Assistant Professor in the subject area of Physical Engineering Lisboa

Assistant Professor in the subject area of Physical Engineering
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Organisation/Company Universidade de Aveiro Department Departamento de Fisica Research Field Physics Researcher Profile Established Researcher (R3) Positions Postdoc Positions Country Portugal Application Deadline 12 Sep 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number CD-CTTI-209-SGRH/2025 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

1. CD-CTTI-209-SGRH/2025- Doctor Paulo Jorge dos Santos Gonçalves Ferreira, Full Professor and Rector at the University of Aveiro, hereby announces that for a period of thirty business days starting on the first business day following after which this notice is published, by extractive notice, in the Diário da República, an international public competition is opened, for the recruitment of 1 (one) position as Assistant Professor in the subject area of Physical Engineering under an employment contract for an indefinite period under the Portuguese Labour Code.
2. The present Competition was opened on 30th of June, 2025 by order of the Rector of the University of Aveiro, and is governed by the provisions of regulation on the careers of teaching staff in private law at the University of Aveiro and related hiring (regulation 384/2014, of 26 August), Statute of the University Teaching Career, hereinafter SUTC, approved by Decree-Law No. 448/79 of 13 November, with the wording introduced by Decree-Law No. 205/2009 of 31 August, amended by Law No. 8/2010 of 13 May and by applicable legislation and norms.
3. 1 – Admission requirements:

   1. 1 — Applicants to the Competition must be holders of a Ph
   D degree in the area of Physical Engineering.

   1. 2 — Applicants with qualifications obtained abroad must provide proof of recognition, equivalence or registration of a Ph
   D degree by a Portuguese higher education institution, in accordance with the applicable legislation. This formality must be fulfilled by the date of expiry of the application deadline.

4. 2 — Application requirements:

   2. 1 — The Applications must be accompanied by the following documents: a) Application minute for the competition addressed to the Rector of the University of Aveiro; b) Detailed curriculum vitae containing all pertinent information for the assessment of the applicant considering the items of evaluation in point 4; c) Copies of papers selected by the applicant as being most representative of their curriculum vitae, no more than five; d) Presentation of a single document containing the justification of the papers selected in the previous paragraph; e) Report on performance in scientific, educational and other activities considered relevant to the mission of the higher education institutions, focusing on the papers selected as most representative; f) Scientific-pedagogical project: document outlining a mission charter and activities the candidate intends to develop during the first five years as an Assistant Professor, explaining contributions to Sensors and Biomedical Devices; g) Document that highlights the number of citations (if applicable) of publications listed in the curriculum and explains the method used to count citations to allow reproducibility; h) Any other elements deemed relevant by the applicant.

   2. 3 — The curriculum vitae should contain: a) Full name of the candidate; b) Document proving the position, group or subject, service time as staff member and the institution; c) Specialization pertaining to the area of the competition; d) Copy of the certificate with the respective classification or equivalent document; Applicants with a doctorate obtained abroad must provide proof of recognition, equivalence or registration of the Ph
   D degree; e) Documents proving all elements mentioned in points b) to d).

   2. 4 — University of Aveiro applicants are exempt from presenting the documents referred to in point 2. 3, as they appear in their individual file.

   2. 5 — How to present the application: The application may be presented in Portuguese or English and submitted via email to the Human Resource Department of the University of Aveiro (
   -
   - recrutamento@ua. pt ) by the deadline; the Services will issue a message proving electronic validation.

   2. 6 — Non-compliance with the submission deadline or late submission of documents will lead to disqualification; candidates will be notified by email in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Code.

   2. 7 — The jury may request additional documents for the curriculum vitae and set a deadline accordingly.

   2. 8 — The jury may hold public hearings of admitted candidates, if deemed necessary, and may conduct hearings by teleconference or other means as appropriate.

5. 3 – Competition Jury:

   3. 1 — The Competition jury consists of: President: Doctor Paulo Jorge dos Santos Gonçalves Ferreira, Rector of the University of Aveiro; Jury members: Doctor Paulo Sérgio de Brito André, Full Professor, Instituto Superior Técnico; Doctor Teresa Maria Fernandes Rodrigues Cabral Monteiro, Full Professor, University of Aveiro.

   3. 2 — Deliberations are taken by grounded
   - call vote, by an absolute majority, with no abstentions allowed.

6. 4 – Admission and exclusion of applications:

   4. 1 — Approval on absolute merit is conditioned on the applicant’s merit in relation to the disciplinary area and the fulfillment of at least one of the following requirements: 4. 1. 1 at least 15 articles in indexed journals or other specified criteria; 4. 1. 2 at least 500 citations (excluding
   - citations); 4. 1. 3
   - index of at least 10 in the relevant databases.

