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Open 5G Network Infrastructure Deployment Automation Engineer

Contract type : Fixed-term contract

Renewable contract : Yes

Level of qualifications required : Graduate degree or equivalent

Fonction : Temporary scientific engineer

Corps d'accueil : Ingénieur de Recherche (IR)

Level of experience : Recently graduated

About the research centre or Inria department

The Inria Université Côte d'Azur center counts 37 research teams as well as 8 support services. The center's staff (about 500 people) is made up of scientists of different nationalities, engineers, technicians and administrative staff. The majority of the center's research teams are located in Sophia Antipolis and five of them are based in an Inria antenna in Montpellier. The Inria branch in Montpellier is growing in size, in accordance with the strategy described in the institution's Contract of Objectives and Performance (COP).

Context

The DIANA team at Inria Sophia Antipolis is hiring a research engineer in the frame of a major European project called SLICES.

Assignment

The candidate will work on developing post 5G technology. Post 5G networks are a composition of functional blocks that can be designed, implemented, and deployed independently, which allow to follow a cloud native approach to deploy new cellular networks.

 All work done will be validated on a physical equipment. Special care will be giving on reproducibility, and all contributions will be free and open source.

We are particularly seeking for young profiles. If you’re a recent graduate looking to jumpstart your career, we’d love to hear from you!

Main activities

The candidate will work on implementing a and deploying a post 5G infrastructure on real hardware composed of multiple anechoic chambers, data-centres, and terabit per second switching fabrics.

Skills

  • Solid knowledge in: i) networking and/or ii) telecommunication and/or iii) 5G standards
  • Experience with DevOps techniques and system development
  • Excellent writing, communication and presentation skills in English
  • Ability to travel within Europe

 

Benefits package

  • Subsidized meals
  • Partial reimbursement of public transport costs
  • Leave: 7 weeks of annual leave + 10 extra days off due to RTT (statutory reduction in working hours) + possibility of exceptional leave (sick children, moving home, etc.)
  • Possibility of teleworking and flexible organization of working hours
  • Professional equipment available (videoconferencing, loan of computer equipment, etc.)
  • Social, cultural and sports events and activities
  • Access to vocational training
  • Contribution to mutual insurance (subject to conditions)

Remuneration

From 2652 € gross monthly (according to degree and experience)