Programme Officer - Research and Innovation - Artificial Intelligence

Candidates will be considered for the selection phase on the basis of the following formal criteria to be fulfilled by the deadline for applications:

• Be national of one of the Member States of the EU, Iceland, Lichtenstein or Norway and enjoy full rights as citizens.
• Degree:
  - a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies of at least three years attested by a diploma;
• Produce evidence of a thorough knowledge of one of the languages of the European Union, preferably English, French or German, and a satisfactory knowledge of another language of the European Union to the extent necessary for the performance of his/her duties.
• Produce the appropriate character references as to their suitability for the performance of duties of the post.
• Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by applicable laws concerning military service.
• Be physically fit to perform the duties linked to the post.

Essential qualifications and experience

• 3 years of professional experience in positions with tasks closely related to the ones described in section 2 of the vacancy notice, including at least 3 years in R&I in the field of high performance computing, or in a similar technical area;
• Scientific or technical knowledge in high performance computing and/or artificial intelligence;
• Proven experience in managing complex projects (financial, technical and/or legal aspects);
• Strong writing and presentation skills in English, both orally and in writing (C1 level or higher).

Advantageous qualifications and experience

• PhD (or equivalent research experience) and/or comparable professional experience in industrial R&D in technical domains relevant for the post;
• Experience (from an engineering and/or scientific perspective) in the development of HPC applications, for example massively parallel computations or large generative AI models, deployment and/or integration of (large-scale) AI models into end-to-end applications and solutions;
• Broad knowledge of the European research communities and ecosystem in the relevant fields including academic, applied and industrial research;
• Experience with the scientific peer-review system;
• Experience with research and innovation funding programmes at the national and international level (e.g. H2020/Horizon Europe, DEP, CEF etc);
• Experience in organising and chairing meetings and events.

Failure to comply with the eligibility and essential qualifications and experience will result in a disqualification of the candidate concerned.