Circuit Designer for Machine Learning

What you will do

• You will explore the power, performance and area (PPA) of dedicate Machine Learning architectures to benchmark them in imec’s Machine Learning technology offering.
• Teaming up with various experts inside imec, you will explore circuit design trade-offs for new technologies to enable compute-in-memory for machine learning, starting from new and existing synapse or neuron devices up to full array and periphery design.
• You will be responsible for:
  • Full custom design, layout and verification of CMOS memory arrays and periphery
  • Exploring novel ADC, DAC and sense circuit and chip architectures to enable technology development
  • Interfacing with imec’s process and algorithm experts to understand requirements and constraints for computational memory arrays for machine learning
  • Maintaining awareness of the algorithmic context driving the ASIC specifications
  • Generating and securing IP
  • Keeping up-to-date on recent developments in the field. You do this by studying literature and interacting with your colleagues.
• You will maintain and build links with imec’s commercial and academic partners and follow up joint research projects with them.
• You will help drive imec’s technology and architecture roadmap to build the semiconductor technology for AI of the near and far away future.

What we do for you

• A full-time position in Leuven, Belgium.
• An exciting position in a rapidly growing, multi-disciplinary team.
• The chance to define help drive imec’s technology and architecture roadmap to build the AI technology of the near and far away future. 

Who you are

• You have a PhD or several years of experience in full-custom integrated circuit design.
• You have experience with the design of structured arrays, e.g. memories, imagers or large DACs.
• We value experience with:
  • Designing with incomplete device information and PDKs and communicating with device engineers.
  • VLSI front end and/or back end design flow.
  • Cadence PCELL development.
• You work in a structured, transparent and accurate way.
• You are a constructive team player and actively share experience and knowledge with colleagues.
• Your networking skills, creativity, persistence and passion for what you do are highly valued.
• We are looking for your excellent communication skills in English, as you will work in a multicultural team and closely with our partners.