TRB/2026/00054 – OPEN NOTICE FOR INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR PHD HIRING, UNDER THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT DIME, THIS WORK IS SUPPORTED BY THE EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (FEDER)

About this position

Note: This is a free translation of the original announcement written in Portuguese, provided only for convenience of non-Portuguese speakers. Only the Portuguese version has official value.

By order issued by the Director General of the Telecommunications Institute on October 19, 2026, it was approved to open an international call to select one candidate researcher in the scientific scope of the project DiME, under the scope of a term contract, with a termination date undetermined, overseen by Portuguese Labour Code. Job description:

Design, develop, and validate advanced digital solutions to transform urban mobility into an intelligent, integrated, and sustainable system. It addresses key challenges such as decarbonization, efficiency, and coordination through a digitally native, interoperable approach that combines artificial intelligence, advanced connectivity, and autonomous systems within a scalable platform that enables real-time coordination of vehicles, users, and infrastructure.

Contributing to the research, integration, and demonstration activities with the project partners, ensuring planned deliverables and progress targets, conducting the associated tasks and activities, and communicating with the project evaluation and monitoring bodies;

Representing the Telecommunications Institute and conducting management activities within the project for overall assurance of the project execution as a whole;

Dissemination of results through the publication of scientific papers in conferences and journals, as well as participation in preparing events to present and demonstrate the project to the public.

The approximate duration of the contract will be 35 months, depending on the completion of the tasks identified above, and this period is not necessarily linked to the duration of the specific project.

Applicable Legislation:

Decree-Law no. 57/2016 of 29th of August, which approved the hiring of doctorate to stimulate scientific and technological employment for all areas of knowledge (RJEC), amended by the Law 57/2017 dated 19th of July, and regulated by Regulatory Decree nr 11-A/2017, dated 29th December

Labour Code approved by Law no. 7/2009 of 12 February, under its current Reading.

The workplace shall be at

Instituto de Telecomunicações, Polo de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro

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Formalisation of applications:

Applications are formalised by sending a Motivation Letter, addressed to the Board of Instituto de Telecomunicações, including this announcement identification, full name, parents’ names, ID card, or Citizen Card number and date, or civil identification number, taxpayer ID number, date and place of birth, marital status, occupation, residence and contact address, including email address and telephone

Applications shall include all supported documents encompassed by section 6 and 7 for tender admission, namely:

Copy of certificate or diploma; *

Doctorate thesis;

Curriculum vitae detailed and structured pursuant to sections 10 and 12.

• - The administrative verification of the recognition of the degrees obtained abroad will be fulfilled for the purpose of contracting, in case of approval of the candidatures. Further information at

https://www.dges.gov.pt/en/pagina/degree-and-diploma-recognition