Imagery for Hydraulic Engineering research project in collaboration with the Federal Institute for Waterway Engineering and Research (BAW) in Germany via EURAXESS

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH

Barcelona, Spain 🇪🇸

Offer Description

Mission:

Carry out the Imagery for Hydraulic Engineering project worksheets.

Function to be developed:

  • Develop the work packages of the Imagery for Hydraulic Engineering project in close collaboration with the Federal Institute for Waterway Engineering and Research (BAW) of Germany.
  • Carry out field work and installation of monitoring systems in Catalonia and Germany.

Where to apply

Website: https://seuelectronica.upc.edu/en/procedures/call-for-recruitment-of-ptgas-staf…

Skills/Qualifications

Technical Skills:

  • Hydrodynamic modeling of rivers.
  • Programming: Python.
  • Programming: SQL.
  • Use of GIS: Geographic Information System.
  • 3D data processing (Point cloud or similar).

Specific Requirements

Knowledge:

  • Monitoring of large navigable rivers: waterways.
  • Ship-navigable waterway interaction.
  • Administrative and legal frameworks of German waterways (Bundeswasserstraßen).

Professional Experience:

  • As a hydrological engineer in a river course monitoring company/institution.
  • As a coordinator or manager of groups of workers.
  • In the field of the use of images (remote sensing, photogrammetry…etc).
  • Have carried out research stays, collaboration with research centers.
  • Experience in functions similar to those described will be valued, specifically in the development of research activities, both in the university and industrial environment.

Other requirements to consider:

  • Professional experience directly linked to the Federal Institute for Waterway Engineering and Research (BAW) in Germany will be positively valued.

Additional Information

Benefits

€44,627.84 gross/year (full-time)

Eligibility criteria

All the candidates who cannot prove the required academic degree will be immediately withdrawn from the selection process. 

The CVs will be assessed according the following general criteria: 

  • The maximum score for the candidates who accomplish all the eligibility criteria stated in the job offer will be 10 points.
  • Threshold: 5 points.
  • The maximum score (10 points) will be distributed as follows:
  • 1 point for required speciality.
  • 2 points for required academic training.
  • 2 points for technic competences.
  • 1 point for organisational competences.
  • 3 points for professional experience.
  • 1 point for any aspect of the candidate’s professional profile to be determined as specially relevant by the Selection committee.

If the selection committee decide to include a personal interview as additional step of the selection process, only the candidates scored 5 or above for their CV will be retained for the interview step.

The interview will be assessed according the following criteria:

  • Maximum scoring: 5 points.
  • Threshold: 3 points.
  • The maximum score will be distributed according the following criteria:
  • 2 points for adequacy to functional competences of the job.
  • 2 points for adequacy of professional experience.
  • 1 point for any aspect of the candidate’s professional profile to be determined as especially relevant by the Selection committee. 

The eligible candidates will be ranked from highest to lowest score, being this the selection criteria. 

Selection process

The planned selection process is as follows:

5 days remaining

Apply by 6 April, 2026

POSITION TYPE

ORGANIZATION TYPE

EXPERIENCE-LEVEL

DEGREE REQUIRED

IHE Delft - MSc in Water and Sustainable Development