Description

Job summary

The collaborative laboratory Associação AlmaScience - Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Celulose para Aplicações Inteligentes e Sustentáveis (CoLAB AlmaScience), funded by funded by the Lisbon 2020 Operational Program, in the Competitiveness and Employment thematic area, through the European Social Fund (ESF), LISBOA-05-3559-FSE-000007, has opened a job position for the role of Junior Software Engineer.

Envisioned as a bridge to connect – on one side – a set of science producers with outstanding track record at European level in the fields of Advanced functional materials and pioneers in promoting the area of Transparent Electronics and paper electronics and – on the other side – major paper and pulp developers and producers and a set of its end-users willing to revolutionize their market approach, CoLAB AlmaScience aims to establish in Portugal an integrated and innovative sustainable smart paper-based platform able to serve multi-sectors with fully recyclable product-ranges, capturing the needs associated with the Internet of Things (IoT).

In close contact with the academic and the industry associates, and within a multidisciplinary scientific environment, integrated in project teams the candidate will conduct R&D activities in the field of software design as well software testing.

Candidate profile / admission requirements

The candidate must have a master degree in the areas of Informatics, computer science,
computer engineering or related fields.

The candidates should have expertise in:
• Desktop applications development (Based on Java or .NET C#)
• Server applications and database development
• Smartphone applications
• Web applications, designed for running in mobile platforms

Preference will be given to anyone with experience in:
• Machine Learning
• LabView

The candidate must also be able to demonstrate:
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team in an international environment and to work independently
• Strong interest in research and science;
• Excellent communication skills with fluency in English.

Main attributions

The Junior Software Engineer shall be responsible for performing the following tasks:
• Desktop applications development.
• Development web applications and server software for IoT and Smart Sensors
• Participation in the dissemination and promotion of the main results.
The Junior Researcher shall fully devote the whole of his/her professional activity to AlmaScience, on an exclusive basis.

Place of work

The Junior Researcher working place shall be at the premises of AlmaScience branch located in Fraunhofer Portugal Research in the Lisbon area, and he/she shall travel, in Portugal or abroad, as required by his/her attributions or as necessary for his/her activity.

Reference remuneration statue

The reference remuneration statue for this position at the CoLAB AlmaScience will be adjusted in accordance with the candidate profile and experience.

How to apply

To apply the candidate must send to [email protected] until the 30th of September 2020:
1. A letter of motivation (pdf file) on why the candidate would be a suitable for the position;
2. Detailed curriculum vitae with copy of qualification certificates and copy of other relevant supporting documents (pdf file);
3. If applicable, copy (or reference) of scientific articles in which the candidate is author considers most relevant of his/her professional career;
4. One-minute English video where you must briefly describe your motivation for this application (YouTube or other link);
5. Recommendation letters (pdf file).
The email subject shall only contain the job reference: ASc Junior/MSc Researcher – Software Engineer.

Non-discrimination and equal access policy

AlmaScience actively promotes a non-discrimination and equal access policy, reason for which no candidate can be benefited, prejudiced or deprived of any duty, namely age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race, religion or political beliefs.