Organisation/Company Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH Research Field Engineering » Civil engineering Environmental science » Water science Geosciences » Hydrology Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions PhD Positions Application Deadline 26 Oct 2026 - 23:00 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 37.5 Offer Starting Date 16 Nov 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number 10267510004 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Mission:

Conduct research to improve knowledge of torrential processes of the hyperconcentrated flow type and, on a technological level, provide tools and criteria for the application of alert systems that allow risk management.

Functions to be developed:
- Assess sediment availability and transport balances.
- Perform the integration and analysis of available instrumental monitoring data.




- Define and compare geomorphodynamic and flow mechanics models and perform validation with historical episodes.
- Perform the simplified formulation to model the behavior in basins without an inventory of historical events.
- Apply the model to the preliminary sizing of protective barriers.
- Writing scientific documents and disseminating research results.
- Hydrological and hydrodynamic modeling: configuration, calibration and analysis.
- QGIS and scientific programming in Python (advanced level).
- Processing, organization and analysis of inventory data.

Specific Requirements

Knowledge:
- Hydrological and hydromorphological modeling of river basins and systems.
- Geomorphological processes: erosion, transport and sedimentation.
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applied to geosciences.
- It will be assessed:
- Have completed a master's degree in the specialty of Civil Engineering.

Professional Experience:
- Field work in mountain terrai

📌 Researcher in training to analyze sediment transport in mountain streams. (España)
🏢 Universitat Politècnica De Catalunya (Upc)- Barcelonatech
📍 España