The electro-optical communications (ECO) group in the faculty of electrical engineering has been leading the scientific and applied research into the use of light for communication systems for the past 40 years, in the Netherlands, Europe and the world. With deep connection with industry and academia around the globe, the ECO group offers new members an opportunity to become the next leaders in optical communications and networks research. The core competence of the ECO staff members is making the link between different technologies and different requirements being raised by the industry. We apply the knowledge gained by collaborators and other scientists in the TU/e and more recently in the Eindhoven Hendrik Casimir Institute (EHCI) to develop the required solution for many of the most burning problems in communication. For that sake, the group includes expertise spanning the fundamentals of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) design and manufacturing to the higher layers of communication networks including quantum communications and Terahertz systems.
The ECO group is housed in the FLUX building on the TU/e Campus overlooking a state-of-the-art cleanroom and supported by more than 300m^2 of labs for conducting experimental work. With 11 tenured scientists and as many as 70 PhD and postDocs the ECO group is a vibrant and exciting research group perfectly suited to embed talented and ambitious scientists. In this video you can get a short glimpse at the kind of research activities carried out in our group through short interviews with past students (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrQiP1yQXWI).
Position: Project Assistant (0.5-0.6 fte)
The group has successfully increased it research portfolio with the recently granted projects- ITN ETN IoTalentum, ITN ID QUARC, EH project ALLEGRO, NWO project FIQCS, and furthermore additional assistance is required for the ongoing KAT2 project. Therefore, we are looking for a Project Assistant for immediate incorporation. The candidate is expected to have experience in project support for research and/or technical projects, especially in the framework of the European Commission HE or past Horizo2020 or have affinity and willingness to learn it quickly. Knowledge of EU funding financial rules, organizational, communication and negotiation skills, and excellent English are a pre-requisite.
As Project Leader, you will be responsible for supporting the principal investigator and become the first point of contact with the external projects' partners and stakeholders as well as within the TU/e organization. You will join the Quantum and Terahertz systems team of the Electro-Optical Communications group at the Department of Electrical Engineering.
Responsibilities:
- Preparation and submission of administrative deliverables, annual progress reports, and support with the submission of financial reports.
- Collection of material its review and organization into project deliverables; support submission of technical deliverables and technical reports.
- Contribute to projects' internal TU/e planning and keep tracking of it.
- Assist the principal investigator and liaise with project partners to ensure successful delivery of tasks and deliverables of projects.
- Perform active follow-up of the projects' progress ensuring compliance with deadline set in the projects' description of work, and compliance with financial EU rules and consortium agreement.
- Contact with projects partners regarding projects administrative, dissemination and financial guidelines
- In cooperation with our secretariat, to manage and organise meetings and events for the projects, prepare agendas and take minutes.
- Other 'ad hoc' project administration tasks.