Open Vacancy at the Cyprus Institute

The Cyprus Institute (CyI) is a European non-profit Science and Technology oriented Educational and Research Institution based in Cyprus and led by an acclaimed Board of Trustees. The research agenda of the CyI is pursued at its five Research Centres: The Computation-based Science and Technology Research Centre (CaSToRC), the Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Centre (STARC), the Energy Environment Water Research Centre (EEWRC), the Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre (CARE-C), and the Science and Technology Driven Policy and Innovation Research Centre (STeDI-RC). Considerable cross-centre interaction is a characteristic of the Institute’s culture.

The CARE-C Centre of excellence of the CyI invites here applications for a highly qualified and motivated individual to join the Unmanned Systems Research Laboratory (USRL) team (http://usrl.cyi.ac.cy) as a Software Developer.

USRL is operates various sizes of fixed and rotary wing Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs), a mobile Ground Control Station, and a fully equipped laboratories and workshops dedicated to the fabrication of Unmanned Systems and their Applications. The USRL team is seeking for an experienced Software Developer who will be responsible for the improvement of current UAS in terms of automation and user-interface friendliness as well as contributing to the development of new UAS for customized applications.

The successful candidate will be more specifically part of the Research and Development Team of the USRL under the supervision of CARE-C Director.

This position is supported by the EU H2020 project “EMME-CARE” (Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre; TEAMING Grant no. 856612), within which the Cyprus Institute established the “Centre of Excellence” in Climate and Atmosphere research for the EMME region (CARE-C) in cooperation with EU Advanced Partners (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Germany; University of Helsinki in Finland; and CEA in France).

The initial period of the appointment will be for a duration of 24 months with the possibility of renewal, depending on performance and availability of funds. An internationally competitive remuneration package will be offered, which is commensurate with the level of experience of the successful candidate.