Ofertes de feina
Investigador júnior en tècniques de simulació i anàlisi per a la caracterització d'exoplanetes
L'Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC) es va establir el febrer de 1996 com una fundació privada sense ànim de lucre (NPO) per fomentar la R+D a l’espai a Catalunya. L'IEEC és un institut d'investigació que estudia totes les àrees de coneixement i tecnologies aplicades al sector espacial i a les ciències espacials, inclosa l'astrofísica, cosmologia, ciència planetària, observació de la Terra, navegació i l'enginyeria espacial. La seva missió és impulsar les fronteres de la investigació espacial des dels àmbits científic i tecnològic per al màxim benefici de la societat. Així mateix, cal assenyalar que la Fundació es troba adscrita a la Generalitat de Catalunya i forma part del seu sector públic institucional pel fet de tenir la Generalitat participació majoritària en l'entitat.
Introducció
As part of its objective of pushing the frontiers of knowledge, the IEEC has established exoplanet research as one of its lines of activity. IEEC’s exoplanets group is composed of three world-leading senior researchers, plus ~2-3 postdocs, and ~3-5 PhD students. The group is led by Prof. Ignasi Ribas, who is the PI for the CARMENES Legacy-Plus survey and has a prominent role in the Spanish contribution to space missions such as CHEOPS, Ariel and PLATO. To carry out its research activities and fulfil its goals, the group needs to recruit a junior researcher.
Work will be performed at the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC) in its location at Institute of Space Sciences (ICE) of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) campus. Due to its global nature, being a member of IEEC allows access to resources in other institutes working in astronomy and space in the Catalan ecosystem, as well as opportunities for extended collaborations. Also, the successful candidate will join the vibrant work environment of the UAB campus and access to all its facilities and services. The IEEC, the ICE, and the exoplanets group follow strict codes of respect and inclusion in all work practices. Women and members from minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.
Descripció de la feina
- Position: Junior researcher on simulation and analysis techniques for exoplanet characterisation
- Professional group: Group III Scientific Staff
- Professional category: undergraduate student
- Working hours: 37.5 per week
- Duration: 10 months
- Working location: In the headquarters of Institute of Space Sciences (ICE, CSIC)located on the Campus of the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona , C/Can Magrans 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès.
Funcions
Stellar activity poses a major limitation to the extraction of exoplanetary signals. An evolving and rotating inhomogeneous stellar surface hampers both the detection of the Keplerian motions of small planets in temperate orbits using Doppler radial velocities and the atmospheric characterization of exoplanets using transit spectroscopy. Our ability to account for these effects relies on modelling all the observables related to stellar activity as a function of time and wavelength.
The successful candidate will help with the development of methodologies to retrieve planetary signals (high-precision radial velocities and transit spectroscopy) from data affected by activity. A significant part of the work will focus on the use of the in-house stellar simulation software StarSim to develop machine learning and algorithmic approaches to the inverse problem. For this, a solid background in Physics, Astronomy, and data analysis techniques is required. The successful candidate will have access to proprietary data from the CARMENES instrument, and potentially also from the CHEOPS mission, and will participate in the definition of the science exploitation of the future Ariel/ESA mission.
Requisits de participació i criteri de selecció
Durant el procés de selecció es valoraran els criteris següents:
The call is aimed at graduate students and undergraduate students within 1 year of finalising their degree in Physics, Astronomy or a related field.
Es consideraran mèrits desitjables els aspectes següents:
- Excellent academic record
- Advanced Python programming skills
- Knowledge of statistical data analysis
- Very good English language skills
- Ability to work independently as well as in a team
Contacte i termini
Interested persons who meet the established requirements can send a motivation letter, together with the personal curriculum in PDF format, with their signature, with a brief description of the tasks carried out in the positions previously occupied, to the e-mail address: RecursosHumans@ieec.cat indicating the reference "Surnames and Name – OF_IEEC_104_2023" in the subject line of the email.
The reception of applications ends on June 26th, 2023.
Applications that do not meet the requirements included in the cases provided for, or those which are not processed in accordance with the established procedure will not be considered.
La recepció de candidatures finalitzarà el dia
Procediment de selecció
Inicialment, es durà a terme una verificació dels requisits de participació i estudi del currículum per valorar aspectes relacionats amb el lloc de treball que s’ha de cobrir. Seguidament, es farà una primera selecció de persones candidates en base al currículum aportat.
Les persones candidates preseleccionades seran convocades a una entrevista personal eliminatòria i/o a una prova per ampliar la informació detallada en el currículum i valorar aspectes relacionats amb les competències professionals.
Les persones interessades han de disposar dels originals dels certificats acreditatius de la formació i de lʼexperiència laboral esmentades en el currículum i els han de presentar en cas que els siguin requerits.