Researcher for sustainable and innovative mobility

The Future Cities & Communities (FCC) research domain of LINKS supports private companies and public authorities in building the cities and communities of the future, accelerating the change towards innovation and sustainability, with the ultimate goal of improving people's quality of life.
FCC is composed of around 30 researchers with complementary skills: transport, electrical, environmental and biomedical engineers, mathematicians, computer scientists and data scientists, urban and territorial planners.
FCC research focuses on 3 programs: Mobility and Logistics, Cities, Climate and Environment, Blockchain.
Within the Mobility and Logistics strand, research focuses on: i) transport planning, ii) transport modelling and optimisation (predictive models for mobility, traffic models, optimisation of logistics systems), iii) development of ICT solutions for the mobility of the future, iv) estimation of the environmental impacts of transport and fight against climate change. The main research projects of the strand concern public transport and MaaS, shared mobility, cycling and pedestrian mobility, electric mobility, connected and autonomous mobility, urban air mobility, multimodal freight transport and last mile logistics.
The candidate will work on transport innovation projects (e.g. autonomous and connected mobility, zero-emission mobility, urban air mobility, robotic logistics) dealing, for example, with: transport planning (e.g. from the urban scale of the SUMP to the regional scale of the RTP), development of transport optimization algorithms, development of decision support systems (DSS), transport macro-simulation models (e.g. 4-stage models), traffic micro-simulation and multi-agent simulation, estimation of transport emissions and consumption.
The work will be included in European projects with international partners and in contracts with public administrations and companies.
The candidate will be expected to continuously update himself/herself on the latest developments and trends in mobility innovations and actively participate in the preparation of project proposals and in the writing and publication of technical documents and scientific articles.

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Requirements
Master's Degree in Civil Engineering, Transport, Mobility Engineering or equivalent
• knowledge of macro or micro simulation models of transport;
• notions of programming in Python or similar;
• excellent written/spoken English;

• strong aptitude for analysis and problem solving;
• good communication skills and ability to work in a team;
• proactivity and personal initiative;
• ability to adapt to international, intercultural and multidisciplinary environments

Preferred requirement
• PhD;
• experience abroad

Other information
Basic employment agreement conditions
• fixed-term, full-time researcher agreement (12/36 months);
• terms and conditions of employment are fixed by national collective bargaining agreement (CCNL Terziario);
• maximum of 10 days of smart working per month;
• meal vouchers

Analysis elements
• payroll scale level will be evaluated during selection process;
• Incentive Compensation Plan will follow Foundation’s policies;
• proven competencies and seniority level will be duly considered

Positions: no. 02

Work location: LINKS Foundation Italy - Turin