Research Engineer position in NETCOM – NETCOM-lab Group

NETCOM Lab

Deadline for receipt of applications: November 26, 2025 23:59 AoE (27 November 2025, 13:59h Europe/Madrid Time)

The NETCOM research group carries out research activities on the following main areas: Network Architectures, Communication Protocols, Wireless and Mobile Networks, with a special focus on future mechanisms for 6G, such as integrated sensing and communications, AI for net and net for AI, and Network Digital Twins.

We are looking for a research engineer to work on the following topics:

•  Administer and deploy different IT systems with different OSs such as Linux and Windows.
•  Support experimental research work on experimental platforms composed of virtualized and bare metal equipment (servers and networking)
•  Deploy web based tools to support research and experimentation work.

The position offers:

• Full time contract.
• Competitive salary.
• Reconciliation of personal and work life.
• A unique opportunity to work with cutting-edge research experimental platforms.
• IMDEA Networks promotes a tolerant, diverse and creative work environment that is respectful of all people as well as Gender Equality.
• High level of English (English will be the working language).

The position requires:

•  University degree in computer science, telecommunications engineering or similar.
•  Contribution to EU research projects.
•  Advanced knowledge of Linux system administration across various distributions: Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and OpenSUSE.
•  Knowledge of and experience on Windows 10/11 and Windows Server 2024 Datacenter system administration.
•  Experience and knowledge of virtualization/cloud computing systems: OpenStack, OpenNebula, Proxmox, KVM, Hyper-V, and Amazon Web Services.
•  Experience and knowledge of Lightweight virtualization systems: Docker, Linux LXC, and Kubernetes.
•  Experience and knowledge of infrastructure/networking: Bare-metal servers, storage (RAID/LVM), Cisco switches/routers, SONiC Network Operating System, NVIDIA DGX AI system, OpenVPN, and SAN (iSCSI).
•  Experience and knowledge of programming/scripting languages: Java, Python, Bash shell, HTML/CSS, and JavaScript.
•  Experience with web design: Website creation with WordPress and administration of Apache 2/nginx web servers.
•  Experience deploying and administering various research project support tools: Mailing lists (Mailman, Google Groups), GitLab code repository, Microsoft SharePoint/Teams, Google Workspace, JupyterHub: multi-user Python notebook system, Synology NAS: LDAP directory, SMB/CIFS/NFS storage server, authoritative DNS domain.

Equal Employment Opportunity

IMDEA Networks Institute aims to increase the proportion of women and therefore qualified female applicants are explicitly encouraged to apply. Until a balanced ratio of men and women has been achieved at the institute, preference will be given to women if applicants have similar qualifications. IMDEA Networks Institute actively promotes diversity and equal opportunities. Applicants are not to be discriminated against in personnel selection procedures on the grounds of gender, ethnicity, religion or ideology, age, sexual orientation (anti-discrimination). People with disabilities who have the relevant qualifications are expressly invited to apply.