Doctoral/Postdoctoral Positions in Analog Design Automation
Design · Full-time
Zürich, Switzerland
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
Curious? So are we.
We look forward to receiving your online application with the following documents:
- Motivation letter (max. 1 page), stating which direction you apply for
- Curriculum vitae, including a list of publications if applicable
- Copies of your Bachelor’s and Master’s degree certificates and transcripts
- Names and contact information of two references
Application deadline: 30th of November
Start date: upon agreement
Further information about our group can be found on our website. Questions regarding the positions should be directed to Prof. Dr. Taekwang Jang (tkjang@ethz.ch) (no applications).
Please note that we exclusively accept applications submitted through our online application portal. Applications via email or postal services will not be considered.
We would like to point out that the pre-selection is carried out by the responsible recruiters and not by artificial intelligence.