Lecturer in Analogue and Mixed-Signal IC Design

Overview

The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering seeks to appoint a Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in Analogue and Mixed‑Signal IC Design, with specific expertise in analogue and mixed‑signal circuit design, including analogue VLSI design, sensor interfacing, low‑power mixed‑signal systems, and related integrated semiconductor technologies. We are seeking a circuit designer with deep systems‑context understanding — capable of leading circuit‑level decisions within the integrated systems those circuits inhabit, including signal‑chain partitioning, power and thermal trade‑offs, data‑conversion interfaces, and integration into heterogeneous semiconductor systems.

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in designing, implementing and validating analogue or mixed‑signal integrated circuits, including participation in silicon tape‑outs through industrial product development or academic multi‑project‑wafer programmes (e.g. Euro practice, eFabless, Tiny Tapeout). Experience that combines systems‑level understanding with hands‑on circuit design is particularly welcomed; expertise spanning RF circuits, power management, sensor interfaces, mixed‑signal system integration, or analogue subsystems within heterogeneous systems is valued.

We are advertising two related lectureships in parallel as part of this recruitment round: this post in Analogue and Mixed‑Signal IC Design, and an affiliated post in Microelectronic Systems Design and Implementation. Candidates whose interests and experience span both areas are welcome to apply for both positions.

We particularly welcome applicants whose careers have bridged from materials, devices, sensors, photonics, or related hardware technologies into circuit, system, or integration work. The focus is strictly on the devices‑to‑systems direction, translating established device technologies into deployable circuits, subsystems and integrated semiconductor systems rather than novel process or device development.

You will join the Circuits and Systems group within the Semiconductor and Quantum Technologies Research Theme, one of the UK's largest and most successful research environments spanning semiconductor devices, integrated circuits, heterogeneous integration, system co‑design and integrated semiconductor systems, with longstanding partnerships across UK and international industry, extensive experimental facilities, and a sustained record of industrial collaboration.

The theme hosts Sheffield's leadership role and the Engineering and Innovation Office for the newly established national Innovation and Knowledge Centre in Heterogeneous Integration, CHIMES², the Centre for Heterogeneous Integrated Micro Electronic and Semiconductor Systems, supported by £16.3M over five years. CHIMES² is led by the University of Sheffield and brings together partner universities including Cambridge, Oxford, Edinburgh, Manchester, Newcastle, Strathclyde, Queen's University Belfast and King's College London, alongside the Science and Technology Facilities Council.

Industrial partners include, among others, Imec, Arm, Pragmatic, Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens EDA.

This is an academic lectureship centred on building your own internationally recognised research programme, contributing to teaching across our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and supervising doctoral students. CHIMES² provides a powerful national platform to accelerate that research career, and the successful candidate will, in turn, contribute substantively to CHIMES² delivery. The candidate is expected to have a strong academic track record and the potential to conduct world‑class research in one or more of the following areas.

• Analogue and mixed‑signal ICs for heterogeneous semiconductor systems.
• Sensor interfaces, low‑power analogue front‑ends, power management, and mixed‑signal architectures, including power/thermal trade‑offs and system technology co‑optimisation (STCO).
• Design‑for‑test, post‑silicon validation and characterisation.
• Security, trust and resilience techniques for integrated systems.
• Design for heterogeneous…