R&D Engineer Image Sensor IC Designer / Analog Designer (F/M/D) 100%

Facing the challenges of our time

Help us grow and be more impactful!

The applied research and industrial activities conducted within the Edge AI and Vision section of CSEM are devoted to capture process and extract visual information from scenes. Our activity spreads from the development of complete system solution and innovative ASIC for acquiring and pre-processing images to the high-level algorithmic processing for extracting the captured information. We are seeking an R&D engineer to work on a cutting-edge R&D research project that pushes the forefront of technology in exotic image sensor detectors outside the visible spectrum.

 

Your mission

You will contribute to our effort in research and development of exotic image sensors.

Your responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance pixel front-end circuits and readout architectures for CMOS image sensors.
• Optimize pixel performance in terms of noise, sensitivity, dark current, and dynamic range.
• Analyze pixel and analog front-end performance using both simulation and silicon validation.
• Interact with companies/universities developing exotic materials, such as perovskite, quantum dots, organic photodiodes.
• Develop and implement innovative design approaches to improve image quality, noise reduction, and power efficiency.
• Collaborate with pixel design, process, and product engineering teams to meet performance and manufacturing goals.
• Participate actively in the technology roadmap and interact with other experts.
• Support and/or lead on multiple proposal writing, effort estimation, and scope definition.
• Engage directly with customers, building strong industry relationships to enhance our project reach.

 

Your profile

Know-how

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, optoelectronic or similar.
• Project Management and ensuring delivery is done with scope, time and budget.
• Analog integrated circuit design experience, ideally experience in imaging chip design.
• Experience in laboratory measurement.
• Knowledge in semiconductor physics, mixed-signal design is a plus.
• 3–5 years of experience in CMOS image sensor design or analog/mixed-signal IC design.
• Fluent in English, and ideally also in French.
• Experience with pixel design, including photo diodes, pixel layout, and noise reduction techniques.
• Proficient in circuit design tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, and similar EDA tools.
• Strong understanding of CMOS production process technology.
• Experience with image sensor performance evaluation and debugging.
• Proficiency in image processing algorithms and their implementation in hardware.
• Tape-out experience preferred.

Interpersonal skills

• Autonomous, customer-oriented and proactive.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Curious and problem-solving mindset.
• Good organizational skills and stress resistance.
• Open-minded attitude and well-developed team-spirit.
• Multitasking a ability to switch from one project to another.

CSEM mission and values

Our mission is the development and transfer of innovative technologies to the Swiss industry. Our objective is to make an impact on our customers and on society at large in the fields of precision manufacturing, digital technologies and sustainable energy. Our strength is the excellence of our people, about 650 passionate specialists dedicated to innovation and technology transfer. We believe that strong values support the successful development of our organization as well as the harmonious and balanced development of all our employees.

We are

• A unique place between research and industry at the cutting edge of new technologies
• An innovative, non-profit, and employee-driven company
• A dynamic, multidisciplinary, and multicultural environment
• A solar team focused on enabling solutions to energy challenges for a sustainable world

Working@CSEM means

• being part of a passionate community
• incredible flexibility, attractive working conditions, and great opportunities of development
• benefit from a management style based on trust & feedback and that favors a work-life balance

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity.
We look forward to receiving your complete application file via (CV, cover letter, certificates & diplomas) our job page. Preference will be given to professionals applying directly.