AI Factories Research Engineer Coordinator for Life Sciences applications support (RE3)
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About BSC
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) is Spain’s leading supercomputing centre, housing MareNostrum – one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe – and serving as a research hub for HPC, AI, and data‑science innovations across life, earth, and engineering sciences.
Context and Mission
Within the BSC AI Factory initiative, the Life Sciences Department seeks a Research Engineer to manage biomedical data for AI applications, coordinate a small team of experts in NLP, AI‑healthcare, and molecular modelling, and provide expert support to users across academia, industry and public institutions.
Key Duties
* Lead a transversal team of experts in AI applied to the biomedical domain (NLP, healthcare, drug discovery) in the context of expert support to BSC AI Factory users and connect to other internal stakeholders involved in the project.
* Assisting AI Factory users (start-ups, SMEs, corporates, public institutions, and academia) in implementing BSC‑created resources, models and data in the biomedical field.
* Liaison with external data providers (public administration, hospitals, etc.) to assess the requirements to bring their data into the BSC AI Factory, supported by BSC Legal and data management departments.
* Communication about AI and its applications in the biomedical field, in the context of the BSC AI Factory, in top tier technical forums, as well as in less technical dissemination settings.
* Technical English writing of project deliverables.
Requirements
Education
* Master’s degree in computer science, biomedical sciences, engineering, mathematics, statistics, physics, or related fields.
* PhD will be a plus.
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
* At least 3 years’ experience in technical project management and team coordination tasks.
* Demonstrated participation and leadership in international projects, preferably European projects and international collaboration.
* Expertise in machine learning / deep learning applied to biomedical or healthcare data.
* Strong understanding of at least one type of biomedical data (e.g. medical texts, genomics, proteomics) and the current European regulations in place for their use in AI research and innovation projects.
* Strong programming skills (Python, R, etc.).
* Ability to design and execute technical presentations and courses on application of AI technologies to real world applications.
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
* Familiarity with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow).
* Hands‑on experience with transformers, generative AI, agentic AI, medical imaging, NLP, or multimodal AI.
* Familiarity with HPC environments or large‑scale data infrastructures.
* Experience in industrial R&D projects involving machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies.
Competences
* Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
* Strong personal soft‑skills set: communicative, enthusiastic, highly collaborative, proactive, self‑driven, very organised.
* Ability to interact with clinical, academic, and industrial partners.
* Service‑oriented attitude towards external stakeholders with varied degrees of technical expertise.
* Fluency in spoken and written English (required), Spanish and Catalan, as well as in other European languages will also be highly valued.
Conditions
* The position will be located at BSC within the Life Sciences Department.
* We offer a full‑time contract (37.5 h / week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state‑of‑the‑art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures.
* Duration: Open‑ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration.
* Holidays: 22 days of holidays + 6 personal days + 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement.
* Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona.
* Starting date: as soon as possible.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all genders and candidates belonging to underrepresented groups, and we encourage the inclusion of women and other under‑represented groups in this role.
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