Tenure-track Professorship at KIT (W1) „Methods for Chip Design“

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Karlsruhe; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology invites applications for a tenure-track professorship focused on AI-driven design automation and EDA research. The position includes leading system-level co-design of hardware, software, and neural networks, with potential collaboration with ConnAIx and other KIT units.

Teaching load begins at 4 SWS and may increase after a successful evaluation. You will conduct research in AI for EDA or EDA for AI, establish collaborations, and assume leadership of an

Qualifications

• Well-defined research profile in AI for Electronic Design Automation or EDA for AI.
• Strong commitment to advancing this research focus at KIT.
• Ideally teaching and supervision experience and motivation for pedagogical development.

Responsibilities

• Conduct high-level research on AI-driven EDA methods and system-level co-design.
• Teach 4 semester hours per week (up to 6 after final evaluation) in bachelor’s and master’s programs.
• Lead an organizational unit within the Institute of Computer Engineering (ITEC).

Skills

AI for EDA

EDA for AI

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

PhD in Computer Science or related field

Job description

The design and development of complex electronic systems is expected to undergo a paradigm shift driven by artificial intelligence in the near future. Rapidly increasing system complexities, domain-specific requirements, and new integration and security constraints demand AI-driven methods for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) as well as EDA techniques for AI systems. At KIT, Division II with its Institute of Technical Informatics (ITEC) and the KIT-Department of Informatics address these strategically important issues —soon also in collaboration with the Baden-Württemberg Graduate Center „Applied Artificial Intelligence (ConnAIx)“— and on this basis is establishing a new professorship

Your tasks

Research: You will conduct research at a high level of abstraction in the context of the aforementioned challenges, focusing on EDA methods with the goal of enabling future generations of electronics systems to be both more efficient and more complex. You will establish collaborations both within and outside KIT, for example, with the Baden-Württemberg Graduate Center ConnAIX.Key focus areas: To achieve your research objectives, you will concentrate on the interaction between AI and design automation (e.g., AI for EDA or EDA for AI). Your emphasis lies in system-level co-design (hardware, software, neural networks, etc.) of electronic systems and in near-system EDA methods for circuit and/or system design, with application domains such as low-power, security, edge intelligence, distributed AI systems, chiplet-based architectures, etc. Additional potentially relevant research topics include open-source hardware design, generative AI in tool development, and EDA techniques for, for example, 2.5 D/3 D integration at future technology nodes, novel computing paradigms, and heterogeneous systemsTeaching: You will teach 4 semester hours per week —or, after a successful final evaluation, 6 semester hours per week— in the bachelor’s and master’s programs in Computer Science. Additionally, you will contribute to the interdisciplinary master’s program in Chip Design.Governance: With the tenure-track professorship, you will assume leadership of an organizational unit at the Institute of Computer Engineering (ITEC).

Your profile

You have a well-defined research profile in either "AI for Electronic Design Automation" or "EDA for AI" and a strong commitment to advancing this research focus at KIT.Openness to interdisciplinary collaboration, technology transfer/innovation links, and Open Science is second nature to you.Ideally, you already have some teaching and supervision experience and a high level of motivation for pedagogical development.

Employment is subject to Art. 14, par. (2) of the KIT Act in conjunction with Art. 51 LHG Baden-Württemberg (Act of Baden-Württemberg on Universities and Colleges) as well as the Quality Assurance Concept for Junior Professorships and Tenure-Track Professorships at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Salary

Salary is determined by the statutory provisions of the state of Baden-Württemberg and corresponds to the basic salary of pay grade W1 (civil service pay scale). In addition, allowances may be awarded. Where applicable, a family allowance is paid in accordance with civil service regulations.

Contract duration

The position is for six years, either as a fixed-term civil service appointment (Beamtenverhältnis auf Zeit) or as an employment contract; an interim evaluation will take place before the end of the third year.

Contact person in line-management

For subject-matter inquiries, please contact Professor Dr. Michael Beigl, Email: [e-mail]