Research Technician A specialist in electroencephalography

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About the research group

Cognition and Brain Plasticity is an interdisciplinary Unit devoted to studying the nervous system’s structural and functional reorganization capacity, and its role in development, neurological injuries, learning, neurorehabilitation and/or interventional processes. We combine neuroimaging techniques with specific experimental paradigms in order to understand the mechanisms of plastic changes in the brain. This multidisciplinary goal can be seen in the research topics of the different groups in the unit, focusing on language learning and its dysfunctions, the dynamics of memory formation and reward processing, and motivation. The Unit’s groups consist of members with different trainings and backgrounds working in tandem to further their mutual lines of research. The team develops new analysis methods for basic research that have direct implications for clinical applications.

About the role

The research technician will be in charge with the following tasks of the project:

Experimental data acquisition and management: Programming experimental tasks and preparation of the materials involving synthetised speech for the artificial language paradigms, collecting project-specific behavioral, physiological, or electrophysiological signals.

Data processing and analysis: Preprocessing complex EEG datasets, power and intertrial phase coherence analysis, performing advanced statistical analyses including permutation tests and Bayesian analysis, and computational modeling aligned with the IDIBELL project work packages.

Methodological support and technical documentation: Drafting methodological reports, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and preparing research outputs for scientific dissemination and publication.

Maintenance and calibration: Assisting with the calibration and upkeep of the project's laboratory infrastructure and experimental equipment.

Job requirements

Professional experience

• Experience in neural tracking analysis with EEG data in adults and children.
• Experience in the setting up co-registration of behavioural and EEG measures in cog-nitive neuroscience experiments.
• Hands-on experience in time-frequency electrophysiological data analysis, specifi-cally spectral power and Inter-Trial Phase Coherence (ITPC).
• Proven track record in experimental design and implementation of auditory/lan-guage paradigms using PsychoPy.

Education and training

• Higher Vocational Training (CFGS) in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, or closely related disciplines.
• A university degree in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, or closely related disciplines will be considered an asset. 

Technical & soft skills

• Technical Skills:
  
  o Proficiency in MATLAB-based analysis toolboxes, particularly FieldTrip (in-cluding cluster-based permutation tests).
  
  o Demonstrated proficiency in statistical modelling in R or Python, specifically fitting and interpreting Linear Mixed Models (LMMs).
  
  o Acoustic signal processing skills using Praat (speech synthesis, acoustic ma-nipulation, duration and intensity normalization, and pitch contour control).
  
  o Proficiency in experimental programming using PsychoPy.

• Soft Skills:
  
  o Strong organizational and protocol documentation skills.
  
  o Interpersonal sensitivity and effective communication skills tailored for test-ing developmental populations (infants and children) and their families.
  
  o Ability to work autonomously while coordinating technical workflows within a multidisciplinary laboratory.

Languages

• Good command of the English language
•  Good command of Spanish.
• Good command of Catalan (valued for direct communication with local infant/child participant cohorts and families).

We will value, but not required

• Experience with Bayesian statistical modelling and inference.
• Prior experience with infant EEG recording and artifact handling (e.g., motion and oc-ular artifacts in developmental cohorts).
• Familiarity with speech segmentation and statistical learning paradigms (e.g., artifi-cial grammar learning and non-adjacent dependency processing).
• Co-authorship in peer-reviewed scientific publications involving developmental cog-nitive neuroscience or auditory electrophysiology.

What do we offer

•  No. of positions: 1
•  Estimated start date: 21/12/2026
•  Contract duration: Permanent by project
•  Estimated annual gross salary: 23.467,11€
•  You will be part of a multicultural team. We have a fun loving and friendly international work environment.
•  Flexible working schedule - We know you have a life outside of work and we will work with you to make sure it's kept that way.
•  Possibility to work some days in remote -Teleworking
•  26 working days of holiday per year
•  System of accumulated hours for employees, from 88 to 104 hours depending on the year (11 to 13 working days), to attend to personal matters.
•  Paid leave package
•  Benefits of constant training are offered
•  We offer and promote diverse and inclusive conditions. Applicants are made free from any discrimination. Specifically IDIBELL works to improve gender equality in all areas with the aim of achieving gender balance, but maintaining the most scrupulous respect to any choice at the level of gender identity. Please express yourself freely, safely and non-binarily, if that's the case.

Deadline: Please submit your application by  19/11/2026

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Our institute

IDIBELL is a research center that integrates the biomedical research of the Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), and the University of Barcelona in the Bellvitge Campus (UB), and the Viladecans Hospital (HV). The research focuses of IDIBELL are cancer, neuroscience, translational medicine and regenerative medicine. Research, innovation and society are the pivots on which researchers work every day in order to improve the quality of life of citizens.

Observations:

The 'HR Excellence in Research' award represents IDIBELL’s commitment to the implementation of Human Resources policies, which oversee the attracting and development of talent in an open, transparent, and based on personal merit, in alignment with the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment Researchers (Charter and Code).

IDIBELL is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the implementation of open, transparent and merit-based recruitment (OTMR).