Research Scholarship - EURO-3C

Reference Number: BI/ Nº2026/00101 - EURO-3C

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Summary: There is an open call for one (1) Research Scholarship (“Bolsa de Investigação”) at Instituto de Telecomunicações, in the scope of project EURO-3C. This project has received funding from the European Comission under the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement 101297599.

Scientific Area: Wireless Technologies

Group: Telecommunications and networking – Av

Work Objectives:

• Design and develop a centralized, distributed Attestation Service aligned with the SPIFFE/SPIRE identity framework, integrated into the Edge architecture to support workload and node identity verification across federated domains.
• Build administrative interfaces enabling operators to define and configure attestation policies and to manage the inventory of attested nodes/workloads, consistent with EURO-3C's multi-level federation and multi-tenant operational model.
• Design and deploy an evaluation scenario on EURO-3C's edge infrastructure to characterize the implementation (performance, scalability, and security guarantees) under representative Telco-Edge-Cloud conditions.

Applicable legislation: This call for applications is governed by the present notice, the Statute of the Research Fellow, approved by Law No. 40/2004 of 18 August, as currently in force (https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/legislacao-consolidada/lei/2004-58216179), the FCT Regulations for Research Grants (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/RBi_Republicado_2025.pdf), the Research Grants Regulations of Instituto de Telecomunicações, and all other applicable national and European legislation.

Place of work: The work will be developed at the premises of Instituto de Telecomunicações at University of Aveiro, under the supervision of Prof. Diogo Nuno Pereira Gomes.

Duration: 12 months, with the possibility of renewal. This type of scholarship has a maximum duration of 2 years. Start date: December 2026 or soon thereafter.

Required Documents:

• Motivation letter explaining the interest in the position;
• Detailed Curriculum Vitae with transcripts;
• Degree certificate (if applicable);
• Proof of enrollment in a higher education course or declaration of intention to enroll in a study cycle leading to an academic degree or in a course that does not confer an academic degree. *

*NOTE: Proof of enrollment, issued by the higher education institution in a study cycle leading to the award of an academic degree or in a non-degree course, must be submitted by the time of contract signing.

Apply online clicking on the “Apply Now” button in this form https://www.it.pt/Positions/OtherResearchPosition/8424

After the notification of the results, candidates have 10 working days if they wish to contest the decision.

E-mail submissions will not be considered. (The cover letter and the CV are mandatory documents in the online application platform)

Where to apply

Website: https://www.it.pt/

Requirements

Research Field: Computer science » Other

Education Level: Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Specific Requirements

Research grants (BI):

• Are intended for carrying out R&D activities by students enrolled in an integrated master's or a master's degree, aiming to consolidate their scientific training through the development of research work leading to the respective academic degree, whether or not integrated into R&D projects.
• Are intended for carrying out R&D activities by graduates enrolled in non-degree courses that are part of the educational programme of a higher education institution, developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units.

Additional Information

Benefits

Monthly salary: 1090.98€ according to the table of grant amounts awarded directly by FCT for positions held in Portugal (www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores). The payment will be made by bank transfer.

Eligibility criteria

The candidate should have Working knowledge of Linux systems administration and command-line tooling. Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes). Basic understanding of networking concepts (TLS/mTLS, PKI, certificates) and distributed systems fundamentals. Ability to read and critically synthesize scientific/technical. Prior knowledge of SPIFFE/SPIRE, Trusted Platform Modules (TPM), or hardware-based Root of Trust concepts. Familiarity with Edge Computing or MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) architecture. Experience with Zero Trust security models or identity/attestation frameworks.

Selection process

Selection criteria:

60% Curriculum Vitae
40% Interview

Jury:

Prof. Dr. Rui Aguiar
Prof. Dr. Diogo Gomes
Prof. Dr. João Paulo Barraca
Prof. Dr. Mario Antunes (substitute)

Communication of the results: The selected candidates will be notified by email.

Additional comments

Applicable legislation: This call for applications is governed by the present notice, the Statute of the Research Fellow, approved by Law No. 40/2004 of 18 August, as currently in force (https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/legislacao-consolidada/lei/2004-58216179), the FCT Regulations for Research Grants (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/RBi_Republicado_2025.pdf), the Research Grants Regulations of Instituto de Telecomunicações, and all other applicable national and European legislation.

Website for additional job details: https://www.it.pt/Positions/OtherResearchPosition/8424

Work Location(s)

• Number of offers available: 1
• Company/Institute: Instituto de Telecomunicações - Polo Aveiro
• Country: Portugal
• State/Province: Aveiro
• City: Aveiro
• Postal Code: 3810-193
• Street: Campus Universitário de Santiago

Contact

• State/Province: Aveiro
• City: Aveiro
• Website: https://it.pt/
• Street: Campus Universitário
• Postal Code: 3810-193
• E-Mail: giiartioli@av.it.pt