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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH
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23 Sep 2026

Job Information

Organisation/Company
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH
Research Field
Physics
Engineering » Computer engineering
Computer science
Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Positions
Research Support Positions
Application Deadline
Country
Spain
Type of Contract
Temporary
Job Status
Part-time
Hours Per Week
21
Offer Starting Date
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Other EU programme
Reference Number
30267480053
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No

Offer Description

Mission:

Participate in the development of high-performance Shallow Water models.

Functions to be developed:

  • To develop a tool for baroclinity simulation of the atmospheres of the giant planets of the solar system, Jupiter and Saturn.
  • Carry out proof of concept tests of new numerical schemes for the development of a SW model.
  • To refine the current Shallow Water (SW) model integrated into the SA3 code of the TUAREG group for single-layer and multilayer atmospheric systems, with the introduction of perturbations for the simulation of different atmospheric phenomena and adapted for a high-performance computing environment.

Requirements

Research Field
Physics
Education Level
Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Research Field
Engineering » Computer engineering
Education Level
Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Research Field
Computer science
Education Level
Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications

Technical Skills:

  • Processing and analysis of large volumes of data from numerical simulations.
  • Parallel programming standards in distributed memory (MPI) and shared memory (OpenMP).
  • HPC & Parallelization: MPI, OpenMP, scripting in Bash, SSH, managing Linux environments andpipelines large-scale simulation (GADGET-4).
  • Development & Software: C++, Fortran, Python, version control with Git/GitHub and technical documentation in LaTeX.
Specific Requirements

Knowledge:

  • Supercomputing architectures and their high-performance execution environments (High-performance computing).
  • Numerical Methods: EDP solvers, finite difference schemes, stability analysis (Von Neumann), algorithms forN-fields (Barnes–Hut) and numerical integration.
  • Theoretical foundations of general physics and astrophysics.
  • The principles of computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
  • Mastery of applied mathematics and numerical methods.
  • Resolution and discretization of partial differential equations (PDEs) and the algorithm applied to the simulation of physical systems.
  • Principles and methodologies of scientific software development.

Professional Experience:

  • Experience in functions similar to those described will be valued, specifically in the development of research activities, both in the university and industrial environment.
Languages
CATALAN
Level
Basic
Languages
ENGLISH
Level
Good
Languages
SPANISH
Level
Good
Research Field
PhysicsEngineering » Computer engineeringComputer science
Years of Research Experience
1 - 4

Additional Information

Benefits

€33,876.08 gross per year (full-time)

Eligibility criteria

All the candidates who cannot prove the required academic degree will be immediately withdrawn from the selection process. 

The CVs will be assessed according the following general criteria: 

  • The maximum score for the candidates who accomplish all the eligibility criteria stated in the job offer will be 10 points. 
  • Threshold: 5 points. 
  • The maximum score (10 points) will be distributed as follows: 
  • 1 point for required speciality.
  • 2 points for required academic training.
  • 2 points for technic competences.
  • 1 point for organisational competences.
  • 3 points for professional experience.
  • 1 point for any aspect of the candidate’s professional profile to be determined as specially relevant by the Selection committee.

If the selection committee decide to include a personal interview as additional step of the selection process, only the candidates scored 5 or above for their CV will be retained for the interview step.

The interview will be assessed according the following criteria:

  • Maximum scoring: 5 points.
  • Threshold: 3 points. 
  • The maximum score will be distributed according the following criteria: 
  • 2 points for adequacy to functional competences of the job.
  • 2 points for adequacy of professional experience.
  • 1 point for any aspect of the candidate’s professional profile to be determined as especially relevant by the Selection committee. 

The eligible candidates will be ranked from highest to lowest score, being this the selection criteria. 

Selection process

The planned selection process is as follows:

Additional comments

Remember that the resume should not include any personal data or photographs.

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
Department of Physics (FIS)
Country
Spain
State/Province
Barcelona
City
Terrassa
Postal Code
08222
Street
Colom, 1
Geofield

Contact

State/Province
Barcelona
City
Barcelona
Website
Street
C. Jordi Girona, 31
Postal Code
08034
E-Mail
personalinvestigador.sp@upc.edu

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