Organisation/Company Iquadrat Informatica SL Department Research&Development Research Field Engineering » Communication engineering Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions PhD Positions Application Deadline 30 Apr 2026 - 00:00 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 40 Offer Starting Date 2 Mar 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe - MSCA Marie Curie Grant Agreement Number 101227315 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
NEWTON is a training network that a revolutionary approach of a converged wireless-optical network architecture that makes reality an efficient 6G Cell Free (CF)-based access network for high-density and high-coverage deployments It is a Doctoral Network funded by the Horizon Europe Research Program through the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action, under the title: “NovEl tEchnologies for converged Wireless-opTical cOnfiguratioNs”.
The research will cover three key pillars:
* Artificial-Intelligence (AI)-driven models in the access domain, focusing on CF technology to efficiently acquire Channel State Information (CSI) in dense CF networks, while supporting infrastructure with a high number of antennas;
* Scalable solutions for the interconnection of data-centers, to enable distributed neuromorphic architectures, while also being in line with the Open RAN initiative;
* Novel AI-based resource allocation solutions, targeting the optimal utilization of both networking and computational resources.
In this context, NEWTON will build a training network to conduct top-notch research towards the development and experimental evaluation of a gamut of techniques, methodological frameworks, and tools. The 15 Doctoral Candidates (DCs) will be hosted by the Project partners in cities like Barcelona (Spain), Patras (Greece), Leuven (Belgium), piaseczno (Poland), Sophia Antipolis (Nice, France), Athens (Greece), Roskilde (Denmark), Barcelona (Spain), Cambridge (United Kingdom) offered a four-year, exclusive, and full-time contract as well as enrollment to a PhD program. Six-month secondments to consortium partners will also form an integral part of the contract.
The DCs will:
* carry out individual research projects in the field of novel automation architectures for 6G networks, under the supervision of an expert and with international collaboration
* learn to master academic writing and author journal publications
* present their work at projects workshops, plenary meetings, and international conferences participate in secondments to consortium partners
* contribute to the supervision of undergraduate students.
We are seeking highly motivated, enthusiastic, and curiosity-driven researchers to join our dynamic teams. Ideal candidates should:
* Hold, or be close to completing, a Master’s degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, or Computer Science.
* Possess programming skills.
* Be excellent team players, ready to engage in an enthusiastic and hardworking group of scientists and engineers on a joint project.
* Show capacities in both written and spoken English, with excellent communication skills, to fully benefit from the network training.
* Be capable of collaborating intensively with both industrial and academic partners through regular meetings and work visits, and enjoy working in an interdisciplinary and international environment.
DC2: Design of novel distributed algorithms for CSI estimation (KUL, Belgium)
DC3: Synchronization methods for CF networks (KUL, Belgium)
DC4: Design of holistic neuromorphic solutions in 6G RANs (UWA, Greece)
DC5: Design of photonic processors for efficient neuromorphic data analysis (UWA, Greece)
DC6: Design of XL-MIMO for CF networking (RAN, United Kingdom)
DC7: Design of Compute Inter-Connection solutions for 6G networks (EURE, France)
DC8: Design of Software-Defined WAN controllers for 6G networks (EURE, France)
DC9: Resource Allocation of Optical X-haul in TWDM-PON with O-RAN architecture (ISRD, Poland)
DC10: Design of spectrum pooling coordination schemes for CF-based 6G RANs (ISI, Greece)
DC11: AI models for resource scheduling of CF networks (NVIDIA, Denmark)
DC12: Design of swarm-computing algorithms for computational resource scheduling in 6G networks (ISI, Greece)
DC13: Design of a joint resource management in converged wireless-optical 6G networks (IQU, Spain)
DC14: Inter-computing self-organization of computing infrastructure in 6G networks (IQU, Spain)
DC15: Blockchain platform for network slice transactions (UOC, Spain)
The candidate must have a master's degree in electrical, electronics, telecommunications, photonics engineering or a similar degree with an academic level equivalent to the master's degree.
Specific Requirements
Please send your application before April 30 2026, via the Apply now button below, and include:
* Master and Bachelor Diplomas (single file)
* Master and Bachelor Grade Transcript (single file)
Languages ENGLISH Level Good
Research Field Engineering » Communication engineering
Additional Information
The Doctoral Candidates (DC) Fellowships are offered under very attractive employment conditions and competitive salaries in compliance with the MSCA Working Program. Salary is regulated by the EU, with total contributions that can reach 4010 € for the living allowance (country coefficient should be applied to this amount), 710 € for the mobility allowance, and could be topped up by 660 € in case of family obligations. It should be highlighted that these amounts do not represent the gross salary but include all employer and employee taxes and contributions. The period of employment is 36 months. All DCs will take part in a secondment to another project partner for up to 6 months of their appointment period. Candidates will be enrolled in a PhD degree program.
Eligibility criteria
Candidates can be of any nationality, but they should not have resided or carried out their main activity in the country of the host institution of the position they are applying to for more than 1 year in the past 3 years.
Candidates should not have already been awarded a PhD degree.
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