Lecturer in Microelectronic Systems Design and Implementation

Within CHIMES², analogue and mixed-signal IC design is a critical enabler for the heterogeneous integrated systems the centre aims to deliver the capability that brings novel device, packaging and integration advances together into deployable systems.

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. We Expect Applicants To Have a Strong Academic Track Record, And The Potential To Conduct World-class Research, In One Or More Of The Following:

• Microelectronic systems architecture, SoC architecture, sensor integration, data conversion, hardware-software co-design and low-level firmware.
• Digital VLSI implementation, RTL design, verification and test strategies.
• Embedded systems, computer architecture and reconfigurable computing, including FPGA-based research.
• Power, thermal and system technology co-optimisation (STCO); debug and telemetry; and low-power, secure and resilient design.
• Mission-aware workload partitioning and integration-aware hardware acceleration — domain-specific architectures developed in the context of mission constraints rather than throughput in isolation.
• Design for heterogeneous integration, including chiplet-based systems, interposer design, and high-speed PCB integration, addressing thermal, signal-integrity and EMI constraints across the integration boundary.

We recognise that no individual candidate will necessarily span all of these areas.

Strong expertise in microelectronic systems architecture and digital implementation is essential; complementary expertise in one or more of the areas above is welcomed.

Beyond CHIMES². As a Lecturer you will also support the School’s wider strategic objectives by:

• Enhancing our research capability in microelectronics and chip design, and supporting and improving teaching quality and student experience across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the school.
• Strengthening partnerships with industry, government, and research organisations across computing and consumer electronics, AI, data, automotive, telecommunications, healthcare and biomedical devices, energy, defence and security, and aerospace sectors.

Main Duties And Responsibilities

This is an opportunity to join a School in a world-class research-intensive university. In your role as a Lecturer, you will contribute to the School through the following duties and responsibilities:

Research

• Conduct personal research of international standing independently and collaboratively.
• Maintain a strong academic and professional profile through national and international engagement and high-quality publications.
• Develop an internationally leading research programme and engage with industry and policy partners to shape the future of engineering and science.
• Secure external funding to support future research activity and build an independent research group, including the supervision of PhD students to successful completion.

Teaching

• Design, develop, and deliver teaching on modules across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including coordinating team teaching to ensure high-quality delivery; preparing teaching materials; communicating subject matter; and encouraging critical discourse and rational thinking.
• Carry out module assessments, including designing assessment instruments and criteria; marking assessments, ensuring adequate moderation; providing written/oral feedback; and collating and issuing final student assessments.
• Supervise and assess UG and PG dissertation students.
• Carry out module evaluation, including facilitating student feedback, reflecting on own teaching design and delivery, and implementing ideas to improve own performance.

Leadership

• Contribute to the life of the School, Faculty and wider University community by taking on leadership roles and responsibilities where required, and contributing to committee work and the development of relevant policies.
• Make ethical decisions in your role, modelling inclusive and collegiate behaviour, and embedding the University’s sustainability strategy into your working activities wherever possible.
• Contribute fully as a researcher, teacher and leader, fulfilling the appropriate requirements of the University’s Academic Career Pathway Framework (ACP).

Person Specification

Our community welcomes diverse backgrounds and experiences. We particularly encourage applications from candidates currently working in industrial R&D environments who are seeking to transition into academia, and from candidates whose research has bridged computer architecture, embedded systems, FPGA-based research, accelerator design, hardware-software co-design, or board-level systems integration into integrated semiconductor systems. Even if your past experience doesn’t match perfectly with this role’s criteria, your contribution is valuable, and we encourage you to apply. Please ensure that you reference the application criteria in the application statement when you apply.

Applicant Requirements

Applicants Must Provide The Following Documents When Making Their Application - Please Upload a Merged PDF Document Under The Cover Letter Section On Our Application System:

• CV (including a list of publications)
• Research Vision Statement
• Teaching Vision Statement
• A statement of published outputs in which you identify your three best peer reviewed publications. For one of these you should provide a short statement of no more than 100 words describing the originality, significance and rigour (the extent to which the purpose of the work is clearly articulated, an appropriate methodology for the research area has been adopted, and compelling evidence presented to show that the purpose has been achieved) of the paper.

For candidates from industry, evidence of research outputs and achievements which demonstrate the skills required to publish high quality research in the future, e.g. technical reports.

Criteria

Essential

• Have completed or be near to completion of a PhD (or have equivalent experience) in a relevant research area related to microelectronic systems design, digital VLSI, computer architecture, embedded systems, or closely related integrated semiconductor systems engineering. Candidates with backgrounds in adjacent hardware-systems areas (computing or accelerator design, FPGA-based research, low-power systems, sensor or quantum systems design, high-speed PCB or board-level systems integration) are welcome where they can demonstrate clear experience of systems architecture and digital implementation; pure systems-software or novel-device research without an integrated-systems implementation component is outside the scope of this post.
• Research experience and reputation commensurate with career stage and role as evidenced by a good publication record in peer-reviewed journals or, for candidates from industry,