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Doctor Pedro Miguel Ferreira Martins Arezes Professor and Rector of Universidade do Minho, in the use
of his own competence, in accordance with the terms of subsection d) of section 1 of article 92 of Law no.
62/2007, from September 10th and subsection d) of section 1 of article 37 of the Statutes of Universidade
do Minho, approved by Normative Order no. 15/2021, published in Diário da República, 2nd series, no.
115, of June 16th, makes it known that, for a period of 10 counting from the business day immediately after
the date on which this notice is published, an international selection tender is open for recruitment, in the
form of an uncertain term contract celebrated under the Labour Code, of 1 (one) doctoral researcher position
equivalent to the category of Assistant Researcher under private law, for the exercise of scientific research,
or technological development and/or management and communication in science and technology activities
in the scientific area of Mechanical Engineering, within the scope of the Agreement Programme celebrated
with the Foundation for Science and Technology of the 28th of December 2021, no.
CEECINST/00018/2021, under the Institutional Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus – 2nd Edition,
with a view to the development of R&D activities, namely: participate in the development and execution
of R&D projects and related scientific and technical activities; monitor the work developed within the scope
of the projects under their responsibility; collaborate in the development of training actions within the scope
of R&D methodology; monitor the research work developed by scholarship holders, research interns and
research assistants and participate in their training; collaborate in teaching and participate in the institution's
training programs; supervise higher education students, notably undergraduate, master's and doctoral
students; and perform the functions for which they have been elected or appointed in the collegiate bodies
of the institution to which they belong.

1. Applicable Legislation: This tender, open by Decree of 24/11/2025, by the Rector of Universidade do
Minho, is governed by the provisions of Decree Law No. 57/2016, of August 29th, amended by Law
No. 57/2017 of July 19th, which approved a hiring regime of doctorates aimed at stimulating scientific
and technological employment in all areas of knowledge, by the Regulation of Scientific Employment
(RSE), by the Regulamento da Carreira, Recrutamento, Contratação e Avaliação do Desempenho do
Pessoal Investigador em Regime de Direito Privado da UMinho (RPI-UM), amended and republished
by the Rectoral Order RT-10353/2022, published in the Diário da República, Series II, No. 163, of the
24th of August 2022, and other applicable laws and regulations.

2. Place of Work: The work placement is located at the University of Minho facilities.

3. Monthly salary: The salary to be attributed is 3576,56, corresponding to the remuneration level 23
included in the annex 1 of the RPI-UM.

4. Eligibility Criteria: Any national, foreign and stateless candidates who hold a doctoral degree in in
the field of knowledge / specialty that shows an appropriate profile for the activities to be developed.
Opponents of this tender with qualifications obtained abroad must prove the recognition, equivalence
or registration of the doctoral degree, under the terms of the applicable legislation. This formality must
be completed by the signing date of the contract.
4.1. General admission requirements are those defined in point 4. For the purpose of determining the
appropriate profile for the activity to be developed, the following are special requirements:
a) proven experience in the scientific area of this international selection tender of at least 05
years.
b) Experience in the scientific and technological development of multi-physical design and 3D
printing with metallic, piezoelectric, electromagnetic, magnetostrictive, shape memory
powders, among others, for the development of multi-material and multi-functional
components, ideally for mechanobiological action solutions, with interaction with
biological entities, bacteria, fungi, cells, among others.
5. Formalization of the applications: Applications are formalized through a request addressed to the
Rector of Universidade do Minho, under the terms defined in the attached template.

5.1. The application must include the following documents:

a) Copy of certificate or diploma degree.
b) Detailed curriculum vitae structured in accordance with point 9.
c) Proof of professional experience (when applicable).
d) Motivation letter;
e) Letters of recommendation;
f) Copy of the 05 most relevant publications.
g) Summary of the research project (maximum 2 A4 pages);
h) Other relevant documents for the evaluation of qualification in the related scientific area.
i) Any other documents that the applicant considers relevant, namely for the assessment of the
information referred to in paragraph 2 of article 5 of the RSE.
5.2. Candidates must submit the request and supporting documents, using digital tools, in PDF format,
mandatorily, by electronic means, to the address secretaria@cmems.uminho, until the deadline for
submission of applications established in this notice, indicating in subject “Ref. CTTI-PI-52/25-
CMEMS (1)”.”.
5.3. Failure to comply with the deadline for submitting the application, such as failure to submit or late
submission of the application referred to in point 5 and the documents referred to in points a) to c)
of point 5.1, determines the exclusion of the application. The exclusion decision is notified to the
candidates, by email, for the purpose of holding the hearing of interested parties.
5.4. The jury may, whenever it finds necessary, request candidates to provide documents
complementary to the facts referred to in the submitted curriculum, determining a deadline for this
purpose.
5.5. False statements provided by the candidates will be punished by law.

