Team: SEPIA team Location: LTSI. Univ. de Rennes 1. Rennes, France (http://www.ltsi.univ-rennes1.fr/) Start date: Immediate Duration: 1 year. Can be renewed for 1 additional year. The SEPIA team of the Laboratory of Signal and Image Processing (LTSI, Rennes, France) is involved in the field of cardiovascular signal processing and modeling, with applications on implantable devices (http://www.ltsi.univ-rennes1.fr/). Our team coordinates a multidisciplinary project funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR), on the call “technologies for health” (PASITHEA project) involving 2 hospitals and 1 medical device company in France. The main objective of the PASITHEA project is to develop a modular, ambulatory medical device, capable of monitoring and processing a set of cardio-respiratory signals, and performing optimal kinesthetic stimulations. The successful candidate will work on hardware and firmware issues of the stimulator and some closed-loop control aspects of the project. The candidate should have a background and experience in electronics and embedded signal processing. A good working experience with ATMEL microcontrollers, MATLAB/Octave and LabView is required. The candidate must be rigorous, creative and show a strong interest in translational research in the biomedical field. Applicants should send a CV, a brief statement of research experience and at least one letter of recommendation to Alfredo.Hernandez [at] inserm.fr and Guy.Carrault [at] univ-rennes1.fr. For more details on this position, please visit (www.ltsi.univ-rennes1.fr/) and/or contact Alfredo.Hernandez [at] inserm.fr