IoT Engineer

i2cat Foundation is looking for an IoT Engineer to join our Mobile Wireless Internet team.

The successful candidate will join the MWI group to work on the design, implementation and development of IoT solutions and their evaluation in real environments. The selected person is expected to have a resolute attitude and ability to make decisions at the development and research level.

She/He will work on projects of the IoT group both at European and National level focused on improving mobile element positioning solutions.

In this sense, the work carried out will be applied to the following areas:

• Location and positioning solutions for vehicles based on IoT technologies. Evaluation and implementation of systems based on the use of one or more technologies, such as UWB or inercial sensors, GPS-RTK or sensors installed on the track, that allow to improve the performance of conventional autonomous GPS systems and that can be used as assistance/support for the guidance of autonomous vehicles. This scenario represents a challenge since it requires high precision (centimeters) the two axes of the road and robust solutions that will be necessary from the hybridization of various technologies. We will also work on the integration of this type of solutions with vehicular communication equipment to develop advanced applications and services that improve the safety and circulation of vulnerable vehicles, such as bicycles or scooters, in the city.
• Location and positioning solutions indoors. Work will be done on improving and providing new features to indoor-precision location systems that i2CAT has developed.
• IoT communication technologies applied to mobility scenarios. IoT technologies that meet the communication requirements of the deployed location solutions will be investigated. Use cases and scenarios will be considered where commercial cell connectivity cannot be assumed and other alternatives are necessary
• Implementation (software and hardware) of prototypes and demonstrators. These demonstrators will be developed and validated under realistic conditions applied to cases of location use
• Collaboration with other research centres and entities. During the work, meetings will be held and different research groups and entities will collaborate for the development and integration of solutions
• Preparation of documentation and deliverables of the project.  As a result of the work carried out, the drafting of the project documentation will be participated

The workplace requires proven experience in the design and development of firmware and software for IoT devices. The successful candidate is expected to be able to work autonomously on advanced efficient and optimized IoT solutions.  
The workplace requires availability to be able to move a few weeks to carry out tests, validations or installations in the deployment scenarios of location solutions.

Who we are:

The i2CAT Foundation is a CERCA centre with the vision of leading the challenge of designing and building the digital society of the future based on research and innovation in advanced digital technologies. Highlighting the generation of talent and in order to generate economic and social impact, i2CAT wants to turn Catalonia into a creative, empowered and innovative society, where knowledge and digital technology are at the service of people, promoting:

- The generation of excellence knowledge aimed at solving the challenges of companies, citizens and public administration (mission-driven research).
- The collaboration and establishment of synergies with other agents of the local ecosystem of research and digital innovation to co-develop solutions and products that generate a transformative impact.
- The digital empowerment of citizens through digital, open, participatory social innovation with territorial capillarity.
- The leadership of pioneering initiatives and tractors that increase the international projection and visibility of Catalonia as a digital and innovative country.

i2CAT is a constantly growing organization that has extensive experience in the leadership and development of research and innovation projects at national and international level in the technological fields of 5G, Internet of Things (IoT), virtual and immersive technologies, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Space Communications and digital society technologies.

Want to know more? Visit our webpage!  (http://www.i2cat.net/)

 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.