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Doctoral/Postdoctoral Positions in Analog Design Automation

est. by Gemini 2.5 FlashCHF 50’000 – 70’000/ year
ZürichReinforcement LearningFoundation ModelsLLMPOST-TRAININGAgentic AI

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

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 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).

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