Post Doctoral Fellow - ECE

flexible benefit account, sick time, tuition assistance, 403(b), retirement plan, employee discount

Post Doctoral Fellow - ECE

Texas Institute for Electronics

All Applicants

40

To Be Determined at Offer

Ongoing

Expected to Continue

Austin, TX

The Postdoctoral Fellowship position at The University of Texas at Austin is to advance research in microelectronics, advanced packaging, and design enablement. Aiming to develop early-career researchers by engaging them in both applied and fundamental research. Fellows will collaborate with a team of engineers and scientists on cutting‑edge advancements in heterogeneous integration.

• Conduct and lead applied and fundamental research in the areas of microelectronics, advanced packaging, and design enablement.
• Serve as part of a larger team of engineers and scientists working on cutting‑edge advancements in heterogeneous integration.
• Other related functions as assigned.

• A PhD received within the last 3 years in Electrical and/or Computer Engineering or a closely related discipline with a focus on integrated circuit design, packaging, and EDA (electronic design automation).
• Solid understanding of the IC physical design flow, familiarity with commercial EDA tools (e.g., Cadence, Synopsys/Ansys, Siemens).
• Willingness to work on cross‑stack optimizations and learn new skills.

• Experience with multi‑physics simulations for thermal, mechanical, and reliability analysis.
• Prior experience in EDA research and development.
• Prior chip tape‑out experience (digital/analog/RF ICs, etc.)
• Familiarity with applied ML, modeling, and optimization.

$70,000 + depending on qualifications

• Work is performed on‑site in a scientific research environment and prototyping facility with dynamic work conditions collaborating simultaneously with many partners/customers in parallel.
• Work outside standard office hours could be required on an occasional basis during peak periods and special events.
• Personal protection equipment (furnished)
• May work around standard office conditions
• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation
• Use of manual dexterity (ex: using a mouse)

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest (optional)

You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional required materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi‑select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that all required materials have been uploaded.

Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

As a current university employee or contingent worker, you must apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application.

The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional required materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

Please make sure you meet all the required qualifications and you can perform all of the essential functions with or without a reasonable accommodation.

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. This position has…