[IGS-Early-Career] FW: [EXTERNAL] [IGSMAIL-8203] Position of assistant in GNSS at the University of Liege (Belgium)

[Ashley Santiago]

Dear IGS Early Careers, 

 

Please see the latest opportunity below.

 

Best Regards

Ashley Santiago
IGS Central Bureau

 

From: IGSMail <igsmail-bounces at lists.igs.org> on behalf of "rene.warnant at ulg.ac.be" <rene.warnant at ulg.ac.be>
Date: Friday, May 20, 2022 at 4:30 AM
To: "igsmail at lists.igs.org" <igsmail at lists.igs.org>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [IGSMAIL-8203] Position of assistant in GNSS at the University of Liege (Belgium)

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

A position of teaching and research assistant in GNSS is available at the University of Liege. You can find more information below.

Please, could you forward this call to potentially interested candidates.

Thanks !

 

Best regards,

 

R. Warnant.

 

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Position of assistant in GNSS at the University of Liege (Belgium)

 

Context 

 

Created in 2005 within the Geomatics Unit of the University of Liege, the “Geodesy and GNSS” service is responsible for teaching in the field of geodesy and satellite navigation; our service contributes to the bachelor's degree in geographical sciences, the master's degree in geographical sciences, geomatics orientation and the master's degree in spatial sciences. In addition, the “Geodesy and GNSS” service conducts a research program devoted to the applications of GNSS in geodesy and geophysics.

 

The main topics covered are:

 
The modeling of the error induced by the ionosphere on the accuracy and integrity of GNSS applications
GNSS-based monitoring of the ionospheric activity
The development of innovative GNSS data processing algorithms
 

Currently, we are using smartphone GNSS sensors for high accuracy positioning as well as for the monitoring of the ionospheric activity.

 

The position 

 

The Geomatics unit of the University of Liege hires a teaching and research assistant for a period of 2 years starting on 15 September 2022. At the end of this 2-year period, the contract may be renewed 2 times for a period of 2 years (i.e. a total of 6 years). Research and teaching activities will each represent 50% of the activities.

 

As part of the teaching activities, the assistant will be responsible for the practical work associated to the following courses:

 
Introduction to geodesy (bachelor in geography)
GNSS (master in geomatics and master in space sciences) 
GNSS data processing (master in geomatics and master in space sciences) 
GNSS project (master in geomatics) 
 

Regarding research activities, the assistant will carry out a doctoral thesis dedicated to the use of smartphone GNSS sensors for high-accuracy positioning. 

 

Profile

 

Required: 

 
Master's degree in science or engineering science
Experience in the field of GNSS and/or in Geodesy
Experience in scientific programming 
Ability to write technical reports and publications in English
Ability to work independently but also within a team 
 

 

 

Added value: 

 
Programming experience in Matlab and/or in java under Android
Experience with Smartphone sensors
Experience in teaching at university level 
 

 

Procedure

 

Candidates for this position will send a scientific CV which will contain at least: 

 
Full contact details of the candidate 
The list of diplomas obtained 
A list of courses followed during their master's degree with the grades obtained 
A list of publications 
A list of presentations at conferences. 
 

Candidates will also write a motivation letter in which they will explain how they think they meet the profile.

 

These documents will be sent by email to Rene.Warnant at uliege.be as soon as possible and not later than 15 June 2022. 

 

Information

 

Inquiries regarding the position can be sent to: 

 

Prof. Rene Warnant 

Building B5a

Allee du 6 aout, 19 

4000 Liege (Belgium)

Rene.Warnant at uliege.be 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ren%C3%A9-warnant-92963865/

 

 

 

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