Researcher in Civil Infrastructure Resilience

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Researcher in Civil Infrastructure Resilience

Tecnalia
Tecnalia
Derio, SpainCompetitiveOn-siteAdded 3 months agoSenior · 5+ years🇪🇸Spanish: Native🇬🇧English: Required

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About the role

Job description

If you are passionate about innovation and creating the future of the construction sector, this is your place

At Tecnalia, we are deploying a business line focused on developing innovative CYBER-PHYSICAL solutions that improve the safety and defense of the infrastructure around us, enhancing their response to extreme events and ensuring their service

Our mission:

Generate real market impact, connecting technological knowledge with the needs of the sector.

We want to bring on board a Researcher with proven experience, business vision, and the ability to lead innovative initiatives with practical application and market transfer.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

In direct collaboration with the head of the resilient buildings and infrastructure team:

You will lead the technical development of applied R&D projects, from conceptualization to validation in real environments and their transfer to the market.

You will coordinate and energize multidisciplinary teams, driving collaborative work and contributing to the professional development of people.

You will define and evolve the area's technological strategy, anticipating trends such as decarbonization, climate change, or the digitalization of infrastructure.

You will identify and develop key alliances with universities, technology centers, and industrial partners to strengthen the team's capabilities.

You will drive advanced technological solutions, integrating structural models, sensorization, artificial intelligence, and digitalization to improve infrastructure resilience.

What we're looking for

Requirements

Degree in Industrial Engineering, Civil Engineering, or similar.

Demonstrable experience of at least 5 years in developing innovation projects in the construction and/or infrastructure sector.

Expert knowledge:

Structural behavior and dynamics

Infrastructure operation and maintenance

Resilience to extreme events

Industrialized construction solutions and innovative products for civil works

Experience with applied digital technologies:

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM),

Artificial intelligence / data science aimed at optimizing complex systems,

Digital twins for resilience and defense of civil infrastructure and their critical processes.

Solid knowledge of:

Python, ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow),

Numerical modeling (FEM, simulation) and parametric design

High level of spoken and written English.

Nice to have

Personal skills:

Disruptive creativity: the ability to envision future opportunities around products and solutions for resilience and defense of built civil infrastructure will be valued.

Leadership and communication skills with teams. Ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment and a team-oriented spirit.

Ability to engage with clients and collaborators

Goal-oriented work style: Self-sufficient (teamwork while maintaining and promoting collaboration across different areas of the company, achieving project objectives, commercial goals) and responsible.

VALUED

PhD in a topic related to this job offer.

Experience in participating in and leading consortia and proposals within the European R&D Framework Programme Horizon Europe.

Accreditation of a Master's degree in technical specialization.

Experience in business and in successfully transferring R&D&I to the market. Especially in:

Optimization and decision-making support for maintenance management and planning in complex systems and critical infrastructures (transport and energy sectors).

Knowledge of:

Cloud computing (Azure, AWS, etc.)

Big Data / data architectures

XR (virtual/augmented reality) applied to assets

Having published impactful publications and/or generated patents with commercial application.

What you'll get

WHAT WE OFFER

Work in a team with great prospects in this field, in a multicultural, multidisciplinary, dynamic, enriching work environment with advanced and unique experimental infrastructure.

Professional development opportunities, actively participating in the design and deployment of the strategic challenge of structural growth with the new challenges of construction sector companies.

International Collaboration Ecosystem: Access to a network of top-tier academic and industrial partners.

Cutting-Edge Infrastructure: Work in laboratories equipped with industrial robotics, drones, and advanced sensorization systems (LIDAR, 3D vision) for full-scale validations.

Flexibility and Well-Being: Flexible working conditions that promote diversity and work-life balance.

About the company & team

TECNALIA

Come on and join TECNALIA!! At TECNALIA we drive sustainable growth and tackle the greatest technological challenges of humanity, turning them into opportunities. We help society and businesses grow through technological innovation. We are committed to equality, diversity, and we promote the balance between personal and professional life. You will work in a highly qualified team, with excellent technology, in an international and multidisciplinary environment.

R&D

Additional information

*We positively value applications from people with a certified disability of 33% or more, in compliance with current legislation, the General Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and their Social Inclusion (LGD).

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