   4. 2 — Applicants must prove they meet the above requirements and provide the relevant search keys or database entries in their CV.

   4. 3 — Methods and items for assessment: 4. 3. 1 evaluation of scientific performance, pedagogic skills and other activities relevant to the mission of higher education institutions; 4. 3. 2 items considered include a) scientific performance, b) pedagogic capacity, c) other relevant activities, d)
   - pedagogical project; 4. 3. 3 the last five years count for 80% of the assessment in these areas; 4. 3. 4 extra weighting (factor 2) for activity in Sensors and Biomedical Devices.

7. 5 — Assessment criteria

   5. 1 — Scientific Performance: 5. 1. 1 Scientific production and citations; 5. 1. 2 Coordination and participation in scientific projects; 5. 1. 3 Intervention in the scientific community; 5. 1. 4 Constitution of research teams and supervision of
   - doctoral/doctoral students.

   5. 2 — Pedagogical Capacity: 5. 2. 1 Coordination of pedagogic projects; 5. 2. 2 Teaching activity and quality; 5. 2. 3 Orientation of final dissertations.

   5. 3 — Other Relevant Activities: 5. 3. 1 Training activities and knowledge transfer; 5. 3. 2 Analysis of performance reports.

   5. 4 — Scientific-academic project: 5. 4. 1 Analysis of the project with emphasis on contribution to Sensors and Biomedical Devices.

   5. 5 — The weight of each aspect and criteria is indicated in the following table:

   Table – Weight of each aspect and assessment criteria

   Items

   Weight

   Criteria

   Weight

   Scientific Performance

   P1=0, 60

   Scientific Production (C11)

   P11=0, 50

   Coordination and participation in scientific projects (C12)

   P12=0, 25

   Intervention in the scientific community (C13)

   P13=0, 15

   Constitution of research teams and orientation of academic work of
   - doctoral and doctoral students (C14)

   P14=0, 10

   capacity

   P2=0, 20

   Coordination of pedagogic projects (C21)

   P21=0, 15

   Teaching activity (C22)

   P22=0, 60

   Orientation of students in final bachelor's and master's dissertations (C23)

   P23=0, 25

   Other relevant activities

   P3=0, 10

   Participation in training and/or professional activities, and dissemination or knowledge transfer (C31)

   P31=0, 50

   Report on scientific and pedagogical performance (C32)

   P32=0, 50

   Scientific-academic project (C41)

   P41=1, 00

8. 6 — Assessment and selection

   6. 1 — After admission, applications are analyzed against the items and criteria of this notice.

   6. 2 — In the first meeting, the jury decides which applicants pass to the next phase on absolute merit; proposals to exclude are voted by the jury with no abstentions; final decisions are recorded in the minutes.

   6. 3 — If an application does not receive absolute merit approval, the jury holds hearings with excluded applicants who may contest within 10 days.

   6. 4 — The jury then assesses those approved according to absolute merit, considering the ranking factors; 6. 4. 1 each member evaluates each criterion on a 0–100 scale; 6. 4. 2 the final score FS is calculated by weighting the strands, as shown: FS=P1*(C11*P11+C12*P12+C13*P13+C14*P14)+P2*(C21*P21+C22*P22+C23*P23)+P3*(C31*P31+C32*P32)+P4*(C41*P41)

9. 7 — Voting methodology and ordering

   7. 1 — Ordering of candidates is based on strands and criteria with the indicated weights; 7. 2 — Each member presents a written order of applicants; 7. 3 — No abstentions; 7. 4 — The jury uses the described voting method to determine the final ranking until a clear first place is obtained for each position.

10. 8 — Participation of interested parties and the decision

    8. 1 — Applicants are notified of the final ranking to start hearings of interested parties under the Administrative Procedure Code; 8. 2 — After hearings, the jury approves the final ranking.

11. 9 — Timeframe

    9. 1 — Notwithstanding, the final decision cannot exceed ninety consecutive days from the deadline for submission of applications; 9. 2 — The deadline may be extended in case of high number of applicants or complexity.

12. 10 — Hiring terms

    The teacher will be hired for an indefinite period with an experimental period of five years to carry out the functions described in the mission letter and inherent to the category of Assistant Professor.

13. 11 — Scope

    The present competition is exclusively destined to fill the indicated position and can be closed upon homologation of the final ranking and occupation of the job offer.

14. 12 — Publication of Competition notice

    In addition to publication in a national newspaper, notice is also published in: the public employment pool; the Foundation for Science and Technology website (Portuguese and English); the University of Aveiro website (Portuguese and English); and a national newspaper.

15. 13 — Equal opportunity

    In compliance with paragraph h) of Article 9 of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, the Government actively promotes equal opportunities and takes measures to avoid any form of discrimination.