Post Doctoral Researcher, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Context of Job:

As a Post-Doctoral Researcher, you will support Prof. Yuping Zeng with the frontier of analog circuit design, implementation and characterization, preferably for neuromorphic computing with emerging devices.

Major Responsibilities:

• Plays a key role in the design of analog circuit with emerging devices developed in the group;
• Deep understanding of the device physics and the know-how of circuit design;
• Device fabrication, characterization, model extraction and apply device model in the circuit design;
• Circuit design optimization;
• Using Cadence for circuit design and ADS for RF circuit design;
• Circuit implementation and characterization;
• Plays a key role in helping and guiding graduate students.

Research Areas:

You can select any of the following research areas that you feel competent on:

• Devices: (1) High-frequency electronic devices: heterojunction bipolar transistors, high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs); (2) Low-power devices: novel transistors (tunneling field-effect transistors, and Non-silicon metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors, thin film transistors); (3) Light-emitting devices and high-speed detectors
• Circuits: Analog circuits for Neuromorphic computing

Qualifications:

• PhD: required at the time of hire
• Experience: 1-year analog circuit design experience preferred
• Skills: Know how to design circuit using one or more of the software listed (Cadence; Fluent use of LT-Spice, Verilog-A, Python, ADS, ICCAP, etc.)
• Analysis: Know how to perform circuit analysis and characterization

Skills:

• Analog Circuit Design
• Analysis Skills
• Cadence
• Circuit Design
• Computer Engineering
• Design Services
• Electrical Engineering
• Low Power
• Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS)
• Physics
• RF Circuit Design
• Research Skills
• Thin Film