless sensing, will be carefully evaluated and corresponding solutions will be designed and implemented in our lab premises.

 The work focuses on the analytical evaluation of solutions designed as well as proof of concepts both for public and industrial R&D projects in collaboration with industrial and academic partners.

Work objectives are concept studies and evaluation, research prototype software development, publications as well as IPR creation. The research work will be carried out in an international team of researchers.

Who we are:

The i2CAT Foundation is a non-profit research and innovation center that promotes mission-driven R&D activities on advanced Internet architectures, applications, and services. More than 15 years of international research define our expertise in the fields of 5G, IoT,  VR,  and  Immersive  Technologies,  Cybersecurity,  Blockchain,  AI,  and  Digital  Social Innovation. The  center  partners  with  companies,  public  administration,  academia,  and  end-users   to leverage   this   knowledge   in   order   to   meet   real   social   and   business   challenges.

The greatest value of i2CAT is the talent of the people who make up our human team. We enjoy a team of people from more than 13 different nationalities and work every day to create and foster a work environment where we all feel comfortable creating, innovating and growing.

Want to know more? Visit our webpage! www.i2cat.net

What do we offer?

  • Work from our offices or from home, whichever works best for you. We ask for two days in person at the office to coordinate with the rest of the team.
  • This is a full time vacancy
  • You will have a flexible work schedule so that you can reconcile your personal life with the professional one.
  • Intensive hours every Friday of the year and every day in July and August
  • Fix + variable salary
  • Possibility of receiving part of your remuneration in kind (restaurant, transport, nursery or medical insurance)
  • 25 working days of annual leave (the common 22 + 3 additional ones)
  • You can access the UPC gym at a reduced price
  • We have fruit in the office to promote a healthy lifestyle
  • If you are interested, you can participate in events of your sector.
  • You will work with a laptop. You can choose your work environment, Mac, Linux or Windows.
  • You can ask us for training of your interest.
  • We will work so that you have a career plan to promote your growth and development.

Where will you do it?

At i2CAT we already have an established telework policy for some time. You can work from home or from the office, whichever suits you best. We ask that you attend the office two days per week, one to stay connected with the team and the other one to establish relations.

If you decide to come to the office, we are located in Zona Universitària, next to the Campus Nord of the UPC, within a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment. It is a very well connected area (metro, tram, bus) with bars and restaurants around.

Our offices are designed with an open-office concept where everything is light and transparency (we do not have opaque rooms). We have a variety of workspaces so that you don't have to be at the same table all day.

i2CAT is an organization committed to equal opportunities. That is why we seek to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented, and therefore explicitly encourage the female collective to apply.

i2CAT is an organization committed to diversity and we seek to increase the number of people with disabilities in our team.

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Requirements

Minimum requeriments:

  • PhD degree in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
  • Research publications in top-tier venues
  • Excellent academic record
  • Mobile network architecture and protocols
  • Artificial Intelligence basics
  • Data Science basics
  • Network virtualization concepts
  • Network programmability
  • Operational networks traces analysis
  • Network optimization models
  • Prototyping for PoC demonstrations
  • Software development under UNIX-based system (Linux, FreeBSD etc.)

Desired requeriments:

  • Participation in EU funded research projects
  • International experience as a postdoc researcher
  • Experience preparing project proposals
  • Experience as a research team leader/mentoring of students
  • Experience with AI frameworks, e.g. pytorch ...
  • Practical experience with commercial network equipment
    • Access points, base stations, switches, EPC, ...
  • Software-defined Radio (SDR) such as FPGA (e.g., NI USRP), mmwave COTS
  • mmwave networks
  • Wireless Sensing
  • IPR generation experience
  • Teaching
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  • Location: Barcelona (Spain)
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Working day: Full time
  • Sector: Internet and technology
  • Vacancies: 1
  • Discipline: R&D