Postdoc position: Mixed-signal IC design for flexible and Si electronics

KU Leuven Faculty of Engineering Technology organises bachelor and master degrees in Engineering Technology on six campuses across Flanders, Belgium. This vacancy is situated in the research group Emerging technologies, Systems & Security at campus Diepenbeek.

Integrated circuits based on flexible thin-film transistors have received lots of attention due to recent progress and the pioneering aspect of multi-project wafers with thin-film transistor foundries. The targeted semiconductors for thin-film transistors are Indium-Gallium-Zinc-Oxide (IGZO) and low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS). IGZO is attractive due to a simple process flow and potential small channel lengths on flexible substrates. LTPS is attractive due to its high performance and the availability of complementary semiconductors. At the campus, we realize hybrid systems by smartly combining TFT-based IC design and traditional Si CMOS IC design.
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Responsibilities

This job opening covers a research position for a postdoctoral researcher in the frame of an EU project on next-generation wearable healthcare patches based on hybrid Si CMOS / TFT electronics. As KU Leuven is coordinator of this project, the candidate will take the lead in the consortium, both technically and non-technically. Moreover, the candidate will take the lead in the system aspects of the electronic patches, while interacting with on-campus PhD researchers towards the design, implementation and validation of the designed circuits. The characterization occurs at our new ES&S lab at campus Diepenbeek. It will be important to understand the opportunities of the specific technologies, and to overcome the challenges related to the flexible technology.

Profile

• Candidates should have a strong experience in chip design for mixed-signal purposes and Cadence has no secrets to you.
• Candidates master traditional tapeout flows and have performed chip characterization.
• You have the ambition to become consortium lead of an EU-project.
• You can work independently and pro-actively, you are well-organized, accurate and stress-resistant.
• You are analytical, flexible, result-, customer- and market oriented.
• You are an enthusiastic and enterprising team player with innovative ideas who searches for innovations, experiments with new concepts and solves challenges in a creative manner.
• You want to dedicate yourself to spreading the mission and values of the faculty: you are open to other cultures and world views and you are motivated to work internationally.

Offer

• You will become part of our excellent research and education community (#42 ranked on THE World University Ranking in 2023).
• You will become part of an exciting EU-project with interesting partners across Europe, where you will get an opportunity to improve your leadership skills.
• Participating in consortium meetings and international conferences.
• A contract for at least 1 year (with the possibility to extend it with 3 more years during the EU project).
• A competitive monthly stipend at the salary scale of postdoctoral assistant ('doctor assistent).

Interested?

For more information please contact Prof. dr. ing. Kris Myny, tel.: +32 11 75 17 31, mail: kris.myny@kuleuven.be.

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