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Job Description

KTH is developing a Lego-inspired design framework called SiLago (Silicon Lego). SiLago forms the basis for four Chips JU projects and is used to handle challenging industrial applications. SiLago is also the foundation for two IMEC-funded projects, where it is used as a basis for VLSI design within the CMOS 2.0 and 3D-nanofabric technologies. The postdoc will contribute to research on synthesis at the algorithm and application level (algorithm hierarchy). In addition to contributing to the ongoing Chips JU and IMEC projects, you are expected to participate in supervising bachelor's, master's, and doctoral students within the SiLago group, collaborate with industrial partners, attend consortium meetings, and contribute to project deliverables.

Qualifications

Requirements

• A completed PhD degree or a foreign degree assessed as equivalent to a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). This qualification requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made.
• Strong background in electronic systems, computer architecture, digital design, and design automation algorithms.
• Strong publication record.
• Good communication and presentation skills, as well as good knowledge of spoken and written English, as this is required in daily work.
• Good teamwork skills, self-motivated, and creative.

Merits

• At the deadline for applications, no more than three years have passed since the PhD degree or a foreign degree assessed as equivalent to a PhD was awarded.
• Familiarity with the LLVM/MLIR framework.
• Design flow from RTL to GDSII.
• Awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with a particular focus on gender equality.

We will place great emphasis on personal qualities.

Join KTH

KTH shapes the future through education, research, and innovation. As a leading international technical university, we play an active role in driving and contributing to the transition to a sustainable society. Here, you are offered the opportunity to grow and develop in a creative and dynamic workplace with good working conditions and benefits. Gender equality, diversity, and equal opportunities are quality issues and a clear part of KTH's values as a university and a public authority.

Read more about our benefits and what it is like to work and develop at KTH.

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Application

You apply via KTH's recruitment system. As an applicant, you are primarily responsible for ensuring your application is complete when submitted.

The application must include:

• CV including relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Copies of degree certificates and transcripts from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents are not issued in either of these languages.
• A brief statement on why you wish to conduct research, your academic interests, and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. Max 2 pages long.

The application must be in KTH's possession no later than midnight on the last day of applications, CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

About the Position

The employment is permanent, but for a maximum of two years.

A postdoc position is a time-limited merit-based appointment with a primary focus on research, intended as a first career step after doctoral graduation.

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