Job Information
- Organisation/Company: UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID
- Department: HRS4R
- Research Field: Engineering » Computer engineering
- Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Positions: Master Positions
- Application Deadline: 4 Nov 2026 - 23:00 (Europe/Madrid)
- Country: Spain
- Type of Contract: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-time
- Hours Per Week: 37,5
- Offer Starting Date: 22 Oct 2026
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme
Offer Description
Desarrollo, adaptación e integración de componentes software para la coordinación de flotas de drones y el seguimiento de misiones.
Implementación y evaluación de algoritmos de optimización e inteligencia artificial para la asignación de tareas, la planificación de misiones y la gestión de recursos.
Adaptación y despliegue de módulos de procesamiento de datos en sistemas embarcados y nodos de computación en el borde (edge), e integración con la plataforma central.
Desarrollo e integración de módulos de tratamiento, fusión y visualización de datos procedentes de drones, sensores y entornos simulados.
Adaptación de entornos de simulación y generación de escenarios y datos sintéticos para la experimentación y validación de los componentes del proyecto.
Integración de los desarrollos en el prototipo demostrador y adaptación a los casos de uso de seguridad y respuesta a emergencias.
Preparación y ejecución de pruebas funcionales y de rendimiento, análisis de resultados y elaboración de documentación técnica.
Develop, adapt and integrate software components for drone fleet coordination and mission monitoring.
Implement and evaluate optimisation and artificial intelligence algorithms for task allocation, mission planning and resource management.
Adapt and deploy data processing modules on onboard systems and edge computing nodes, and integrate them with the central platform.
Develop and integrate modules for processing, fusing and visualising data from drones, sensors and simulated environments.
Adapt simulation environments and generate scenarios and synthetic data to support experimentation and validation of the project components.
Integrate the developed components into the demonstrator prototype and adapt them to security and emergency response use cases.
Prepare and conduct functional and performance tests, analyse results and produce technical documentation.
Requirements
Research Field
Engineering » Communication engineering
Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent
Research Field
Mathematics
Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
- Máster en titulaciones relacionadas con Ingeniería de Datos, Telecomunicación, Informática, Matemáticas.
- Gran interés por la investigación aplicada, capacidad de análisis, pensamiento creativo, capacidad de trabajar en equipo.
- Capacidades y gusto por la programación.
- Buen nivel de inglés.
- Se valorará especialmente el interés por completar un doctorado.
- Master Degree related to Data Engineeering, Telecommunications, Computer Science.
- Great interest in applied research, analytical skills, creative thinking, ability to work in a team.
- Skills and taste for programming.
- Good level of English.
- Particular consideration will be given to candidates who are keen to complete a PhD.
Specific Requirements
Necesaria experiencia/conocimiento en algunas de las siguientes áreas: lenguajes de programación (Python, JavaScript), técnicas y herramientas software de análisis de datos, machine/deep learning y específicas de análisis de imágenes, estadística, simulación, entornos cloud (tipo Kubernetes, Docker-compose, virtualización, etc.), entornos 3D (tipo Unity). Además, se valorará experiencia en el ámbito de aplicación (drones y aplicaciones) y en entornos de simulación y modelos de mundo de NVIDIA, como Cosmos, Omniverse e Isaac Sim/Isaac Lab, aplicados a la generación de datos sintéticos y al entrenamiento de sistemas de IA física.
Experience/knowledge in some of the following areas is required: programming languages (Python, JavaScript); data analysis techniques and software tools; machine/deep learning, including image analysis–specific techniques; statistics; simulation; cloud environments (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker Compose, virtualisation); and 3D environments (e.g. Unity). Experience in the application domain (drones and their applications) and with NVIDIA simulation platforms and world foundation models, such as Cosmos, Omniverse and Isaac Sim/Isaac Lab, for synthetic data generation and physical AI training, will also be considered an asset.
Languages
ENGLISH
Level: Excellent
Research Field
Engineering » Computer engineering
Years of Research Experience: 1 - 4
Additional Information
Benefits
- Integración en un Grupo de Investigación solvente, con una larga trayectoria de éxito, en investigación y formación de investigador y colaboración con la industria.
- Investigación en un área de creciente interés industrial, relaciones con empresas y otros socios externos.
- Marco de trabajo flexible.
- Integration in a solvent Research Group, with a long history of success, in research and researcher training and collaboration with industry.
- Research in an area of growing industrial interest, relationships with companies and other external partners.
- Flexible work dynamics.
Eligibility criteria
https://www.upm.es/Investigacion/HRS4R/HRS4R/Seleccion
Se aplican las pautas establecidas en el proceso de selección del nuevo Reglamento para el proceso de selección y contratación del personal investigador, personal técnico y personal gestor relacionado con la investigación de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, aprobado en la UPM.
Selection process
El proceso de selección se basará en rondas de entrevistas que pueden incluir preguntas técnicas.
Los interesados deben enviar un currículo detallado con una fotografía reciente y listado de calificaciones a empleo@grpss.ssr.upm.es.
The selection process will rely on rounds of interviews that may include technical questions.
Interested parties should send a detailed curriculum vitae with a recent photograph and grades to empleo@grpss.ssr.upm.es.
Additional comments
UPM (www.upm.es) is the largest Spanish technological university and one of the largest in Europe, with more than 36,000 students (2,108 in Ph.D. Programs).
With two recognized Campus of International Excellence, more than 2,900 researchers carry out their activity at UPM, grouped in 205 Research Groups, 55 Laboratories, 19 Research Centers and Institutes, all of them committed to transforming the scientific knowledge into applicable advanced to the production sector. UPM heads the Spanish Universities’ participation in the Horizon Programmes Moreover, every year, UPM applies for around 40 patents and receives a similar number of concessions demonstrating a high commitment to innovation. Regarding business creation, UPM has generated about 140 start-ups in the last ten years. With a close support of the business sector, the University annually signs around 600 contracts with private companies.
INFORMATION PROCESSING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER
The Information Processing and Telecommunications Center (www.iptc.upm.es) is one of the Research Centers in UPM. It brings together the expertise and resources of around 160 researchers working in the fields of Electronics, Communications, Networks, Computing and Software. UPM-IPTC has a sustained record of involvement in numerous competitive projects (e.g. more than 100 per year), contracted research and an extensive experience of collaboration and technology transfer to companies (more than 60 research contracts per year). With a convinced vocation of cooperation with industry, UPM-IPTC focuses on technologies of social and economic interest.
DATA PROCESSING AND SIMULATION GROUP
The Data Processing and Simulation Group (GPDS), part of the Information Processing and Telecommunications Center and located at ETSIT (www.etsit.upm.es) of the U. Politécnica de Madrid, is formed by fifteen researchers and has a long track record of success in research projects for and in collaboration with companies. The contract will be awarded as part of the SKYWISE project (PDC2025-165937-C21) and will be co-financed from the organisation’s own resources. GPDS develops different lines of research, in particular the design and development of multisensor acquisition and fusion architectures, applied artificial intelligence and optimization techniques in sectors such as energy, air traffic control or defense.
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available: 3
- Company/Institute: ETSI Telecomunicación
- Country: Spain
- State/Province: Madrid
- City: Madrid
- Postal Code: 28040
- Street: Avenida Complutense, 30
Contact
- State/Province: Madrid
- City: Madrid
- Website: https://www.upm.es/
- Street: C/ Ramiro de Maeztu, 7
- Postal Code: 28040
- E-Mail: empleo@grpss.ssr.upm.es