The TRR404 “Next Generation Electronics With Active Devices in Three Dimensions [Active-3D]” is a Collaborative Research Center/Transregio between TUD Dresden University of Technology and Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH Aachen) funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. The TRR aims at exploring a completely new approach for microelectronics technology and therefore teams up materialists, electrical engineers, and computer scientists of TUD, RWTH Aachen and Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mikro- und Optoelektronik mbH (AMO) in Aachen, Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics Halle (MPI-MSP), Nanoelectronic Materials Laboratory gGmbH (NaMLab) in Dresden, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB).
For the initial funding phase (April 2025 - December 2028), the TRR404 offers several PhD and Postdoc positions with starting dates from April 1, 2025 onwards. All vacancies can be found here: https://cfaed.tu-dresden.de/trr-vacancies.
For TUD diversity is an essential feature and a quality criterion of an excellent university. Accordingly, we welcome all applicants who would like to commit themselves, their achievements and productivity to the success of the whole institution.
At TUD the TRR404 offers the following position as
Research Associate / PhD Student (m/f/x)
(subject to personal qualification employees are remunerated according to salary group E 13 TV-L)
starting as soon as possible. The position is limited to 36 months. The period of employment is governed by the Fixed Term Research Contracts Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz - WissZeitVG). The position offers the chance to obtain further academic qualification (usually PhD). Balancing family and career is an important issue. The position is generally suitable for candidates seeking part-time employment. Please indicate your request in your application.
Position#6: TRR404-TUD-B07
Project: B07 Reconfigurable Architecture
Project Leader: Prof. Diana Göhringer (Chair of Adaptive Dynamic Systems)
Terms: 100% of the full-time weekly hours The PhD student will be responsible for the modeling and simulation of 3D reconfigurable architectures e.g. based on emerging technologies (e.g. RFETs, memristive devices), and the evaluation with e.g. machine learning and image processing benchmarks Requirements:
excellent university degree (master or comparable) in computer engineering or electrical engineering
a strong background in digital design, hardware description languages (e.g. Verilog, VHDL, SystemC), reconfigurable architectures (e.g. FPGA, CGRA)
What we expect from you:
above-average degree achieved in short study period
willingness and ability to think beyond the boundaries of your field, to act in an international and diverse environment and to live an open and constructive communication
strong analytic and problem-solving skills, creativity
an independent, target- and solution-driven work attitude
fluency in English, knowledge of German would be a plus
What you can expect from us: A varied and challenging research task, embedded in a friendly, inclusive and supportive team of the TRR’s Principal Investigators (i.e., project leaders and supervisors). We maintain an open and cooperative work attitude with maximum personal responsibility, mutual support with a solution-oriented approach, and flexible working hours where possible. As a PhD student you will be integrated in the TRR’s Graduate School as well as becoming a member of the TU Dresden’ Graduate Academy. Both will offer tailored educational programs and individual supervision agreements.
In addition, TUD offers: employment in accordance with the provisions of the collective agreement for the public service of the Länder (TV-L); an individual assignment of the collective agreement experience level taking into account your previous professional experience; 30 days annual vacation and annual bonus payment (restrictions apply); additional pension scheme (VBL); very good accessibility by public transport; car parking facilities; state-of-the-art buildings with labs equipped to a high technical standard; a wide range of offers for health promotion and for the compatibility of family and career; numerous opportunities for further training, including language courses, IT courses and other courses.