Universidade de Vigo

Career Opportunity! Join Our Team through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA-PF)

At atlanTTic , we’re excited to open our doors to postdoctoral researchers through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA-PF) programme.

We’re looking for talented, motivated researchers from around the world who are ready to take the next step in their careers.

What we offer:

  • Global Opportunity: Researchers of any nationality are welcome. Just make sure you haven’t lived or worked in Spain for more than 12 months in the last 3 years before the call deadline.

  • Pioneering Research: Work on innovative, high-impact projects that align with our research interests.

  • Career Growth: You’ll have access to mentoring, training, and development opportunities designed to help you thrive

  • Strong Research Community: Join a collaborative environment with experts across disciplines and build long-lasting professional networks.

  • Comprehensive Support: Enjoy a competitive salary and dedicated funding for your research needs.

Interested? Learn more about our research lines:

Advanced Cybersecurity & Resilience in Human-Centric Networks. Zero-Trust  Networking. Agentic AI Threats. Quantum-Safe Networking. Cyber-Physical Network Resilience. Contact: Prof. Dr. Ana Fernández Vilas.

Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Physical Systems. Networked intelligence services. Human-centric intelligent environments. Contact: Prof. Dr. Francisco Javier González Castaño.

Certification of Quantum Communication Systems and Quantum Hacking. Quantum Cryptography, Single-Photon Detectors, Eavesdropping, Quantum Attacks, Quantum Hacking, Quantum Key Distribution. Contact: Dr. Vadim Makarov.

Cognitive Ageing Modelling and characterization. Cognitive ageing trajectories. Longitudinal machine learning. Multimodal ageing markers. Early cognitive decline detection. Interpretable health. Contacts: Prof. Dr. Luis E. Anido Rifón, Prof. Dr. Manuel J. Fernández Iglesias.

Continual Decentralized Learning At Cloud-Edge Continuum. Continual learning in IIoT. Trade-off between Catastrophic forgetting avoidance and energy efficiency. Decentralized Federated Learning for Cloud-2-Edge scenarios. Contact: Prof. Dr. Rebeca P. Díaz Redondo.

Development and Integration of Space Systems and Lunar Exploration Technologies. Satellite Systems Engineering. Mission Design. Radio and Optical Communications. Lunar Rovers. Ecosystem Monitoring. Prof. Dr. Fernando Aguado Agelet.

Development of Payloads for UAVs and Autonomous Vehicles. Onboard Payloads. Embedded Systems for Autonomous Flight. Advanced Sensing. Image and Data Processing. AI. Prof. Dr. Pedro Orgeira-Crespo.

Dynamic and Intelligent 6G Networks. Extremely Dynamic Network Environments. Network Intelligence. Distributed Network Computing. 3D Multihop 6G Integrated Networks. Intelligent 6G Orchestration. IA and ML for the Automated Operation of Networks. Intent Based Networking. Data Analytics. Contact: Prof. Dr. Felipe Gil Castiñeira.

Efficient and Secure Intensive Distributed Computing, 6G Mobile Networks, and Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN). Non-terrestrial networks (NTN). 5G-6G. Compute-Intensive Distributed Computing. Privacy and security. Contact: Prof. Dr. Rebeca P. Díaz Redondo.

Experimental Quantum Communication. Fibre-based and Free-space Quantum Communication. QRNGs. Quantum hacking. Contact: Dr. Davide Rusca.

Integrated Photonics. Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs). Advanced Photonic Packing. III-V Semiconductor. Optical/Quantum Communications and Sensing. Contact: Prof. Dr. Francisco J. Díaz Otero.

Multimedia Security, Privacy and Anonymity, Copyright Protection of Deep Models. Multimedia Forensics. Watermarking. Privacy-enhancing technologies. Homomorphic signal processing. Contact: Prof. Dr. Fernando Pérez González.

Optimization of Attitude Determination and Control in Satellites. Attitude Determination and Control Systems. Integration of AI Algorithms in Space Systems. Optimization of Pointing System Performance. Prof. Dr. Pedro Orgeira Crespo.

Photonic Wave Phenomena Induced by Spacetime Discontinuities. Theoretical Study of Novel light/spacetime-structured-matter interactions. Quantum-Level Sub-Cycle Modulation. Atomic Polarizability Dynamics. Macroscopic Resonant Lattice Homogenization. Relativistically Moving Scatterers. Time-perturbed Metasurfaces. Contact: Dr. Diego Martínez Solís.

Privacy-preserving Distributed Ledger Applications. Privacy-preserving blockchain. Zero-knowledge proofs. Confidential smart contracts. Decentralized identity systems. Secure distributed applications. Contacts: Prof. Dr. Luis E. Anido Rifón, Prof. Dr. Manuel J. Fernández Iglesias.

Quantum Networks. Foundations Of Quantum Protocols. Distributed Algorithms. Distributed Quantum Computing. Quantum Privacy & Security. RL Quantum Network Control. Contact: Prof. Dr. Manuel Fernández Veiga.

Radio Systems In Vegetation Environments. Propagation within forests and shrubbery. Digitization of forestry activities. Rural communication systems. Contact: Prof. Dr. Iñigo Cuiñas.

Satellite-Based Surveillance in Congested Airspace. Multi-Sensor Fusion. Adaptive Beamforming. Security Vulnerabilities. Contact: Prof. Dr. Carlos Mosquera.

Sign Language Translation. Modeling visual signing features. Modeling language cross-modal interactions. Integration of Multi-Modal Language Models for scalability. Contact: Prof. Dr. Jose Luis Alba Castro.

Theory of Quantum Communication. Security proofs of QKD. QKD Implementation Security. Development of Novel Quantum Communication Protocols.  Contact: Prof. Dr. Marcos Curty.

Thermoelastic Analysis and Certification of Space Systems. Thermoelastic Analysis. Telescope Design. Satellite Platform Certification. Component and Subsystem Validation. Vibration Testing. Thermal-Vacuum Testing. Prof. Dr. Carlos Ulloa Sande.

Wideband and Massive MIMO Technologies for 6G. Hybrid Beamforming. Integrated Sensing and Communications. mmWave. Orthogonal Delay-Doppler Modulation. Non Orthogonal Multiple Access. Contact: Prof. Dr. Felipe Gómez Cuba.

Ready to apply? here’s how:

Send us your CV and a short research proposal to promocion1@atlanttic.uvigo.es following this form atlanTTic-MSCA_PF_2026_form_CV_pre-proposal

Deadline: June 26th

Have questions or need more details? Get in touch at promocion1@atlanttic.uvigo.es – we’re happy to help.

Join us and take your research to the next level with MSCA PF at atlanTTic. We’d love to hear from you!