Doctoral/Postdoctoral Positions in Analog Design Automation

**Doctoral/Postdoctoral Positions in Analog Design Automation** =============================================================== #### **100%, Zurich, fixed-term** The Energy-Efficient Circuits and Intelligent Systems Group (EECIS) at the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (D-ITET), ETH Zurich, invites applications for doctoral or postdoctoral positions in analog design automation, in one of two directions: Next-Generation EDA Tools and AI for IC Design. **Job description** ------------------- * Next-Generation EDA Tools: develop new methods in circuit simulation, optimization or physical implementation * AI for IC Design: explore new paradigms and the frontier of agentic AI for IC design, including new agent harnesses, new models, benchmarking, post-training and reinforcement learning * Evaluate your methods on real circuits and in physical chips designed in the group * Publish your results at leading venues of the field and present them at international conferences * Contribute to the teaching activities of the group * Keywords: EDA, hardware, analog, simulation, JAX, agent, AI for IC, benchmark, post-training **Profile** ----------- * Master’s or Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering, computer science, applied mathematics or a closely related field, with excellent grades * Strong background in at least one of the two directions: + Next-Generation EDA Tools: numerical methods and high-performance computing (Rust, C++, CUDA, JAX, GPUs or clusters) + AI for IC Design: large language models, with hands-on experience in LLM agents, model training or benchmarking; experience with foundation models, data synthesis pipelines and evaluation is especially valued * Knowledge of circuit design and/or circuit simulators is a big plus * Excellent written and spoken English **Workplace** ------------- **Workplace** ------------- **We offer** ------------ The Energy-Efficient Circuits and Intelligent Systems Group (EECIS) focuses on circuits and systems for next-generation computing platforms. Its main interest is the energy-efficient design of the key circuit blocks of miniaturized systems, including analog interfaces, optical and RF transceivers, frequency synthesizers, power management units and data converters. You can look forward to: * Research at the meeting point of high-performance computing, AI and analog circuit design * A complete IC design and verification environment that regularly manufactures chips in advanced device nodes * A diverse, international and highly motivated team, with collaborations across ETH and worldwide **We value diversity and sustainability** ----------------------------------------- In line with our values, ETH Zurich encourages an inclusive culture. We promote equality of opportunity, value diversity and nurture a working and learning environment in which the rights and dignity of all our staff and students are respected. Visit our Equal Opportunities and Diversity