Associação Fraunhofer Portugal ResearchJob Title: Visual LLMs Junior Researcher
Job Ref: AICOS_Jobs_2025_10
Job Type: Full-time contract.
Job Salary: Depending on the candidate's academic degree and professional experience.
Job Location: Porto, Portugal.
Job Description and Responsibilities:
Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS is looking for a researcher interested in Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models to join the Intelligent Systems Group.
The job offer is focused on the following tasks:
- Research and develop image and text processing methods for data structuring, exploring visual LLMs.
- Research and develop local versus cloud deployments of LLM solutions based on multimodal data.
- Research and develop methodologies related to Responsible AI, in particular, LLM results validation and robustness assessment.
- Implement Retrieval Augmented Generation techniques.
- Employ and develop best practices of professional data science and machine learning.
- Write comprehensive reports on approaches tested and results obtained.
- Share your knowledge with others by giving talks and preparing research proposals, project deliverables, and scientific papers.
Academic Qualifications:
Academic Bachelor's degree in science, Engineering or similar.
Requirements:
- Excellent Python programming skills.
- Background knowledge in Machine Learning, NLP and LLMs.
- Expertise in programming with widespread AI Frameworks (e.g., Sklearn, TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch).
- Excellent Portuguese and English communication skills (spoken and written).
We value:
- Experience in Visual LLMs for data structuring.
- Motivation to work in a multidisciplinary environment.
- Ability to work in cross-functional teams.
- Self-motivated, driving for results, and team player.
- Flexible and quick learner.
- Problem-solving, proactive, and critical thinking attitude.
Why should you join Fraunhofer Portugal:
- Innovative Environment: Be part of a people-centric workplace that fosters creativity and out-of-the-box thinking. We encourage the development of new ideas and ensure that every voice is heard.
- Research with Impact: Engage in projects that sit at the intersection of research and real-world applications, contributing to technology that makes a tangible difference in society.
- Multidisciplinary Teams: Collaborate with professionals from diverse backgrounds, enhancing your learning and professional growth.
- Professional Excellence: Work within a culture that upholds professional standards and best practices, promoting continuous improvement and excellence in research.
- Flexible Work Arrangements: Benefit from flexible working hours and opportunities to work from home, supporting a healthy work-life balance;
- Comprehensive Benefits: Benefit from a partially funded health insurance plan, and a variety of additional perks;
- Supportive Culture: Join a team with an excellent spirit, where collaboration, mutual support, and team achievements are celebrated.
Application Process:
Applications are permanently open until the ideal candidate is selected. The first evaluation of applications will occur on 20th of May 2025.
The selected candidate is expected to start working in June 2025.
Applications must be made to the email jobs@fraunhofer.pt and contain:
- CV – mandatory;
- Motivation Letter – mandatory;
- Recommendation Letters – optional.
Observation:
The research activities in the scope of this job opportunity are planned to be developed within the framework of project:
- HfPT – Health from Portugal, with Notice No. 02/C05-i01/2022 and Project Reference No. Projeto nº 41 NextGenerationEU (PRR).
- NextGenAI – Center for Responsible AI, with Notice No. 01/C05-i01/2021 and Project Reference No. 62 - C645008882-00000055.