6. Members of the Jury: The selection jury has the following composition, according to article no. 13
of the RSE and article no. 35 of the do RPI-UM:
President of the jury: Luís Miguel Valente Gonçalves, Associate Professor in the Department of
Industrial Electronics, School of Engineering, University of Minho;
Other members:
Filipe Samuel Correia Pereira da Silva, Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering,
School of Engineering, University of Minho;
Doctor José Luís Carvalho Martins Alves, Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical
Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho.
José Manuel Ramos Gomes, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School
of Engineering, University of Minho,

7. Rules of operation of the Jury: The jury shall deliberate by means of a nominal vote in accordance
with the adopted and published selection criteria, and abstentions will not be allowed.
7.1. The jury meetings will be documented in written minutes, containing a summary of what has taken
place, as well as the votes cast by each of the members and the respective grounds, being provided
to the candidates whenever requested.

8. Approval on absolute merit:
8.1. The jury must decide on the absolute merit of the candidates, based on the merit of the global
curriculum of the candidates in the scientific area for which the tender is open and also considering
the fulfilment, cumulatively, of at least one of the following requirements:
a) Hold a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Biomedical
Engineering, Textile Engineering, or related fields;
b) Hold a doctorate for more than 5 years.
8.2. The decision of exclusion on absolute merit is notified to the candidates, by email, for the purpose
of holding the hearing of interested parties.
8.3. Once the deadline for the exercise of the right of hearing the interested parties has expired, the
jury analyses the allegations presented and, if it keeps the exclusion decision, notifies the excluded
candidates by email with delivery receipt, subsequently beginning the application of the selection
methods to the admitted candidates.

9. Method(s) and evaluation criteria: The selection method consists of a Scientific and Curricular Path
Assessment (SCPA).9.1. The evaluation of the Scientific and Curricular Path Assessment (SCPA) focuses on the relevance,
quality and timeliness:
a) of the scientific, technological, cultural or artistic production of the last five years considered
most relevant by the candidate for the area of recruitment and applied research activities, or
based on practice, considered to have the greatest impact by the candidate for the area of
recruitment, with a minimum weight of 80%.
b) of the activities of extension and dissemination of knowledge, namely in the context of the
promotion of the cultural and scientific practices considered most relevant by the candidate,
and activities for the management of science, technology and innovation programs, or
experience in observation and monitoring of the scientific and technological system, with a
maximum weight of 20%.
9.2. The five-year period mentioned in the preceding paragraph may be increased by the jury, if
requested by the candidate, and when justified on grounds of suspension of scientific activity for
socially protected reasons such as parental leave, prolonged serious illness, and other situations of
unavailability for work that are legally protected.
9.3. In the evaluation of the Scientific and Curricular Path Assessment (SCPA)1 the following
parameters and evaluation criteria2 are considered with the respective weights:
STP – Scientific and Technological Production.
EMA – Extension and Management Activities.
The final classification of the SCPA is obtained by the following formula3: SCPA = p1STP +
p5EMA.
9.4. Candidates with an absolute merit score lower than 70 points in the APCC, , as well as candidates
who have given up on them or, although approved, have not been included in the tranches used.
9.5. The valuation of the evaluation parameters is expressed on the numerical scale from 0 to 100
points.
9.6. The classification of each candidate is obtained by the average of the classifications of each one
of the members of the jury. In case of a draw, the Chairman of the jury will make a final decision
to untie the applicants.

10. Order of candidates: The order of the candidates must be based on the evaluation made according to
the evaluation criteria described in this notice.
10.1. After completion of the application of the evaluation criteria, the jury will draw up an orderly list
of successful candidates with their respective classification.
10.2. The final classification of the candidates is expressed in the numerical scale of 0 to 100 points; the
classification being obtained through a weighted average.

11. Participation of interested parties and decision: The final ordering is notified to the candidates, by
email with receipt of delivery of the notification, allowing them to pronounce for the purpose of
preliminary hearing of the interested parties, pursuant to article 121 and following of the Code of
Administrative Procedure, applying, with the necessary adaptations, the provisions of article 31 of the
Regulation.
11.1. After the hearing of the interested parties, the jury analyses the allegations presented and approves
the final ordering list of the successful candidates. Within 90 days, from the deadline for
submission of the applications, the final decisions of the jury are given.
11.2. The period referred to in the previous number may be extended when the high number of
candidates and or the special complexity of the competition justifies it.
11.3. The final decision of the jury is approved by the Rector of Universidade do Minho, who also
decides on the hiring.

12. Publication of results: The list of admitted and excluded candidates, as well as the final ranking list
of the successful candidates, are published on Universidade do Minho's website, and the candidates are
notified by email with receipt of delivery of the notification.

13. The present tender is exclusively designated to fill the indicated vacancies and may be terminated up
to the homologation of the final ranking list of candidates, expiring with the respective occupation of
the jobs on offer.

14. The present announcement was approved by the jury of the tender at its meeting on 15/12/2025,
according to the approved minutes of the said meeting.

15. Non-discrimination and equal access policy: Universidade do Minho actively promotes a policy of

non-discrimination and equal access, so that no candidate may be privileged, benefited, harmed or
deprived of any right or exempt from any duty due, namely, to ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation,
marital status, family status, economic situation, education, social origin or condition, genetic heritage,
reduced working capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race, territory of
origin, language, religion, political or ideological convictions and trade union membership.
15.1. Pursuant to section h) of article 9 of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, the Public
Administration, as an employer, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunities for men and
women in accessing employment and professional advancement, scrupulously any form of
discrimination.
The Rector, Professor Pedro Miguel Ferreira Martins Arezes