We are appointing two positions at the University of Sheffield: Research and Innovation Fellow in Systems Architecture and Design and Research and Innovation Fellow in Manufacturing Pathways, Test and Supply Chain to its CTO Office. These are not conventional postdoctoral research positions but at their core is landscape analysis and roadmap intelligence.
Post 1: Research and Innovation Fellow in Manufacturing Pathways, Test and Supply Chain
This post focuses on the ‘physical’ layer of heterogeneous integration — the realisation of system architecture into physical package configurations, assembly processes and manufacturable implementations. This spans back-end physical implementation (place-and-route, physical verification, DRC/LVS across heterogeneous stacks, timing closure under packaging parasitics), advanced packaging architecture selection (2.5D, 3D, hybrid bonding, fan-out), manufacturing pathway management, known-good-die test strategy, and the UK and global supply chain for heterogeneous integration.
For more information please visit: https://jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research-Associate-Heterogeneous-Integration-Manufacturing-Pathways%2CTest&Supply-Chain/3156-en_GB/
Post 2: Research and Innovation Fellow in Systems Architecture and Design
This post focuses on the ‘logical’ layer of heterogeneous integration — partitioning a system into functional chiplets and dies, specifying cross-die interfaces, and establishing the system-level architecture that determines what is integrated, how it is interconnected, and what performance, power and security properties the assembled system must deliver. This spans system-technology co-optimisation (STCO/XTCO), front-end design automation (RTL, logic synthesis, architectural exploration, floor planning, partition-aware EDA flows), chiplet interconnect standards (UCIe, CXL, die-to-die PHY), and the open Design Commons methodology CHIMES² is building as its core knowledge infrastructure.
For more information please visit: https://jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research-Associate-Heterogeneous-Integration-Systems-Architecture-and-Design/3155-en_GB/
If you have any questions, please email chimes@sheffield.ac.uk