One Research Fellowship (reference 162/2024/BI/AgendasPRR) at the Risks and Sustainability in C[...] Porto

One Research Fellowship (reference 162/2024/BI/AgendasPRR) at the Risks and Sustainability in C[...]
Porto
Porto, Porto District, Portugal

Office of the Vice-Rector of Cooperation

Organisation/Company Universidade de Aveiro Department Office of the Vice-Rector of Cooperation Research Field Engineering » Mechanical engineering Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Bachelor Positions Country Portugal Application Deadline 4 Nov 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Offer Starting Date 1 Jan 2025 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? European Union / Next Generation EU Reference Number 132/2024/BI/Agendas
PRR Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

A call for application is now open for the attribution of 1 (one) Research Fellowship, with reference Edital nº 132/2024/BI/Agendas
PRR, for development of scientific and technological research activities, under the scheme «Agendas Mobilizadoras para a Inovação Empresarial», namely ILLIANCE project, at the Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation (TEMA) Research Unit, at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, with the following conditions:

1. Scientific Area: Mechanical Engineering.

2. Funding entity: funded by the PRR - Recovery and Resilience Plan and by the Next
Generation
EU, through the scheme «Agendas para a Inovação Empresarial».

3. Admission Requirements: candidates must be students enrolled in a Master/integrated Master course, in the Mechanical Engineering or Computational Engineering scientific field.

The proof of enrolment must be made until the contract signing date, and the candidate may attach a declaration of honor to confirm that they meet the admission requirements. If the qualification has been conferred by a foreign higher education institution it must be recognized by a Portuguese higher education institution, under the terms of the provisions of article 25 of Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of August 16th, which approves the legal regime of recognition of academic degrees and diplomas of Higher Education, attributed by foreign higher education institutions, and of paragraph e) of no. 2 of article 4 of Decree-Law no. 60/2018, of August 3rd, and any formalities established therein must be fulfilled by the date of the hiring act.

4. Eligibility: candidates who comply with provisions of paragraph a) nº1 from article 2 of the Statute of the Research Fellow are eligible, as amended by Decree-Law nº 123/2019, of 28 of August, and also the provisions of article nº 9 of the Scientific Research Grant Regulations of the University of Aveiro.

5. Work Plan:Research, development and implementation of dry test of hydrogen combustion furnaces at the end of the production line, in order to conceive a new system to reduce the percentage of default equipments, at the end of the production line. Data will be analyzed using "Deep learning" and the classification result will be sent to "Nexeed MES" from Bosch.

First, the aim is to develop a way to visualize
- time information about testing processes. Currently, for legal reasons, the values of each boiler have to be registered in a database, ensuring monitoring through the serial number. This is currently done in the company's manufacturing and execution system (MES). However,
- time information regarding the testing process is not yet stored.

At a later stage, we intend to move on to data analysis. Initially, the quality of the data and the robustness of the collection and monitoring architecture must be guaranteed. Then, data processing can begin, with predictive analyzes of the quality of components and testing processes, potentially optimizing them.

In short, with dry testing Bosch aims to develop a more sustainable, stable and accurate process.

6. Legislation and regulations: the fellowship assignment will be done according to the Statute of the Scientific Research Fellow, published in Decree-Law nº 123/2019, of 28 of August; Scientific Research Grant Regulation of the University of Aveiro, Regulation No. 292/2020, published in Diário da República No. 61, Series II, of March 26th; Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16th (Legal regime of recognition of academic degrees and diplomas of higher education awarded by foreign higher education institutions) (available at https://www.ua. pt/en/sgrh/bolseiros ).

7. Place of work: the work will take place at Department of Mechanical Engineering (DEM) of the University of Aveiro, under the scientific supervision of Assistant Professor José Paulo Oliveira Santos.

8. Duration of the grant(s): the research fellowship will last for 12 (twelve) months, with an expected starting date on the January 1st, 2025. The fellowship may be renewed up to the maximum limit of approved funding, during the project implementation period, and without exceeding the duration limits defined for the type of fellowship in article 9, of Regulation no. 292/2020, of February 28th, published in Diário da República, no. 61, Series II, of March 26th (Scientific Research Grant Regulation of the University of Aveiro).

9. Monthly allowance: The monthly allowance is 990, 98€, according to the table of values of monthly allowance set out in Attachment III of the Regulation on Scientific Research Scholarship of University of Aveiro, subject to any updates that may occur if applicable. The payment will be made by bank transfer. The candidate may also be reimbursed for the amount corresponding to the Voluntary Social Security, in case of adherence.

10. Selection method: the selection methods to be used include Curriculum Evaluation and Interview. The sub criteria to be assessed under Curricular Evaluation (with a weight of 0 - 20 points) are:

- Bachelor Degree Average Grade (40%)

- Number of UCs completed in the area of informatics, vision, algorithms (30%)

- Adequacy of the theme chosen in the D/P/E curricular unit to the objectives of this call (30%)

The 5 (five) candidates with the best curricular assessment will be interviewed. In this case, the final scoring will have the following weight: 60% for curricular evaluation and 40% for interview. The jury reserves the right to not admit candidates for interview that do not reach the minimum classification of 10 points (in a scale from 0 to 20 points), as well as not to assign the research fellowship if among candidates there is no one who has a minimum final classification of 10 points.

12. Period for submission of applications: the call is open between October 21th, 2024 and November 04th, 2024. Only applications received in this period will be considered for evaluation. Applications must be submitted by
- mail to
- agendasprr@ua. pt with identification of the reference number in the email subject.

Applications should include the following mandatory documents: certificate(s) of qualifications, curriculum vitae, declaration of honor, application form. The candidate should also indicate the
- mail address to be notified for all purposes within the scope of this procedure. Failure to comply with the deadline for submission of the application, as well as the incorrect formalization of the application, result in the exclusion of the application.

13. Publication/notification of results:the results of the evaluation will be published within 60 working days after the final date of submission of the application, whereas the candidates will be notified by email. For the purposes of prior hearing of interested parties, the deadline of 10 working days after notification is set, as provided for in the Code of Administrative Procedure. At the end of the period for hearing the interested parties, and in the absence of any response from them, the list of candidates will become final. Candidates may lodge a complaint against the final decision within 10 working days after notification of the final decision, by appealing to the Rector.

14. Research fellowship duration: The final ranking list of candidates will be valid for 12 months for the purpose of constituting a reserve list for selection.