Instrument Design Engineer – Shaping the Future of Wireless Technologies: Study of 5G Sensing Technologies and Their Impact on Human Health (M/F)
Engineer @French National Centre for Scientific Research posted 21 hours agoJob Description
General information
Job title: Instrument Design Engineer – Shaping the future of wireless technologies: study of 5G detection technologies and their impact on human health (M/F)
Reference: UMR6164-GIUSAC-010
Number of positions: 1
Work location: RENNES
Publication date: Friday, June 6, 2025
Type of contract: IT on fixed-term contract
Contract duration: 12 months
Expected hiring date: October 1, 2025
Work quota: Full
Remuneration: 2460
Desired level of education: BAC+3/4
Desired experience: Indifferent
BAP: C – Engineering Sciences and scientific instrumentation
Typical job: Instrument development expert
Missions
With the imminent mass deployment of 5G, new frequency bands have been introduced for wireless networks. According to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), mobile data traffic is expected to reach 5 zettabytes per month by 2030, and the number of devices connected to the internet will exceed 75.4 billion by 2025. 5G operates on a wide spectrum of frequencies, ranging from sub-1 GHz and mid-band (up to 6 GHz) to millimeter waves (mmWave). The adoption of mmWave frequencies for mobile communications represents a departure from previous generations (2G/3G/4G). This creates the need to assess and analyze user exposure to electromagnetic (EM) fields emitted by 5G devices, particularly for potentially more sensitive populations, such as children and pregnant women.
Activities
This project is an extension of the current work of our research group on 5G sensors and dosimetry. The researcher will have to integrate into the main activities underway in our laboratory, focusing on:
• The study of 5G sensors and sources.
• The development and evaluation of the impact of sensors on human tissues using digital and experimental phantoms reproducing the electromagnetic properties of biological tissues.
The engineer will have to approach this problem in a comprehensive manner, combining theoretical, numerical and experimental approaches.
SKILLS
Knowledge of electronics, signal processing, bioelectromagnetism, numerical modeling. Experience with commercial or open source numerical solvers (CST, Ansys, SIM4LIFE, COMSOL Multiphysics) and programming skills (MATLAB, Mathematica) are welcome but not required.
Work context
The engineer will join the Electromagnetic Waves in Complex Media (eWAVES) team at IETR/CNRS. IETR is one of Europe’s leading research laboratories in the fields of electronics, wireless communications, and digital technologies. Our research activities in biomedical electromagnetism cover a broad spectrum of fundamental and applied research, from multi-physics and multi-scale modeling to biomedical radars and advanced technologies for body-centric wireless communications. The team has been responsible for pioneering innovations in the field of biomedical electromagnetics, including the first millimeter-wave tissue-equivalent phantoms, a new solid planar phantom concept based on the reflection coefficient, a new broadband multi-physics characterization technique for Debye-type materials, innovative millimeter-wave textile antennas for smart clothing, ultra-robust miniature implantable UHF antennas, and the first millimeter-wave reverberation chamber.
The position is located in a sector covered by the Protection of Scientific and Technical Potential (PPST), and therefore requires, in accordance with regulations, that your arrival be authorized by the competent authority of the MESR.
