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The Human Resources Strategy for Researchers
27 Jun 2025

Job Information

Organisation/Company
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH
Research Field
Physics
Engineering » Biomedical engineering
Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Positions
Research Support Positions
Country
Spain
Application Deadline
Type of Contract
Temporary
Job Status
Part-time
Hours Per Week
15
Offer Starting Date
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by a EU programme
Reference Number
30257121706
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No

Offer Description

Mission:

Provide support in musculoskeletal modeling and simulation tasks.

Functions to be developed:

  • Develop generic models assisted with crutches and a walker, and activated by muscle torque generators (MTGs) in the upper body, and share them as new features in the PredSim GitHub repository.
  • Design a framework for the customization of musculoskeletal models that include muscle torque generators to propel the upper body and muscles to propel the lower body in subjects with spinal cord injury.
  • Develop personalized models for 2 subjects with spinal cord injury.
  • Predict gait for each session, according to the level of assistance (assisted gait with walker, with crutches and unassisted gait).
  • Validate the predicted gait with experimental data.

Requirements

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

Technical Competences:

  • MatLab.
  • OpenSim.
  • Programming.
Specific Requirements

Educational Requirements:

  • Mechanics.
  • Biomechanics.
  • Optimization.
  • System dynamics.

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 » Biomedical engineering
Years of Research Experience
1 - 4

Additional Information

Benefits

€37,001.56 gross/year (per full-time position)

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All the candidates who cannot prove the required academic degree will be immediately withdrawn from the selection process.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

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
Department of Mechanical Engineering (EM)
Country
Spain
State/Province
Barcelona
City
Barcelona
Postal Code
08028
Street
Av. Diagonal, 647
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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