Microelectronic design for Integrated Circuits (digital and mixed-signal, wired and wireless), FPGA, IP Cores
Microelectronic development projects from conception through qualification to application
Microelectronics functional and performance verification, validation, qualification and acceptance
Microelectronic technology, design methods and tools from HW-SW co-design, architecture modelling/analysis, circuit (schematic/hardware description languages), (high-level) synthesis, place and route, layout to verification, validation testing and application deployment
Management, monitoring and supporting of industrial microelectronic activities
Microelectronic standards for commercial and space applications
Implementation of digital signal processing algorithms in FPGAs, accelerators, digital signal processors, microprocessors and/or ASICs
Design methodology and tools for reusable IP cores
Integrated circuit functional, electrical, and environmental testing
Collaboration with ESA sites, mainly ESTEC; contractor role for Telespazio Belgium; relocation to the Netherlands required
Requirements
University Master’s degree or PhD in the relevant field
Experience in Microelectronic design for Integrated Circuits (digital and mixed-signal, wired and wireless), FPGA, IP Cores
Experience in microelectronic development projects from conception through qualification to application
Experience in microelectronics functional and performance verification, validation, qualification and acceptance
Knowledge of microelectronic technology, design methods and tools from HW-SW co-design, architecture modelling/analysis, circuit (schematic/hardware description languages), (high-level) synthesis, place and route, layout to verification, validation testing and application deployment
Experience in management, monitoring and supporting of industrial microelectronic activities
Knowledge of microelectronic standards for commercial and space applications
Experience with implementation of digital signal processing algorithms in FPGAs, accelerators, digital signal processors, microprocessors and/or ASICs
Experience in FPGA, RF-SoC and/or ASIC design, simulation, verification, debugging, synthesis, layout and tools
Experience in design methodology and tools for reusable IP cores
Experience in integrated circuit functional, electrical, and environmental testing
Experience in two or more of: base band communication algorithms, GNSS, SAR and/or image/video signal processing
System level modelling with Matlab, SystemC and/or SystemVerilog
Communication base band, GNSS, Artificial Intelligence and/or image/video processor architectures
Beneficial: RISC-V, SPARC and ARM processor ISAs and extensions
Beneficial: Spacewire, Spacefibre, Ethernet, PCIe, JESD204, CAN and MIL-STD-1553 interfaces
Beneficial: Hardware Software Co-design
Beneficial: High-Level Synthesis and Auto-coding
Beneficial: Hardware Description Language coding rules and linting tools