PhD Positions, School of Electrical Engineering, Aalto University, Finland (2016)

Aalto University is a community of bold thinkers where science and art meet technology and business. Aalto University has six schools with nearly 20 000 students and 4 700 employees, 390 of which are professors. Our campuses are located in Espoo and Helsinki, Finland.

Aalto University, School of Electrical Engineering, Department of Micro and Nanosciences invites applications for

Doctoral Candidate positions in projects related to development of integrated electronic circuits

Research Group
Electronic Circuit Design Unit of Department of Micro and Nano Sciences, is a leading research laboratory in the field of integrated circuit design in Finland and is recognized as one of the best in Europe. The research of analog, RF and digital integrated circuits has been carried out at the Electronic Circuit Design Unit since late 80’s. The Electronic Circuit Design Group of the department has two professors (Jussi Ryynänen, Kari Halonen), three post-doctoral senior researchers, and about 20 doctoral students.

The researchers of the laboratory have received several awards in highly recognized international conferences.

Job description

Currently we are looking for doctoral students interested in integrated electronics for medical implants, 5G wireless communications, and low-power sensor networks.

The job will include design of the integrated circuit in RF, analog, mixed-mode or digital domains depending on the previous experience of the applicant. Your job will include circuit design with modern technologies and validation through simulations and measurements.

In all aforementioned research fields the applicant will be working as part of design team building up larger designs like receivers, synthesizers or medical interfaces.

Requirements
Applicants should have:
- Masters’ degree in electronics, preferably in integrated circuit design
- Solid understanding on integrated circuit design
- Strong interests on electronic circuit design
- Excellent literal and verbal communication skills, especially in English
- Active and initiative working attitude including abilities to work independently
- Good collaboration skills with the ability to work as a part of research group

Good knowledge in radio engineering, signal processing and/or control theory is considered as an advantage.

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