PhD Position: Digital AI Chip Design for High Speed RF Systems
TU DelftDelft, South Holland, Netherlands
Posted March 9, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
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Job Description
Join the ERC Synergy DISRUPT project and build an energy-efficient digital AI/ML accelerator for real-time transmitter error correction in high-speed RF systems. Co-design and validate on real silicon.
Requirements
- Translate ML-based error-correction / DPD algorithms into hardware-friendly forms (model reduction, sparsity, quantization, fixed-point design).
- Design the architecture and RTL of a low-power accelerator that meets tight throughput/latency constraints.
- Take design through synthesis, layout, tape-out, and support PCB bring-up and measurements.
- Characterize the silicon in the lab: error-correction performance, throughput, latency, and power.
- Contribute to joint demonstrators and publications with project partners.
Benefits
- 4-year employment contract
- Salary increase from €3059 - €3881 gross per month
- 8% holiday allowance
- End-of-year bonus of 8.3%
- Customisable compensation package
- Discounts on health insurance
- Monthly work costs contribution
- Flexible work schedules
- Relocation assistance