Context And Mission The exponential growth of RISC-V in the market in the last few years demonstrates the industry’s commitment to its adoption. RISC-V is a key piece within the European strategy for its technological independence and autonomy from other regions. Thus, Europe has enabled multiple funding mechanisms around RISC-V in HPC, and BSC has been leading many of them. This has positioned BSC as a worldwide research center in RISC-V technology. In order to manage all this knowledge, BSC has developed a comprehensive intellectual property rights strategy based on 3 pillars:
1. Exploitable research results, promoting entrepreneurship.
2. Portfolio management, with protection strategies and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) management.
3. Technology transfer, through IP licensing and spin-offs creation.
The implementation of this strategy will depend on the (inter)national industrial needs, the target market, the maturity of the ecosystem, the technology readiness level of the solution, and the new structure of BSC.
The Hardware RISC-V based IPs management for High-Performance Computing Applications into the market (HI4CA) research project envisions the creation of an advanced specialized technology transfer strategy for managing open hardware technologies produced at BSC, with special interest in RISC-V.
Reporting to BSC’s Technology Transfer Office (TTO) Manager and the Technical Management Hardware Engineering (TMHW) group’s lead, the BSC HI4CA tech innovation profile will facilitate the exploitation of BSC HI4CA open architectures (and related technologies) results produced at BSC. This means understanding, or at least being familiar with, the particularities of the open-source ecosystem RISC-V community), identifying new R&D&I opportunities, interfacing with the HPC entrepreneurial community, strengthening the link to industry, analysing spin-off creation opportunities and identifying market opportunities to transfer the knowledge and technology developed within the BSC HI4CA research project. The candidate will support the creation and maintenance of a sustainable technology strategy for BSC HI4CA project’s results, including the identification and validation of a value proposition and its corresponding transformation into a business plan for each of several technologies that ends up being profitable and attractive to companies and investors.
The HI4CA tech innovation candidate will play a key role as a bridge between the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) and the HPC Architecture Area within BSC. With the support of both, TTO and TMHW teams, the candidate will get familiar with HI4CA technologies to assess their maturity level, and be able to support in the identification of real markets’ interests, business model definition, and spin-off business plan preparation.
We are looking for a technical profile, with knowledge in computer architecture and experience with the open-source community, interested in exploring the entrepreneurship ecosystem as part of her/his professional career development. The role brings the possibility of learning about cut-edge technologies in RISC-V at BSC and innovation business development. Key Duties
* Provide help with the registration and protection of BSC HPC Architecture research projects’ results in the most appropriate way:
• Identifying and tracking BSC technologies as part of research results in collaboration with other BSC groups Project Management, Innovation & Dissemination)
• Assessing best protection strategy for each registered technology
• Helping with the BSC research technology registration via Intellectual Property Disclosure Form
* Maintain the BSC portfolio of Open Hardware technologies up to date
* Dynamize the Open Hardware technologies portfolio and identify potential market sectors for exploitation, and support the networking with the industry
* Improve communication channels and mechanisms between researchers and potential technology adopters
* Support with the industrial outreach of RISC-V and Open Source Hardware activities (events, conferences, networking) with the regional HPC ecosystem
* Strengthen communication and working methodologies among the HPC Architecture area and Technology Transfer Office (TTO) at BSC.
Requirements
* Education
o Computer Science Engineering degree or similar (telecommunications, electronics, etc)
* Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
o Previous work experience is not essential but candidates who have knowledge on the following areas will be at an advantage:
o Being familiar with the open-source ecosystem
o Innovation Management and Technology Transfer knowledge is a plus
o Basic knowledge in finance and business management is a plus
* Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
o Fluency in English
o Fluency in Spanish and Catalan is a plus
o Familiar with the deep tech, innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems is a plus
o Knowledge on IPR management is a plus
* Competences
o Experience in an international environment
o Teamwork skills, capable of working effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders
o Good written and verbal communication skills
o Good inter-personal skills
o Enthusiasm, autonomy, commitment, motivation and leadership skills
o Creativity
Conditions
* The position will be located at BSC within the Directors Department
* We offer a full-time contract 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: ASAP