Integrated Circuit Design Engineer (M/F)

Job Description

Missions

As part of the reinforcement of its microelectronics design team, CPPM is recruiting an ASIC design engineer with 3 to 5 years of experience.

The position is part of projects focused on the development of complex integrated circuits for particle physics detectors.

These ASIC design and testing activities are done within the research and development program for future experiments around CERN's major accelerators.
Travel to CERN is expected to participate in collaboration meetings, with the opportunity to present project activities and progress. In addition, involvement in the supervision of students may also be considered.

Supervision of students may also be considered.

Activity

• Participate in defining the functional and technical specifications of ASIC circuits.
• Design custom analogue blocks or mixed blocks.
• Study and simulate the impact of advanced technologies on performance.
• Carry out designs on transistor-level and the associated simulations (noise, jitter, timing, power consumption).
• Anticipate and simulate the effects of process variations to guarantee manufacturing yields.
• Contribute to the integration, verification, and sign-off stages (DRC, LVS).
• Participate in defining the acquisition system required for ASIC characterisation.
• Participate in the validation, debugging, and analysis of test results.
• Document design choices and write regular technical reports.
• Present progress and results at internal work meetings and collaboration meetings.
• Work closely with project teams in a multidisciplinary and international environment

Your Profil

Skills

• Have in-depth knowledge of analogue and digital electronics.
• Have a solid understanding of integrated circuit architectures and design constraints (speed, surface area, noise, power consumption, reliability).
• Experience in the field of analogue or mixed-signal integrated circuit design.
• Have high competence in ASIC design and simulation tools.
• Be self-reliant, creative, and proactive.
• Have a strong aptitude for teamwork.
• Have good competence in technical English, both written and spoken.

Your Work Environment

Located in the heart of the Calanques National Park, on the Luminy campus, the CPPM is a joint research laboratory of the CNRS and Aix-Marseille University, with approximately 180 researchers, engineers, and doctoral students. The laboratory studies topics ranging from particle physics to astroparticle physics and cosmology, with strong technological capabilities in electronics, mechanics, instrumentation, and computer science, enabling the design and construction of cutting-edge detection systems, often required to operate in extreme conditions.
in the depths of the sea, in space, or underground. Most of our research is conducted within the framework of leading international scientific collaborations, and our contributions are recognized worldwide. The CPPM is committed to conducting ethical research and promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and provides administrative and logistical support to newcomers, particularly doctoral students. (For more details here: https://www.cppm.in2p3.fr/web/fr/index.html).
Within CERN collaborations, the institute actively contributes to research and development on future generations of pixel detectors for LHC upgrades and next-generation colliders. In particular, the laboratory is strongly involved in the development of readout integrated circuits to realize small-scale demonstrator modules. These demonstrators aim to validate the feasibility of smaller pixel architectures (20 × 20 µm²) integrating new functionalities to enhance timing resolution, a key performance parameter enabling further improvements in track reconstruction.
Benefits include the possibility of hybrid teleworking, contribution to transport costs, paid time off, and corporate catering.

Compensation and benefits

Compensation

between 3237,95 et 3505,53 euros gross monthly depending of experience

Annual leave and RTT

44 jours

Remote Working practice and compensation

Pratique et indemnisation du TT

Transport

Prise en charge à 75% du coût et forfait mobilité durable jusqu’à 300€

About the offer

About the CNRS

The CNRS is a major player in fundamental research on a global scale. The CNRS is the only French organization active in all scientific fields. Its unique position as a multi-specialist allows it to bring together different disciplines to address the most important challenges of the contemporary world, in connection with the actors of change.

CNRS

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