Information and Communications Technology Specialist – IC Design Flow Engineer

• Develop full photonic integrated circuit design flow
• Interfacing and contributing to open-source tools to implement PIC design flow
• Standardizing data exchange between the tools and contribute to and align with relevant standardisation initiatives
• Derive seamless design flows to enable the integration of photonic technologies into complex semicon systems
• Cooperate with and enable a team of designers and design tool developers across Europe
• Break down requirements into tangible deliverables
• More experienced candidates may be expected to establish strong relationships with key stakeholders internally and externally and engage in standards activities.

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Integrated photonics is a cutting-edge technology that is shaping the future of our digital society – ultrahigh bandwidth telecommunication, quantum computing, AI datacenters, non-intrusive sensing, LiDAR, and intelligent manufacturing. This fast-moving field has abundant opportunities for innovation and valorization, yet market visibility into photonics skills requirements remains fragmented and incomplete.

You will have the opportunity to work on highly complex and high capability platforms and workflows for designing and validating photonic and electronic integrated circuits. You will be part of a team bringing the latest design methods and fabrication processes together for prototypes and production in various market segments including wireless sensing, new forms of computation, communications, biomedical sensing, quantum technologies and more.

The role is funded by the European Chips Design Platform (EuroCDP) – an EU-wide initiative targeted at integrating chip design resources to offer a one-stop shop to designers. By streamlining access, the platform aims to help reduce the economic and technical barriers of chip design, facilitating fast prototyping and upscaling, and thus stimulating the EU semiconductor industry. Within the project you will develop open-source methods for a full photonic integrated circuit design flow by interfacing open-source tools. Thanks to your excellent analytical skills, you identify limitations and conduct analysis of the necessary improvements and missing open EDA tools and define requirements in terms of quality acceptance and documentation. In this role you will interface with various engineering teams within the product line such as open-source tool developers, cloud service providers, IP developers, EDA tool developers, integrated circuit designers, layout, verification, validation, test. Contribution to and alignment with relevant standardization initiatives is of the utmost importance to the open-source tools usage uptake.

This position will be in the Photonic Integration group, leveraging our years of expertise in integrated photonics technology, teaching, and our established network in the field. The group has played an important role in open standards such as openEPDA.org and within the open access community jeppix.eu.

JePPIX: http://www.jeppix.eu/

EU chip design platform: https://eurocdp.eu/

An exciting position within an international yet personal university. You are right in the middle of the students, on a green campus within walking distance of the central station. Besides beautiful architecture, you will find varied workplaces and excellent sports facilities. We also offer you:

• Full-time employment for 2 years; this is a temporary position with the possibility of a 2-year extension.
• A monthly salary of minimum €3,708 to maximum €5,538 for full-time employment, depending on your knowledge and experience (scale 9 or 10 collective labour agreement for Dutch Universities).
• In addition to vacation pay, a structural end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.
• A favorable arrangement for more holidays or a sabbatical.
• A selection model for additional fringe benefits.
• Working hours in consultation for an optimal work-life balance.
• Scope for your talent with advancement prospects and excellent development opportunities such as mentoring, workshops and coaching.
• Partially paid parental leave and reimbursement for commuting expenses, working from home and the internet.
• A generous employer contribution to the favorable ABP pension plan.

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Do you recognize yourself in this profile and would you like to have more information about the position, please contact the hiring manager: Dima Pustakhod, d.pustakhod@tue.nl or group chair Kevin Williams, k.a.williams@tue.nl.

For questions about the application process or the conditions of employment, please contact Kevin Caris HR-Advisor, k.t.caris@tue.nl.

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