IdiPAZ seeks BIOMEDICAL DATA ENGINEER WITH A MASTER’S DEGREE FOR A RESEARCH PROJECT (DATA UNIT)

Organisation/Company IdiPAZ Research Field Other Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Master Positions Application Deadline 25 Aug 2026 - 12:00 (Europe/Brussels) Country Spain Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 37,5 Offer Starting Date 1 Sep 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number INGENIEROMÁSTER/OLIVER Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

IdiPAZ is recruiting candidates with a degree in any engineering discipline and a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering, Bioinformatics, Data Science or Artificial Intelligence to join a research group led by Dra. Paloma Oliver Sáez.

The IdiPAZ Health Research Institute is the result of a partnership between the Hospital Universitario La Paz, the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, the Healthcare Advisory Council of the Community of Madrid and the Foundation for Biomedical Research of Hospital Universitario La Paz, which will be the managing body of the Institute. This strategic alliance has made it possible to tackle research projects through joint multidisciplinary teams belonging to these institutions, making the most of the human and material resources available to these entities for research and promoting research fundraising.

In 2021, the scientific production of IdiPAZ included more than 1,600 publications (articles, editorials, letters, reviews, etc), 43% of the publications being our own documents. Original research and review articles by IdiPAZ researchers exceeded 1,200, more than 45% in the first quartile and more than 16% were published in journals of the first decile. Researchers from our institute have shown their participation in national and international scientific networks, with more than 81% of the total number of papers published in collaboration (81.3%). As for collaborative publications, almost 56% were national collaborations and 45% were international collaborations.

Since our formal incorporation as an Institute in 2009, we have been implementing measures and actions of particular importance that have laid the foundations for a new organizational culture based on equality, diversity and non-discrimination. Our values are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, the 2030 Agenda and the Corporate Social Responsibility policy of the Hospital Universitario La Paz, within whose scope the Foundation is included. This commitment leads to all workers being involved in a common project that ensures continuous improvement in our institution, in this line, the Institute / Foundation is certified in ISO 9001:2015 and UNE 166002:2021.

Requirements

Research Field Engineering » Other Education Level Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

• Provide support with the basic genomic and clinical data management tasks required for the project (ETL extractions from patient records and other systems, mapping, OMOP and HPO annotation, data flows and management)
• Contribute to improving data quality and the security of data processing procedures.
• Assist with the drafting of project proposals, articles, conference abstracts and reports for funding bodies.
• Attend project meetings and other meetings organised by the laboratory.
• Provide technical support for the research areas of the Advanced Medical Informatics Laboratory.
• Participate in training activities.

Specific Requirements

• Hold an engineering degree
• Have proven experience in the following areas: Data management and processing projects, preferably clinical.
• Programming in R and/or Python.
• Management and design of relational databases: SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL or similar, with at least two years’ experience.
• OMOP annotation

Languages SPANISH Level Mother Tongue

Research Field Engineering » Other Years of Research Experience 1 - 4

Additional Information

• Permanent employment contract for scientific and technical activities
• Professional category: Higher Qualification, Area 2, Group II, in accordance with the collective agreement.
• Full-time role, 37.5 hours per week.
• Gross annual salary: €34,927.22
• Personal leave: 6 working days per year.
• Annual leave: 22 working days per year.
• 24 and 31 December are non-working days.

Eligibility criteria

The selection process will consist of two phases and the following scale will be applied, out of a maximum of 10 points:

• Training and curricular merits: 6 points.
• Personal interview: 4 points

In the event that two or more candidates match the values and needs of the institution and meet the conditions required for the post, and where there is a tie, the candidate with a certificate attesting to a minimum degree of disability equal to or greater than 33 per cent shall prevail.

Selection process

Once candidates send their application to the IdiPAZ email address, their applications are stored until the deadline for receipt of applications for the offer is up. The HR department of IdiPAZ will make a first selection of applications selecting those who meet the criteria required in the offer. The selected applications are then evaluated by the selection committee, composed of the head of human resources at IdiPAZ, the President of the IdiPAZ Internal Scientific Committee and the Project Manager which will apply the scales described in each. call for applications. Once the candidate is selected, he/she will be contacted by the HR department of IdiPAZ to provide the required documentation

Additional comments

1) Documentation to be submitted by each candidate:

• Collective Bargaining Agreement of the Group of Companies of the Biomedical Research Foundations of the Health Institutions attached to the Madrid Health Service (SERMAS).
• Scales to be used to evaluate the applications (varies according to the offer)

Professional development opportunities within the institution:

• OTM-R Policy
• IdiPAZ equal opportunity policies