Nordic Chip Network & Startup Catalyst

DTU; Denmark; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

The Danish Chips Competence Centre (DkCCC) started in January 2025 with headquarters at DTU and a 4-year grant of 57 million DKK. We are seeking a Chip Fabrication and Innovation Manager to build a Nordic network and identify startup opportunities in close collaboration with DTU Nanolab and partner institutions.

The role focuses on establishing structures to identify and support chip fabrication startups, engaging with Innovation hubs at partner universities, and collaborating with the European

Qualifications

• You have a degree in engineering or physics, preferably with practical or end‑user experience in chip fabrication.
• Experience in proactively setting the agenda in network building and entrepreneurial dialogues and you have talent for obtaining tangible results in informal collaborations with a range of diverse stakeholders.
• You have an entrepreneurial mindset and a proven track record in working at the interface between industry and academia.
• You like to invent your own job and drive the implementation of new tasks forward in a structured and transparent way.

Responsibilities

• In close collaboration with the Nordic and Baltic CCC’s to map fabrication related activities in the Nordics and use this to support the Danish chips eco‑system in the process of establishing international supply chains to enable faster product development.
• Entrepreneur-in-residence working to identify and help establishing spin‑out (fabrication oriented) chip companies at DkCCC partner organisations (DTU Nanolab, NBI, DFM, SDU and AAU)
• Function as the primary contact for the local chips ecosystem users interested in using DkCCC cleanroom services – e.g. fabrication-related feasibility studies.
• Be the primary DkCCC contact for Cleanroom and nanofabrication coordination within the European Network of Chips competence centres. One of the first collaboration areas to engage in will be ‘sustainable cleanroom fabrication’.

Skills

Engineering degree

Physics degree

Network building experience

Entrepreneurial mindset

Industry–academia interface experience

Education

Degree in engineering or physics

Job description

The Danish Chips Competence Centre (DkCCC) started in January 2025 with headquarters at DTU and a 4-year grant of 57 million DKK. We are seeking a Chip Fabrication and Innovation Manager to build a Nordic network and identify startup opportunities in close collaboration with DTU Nanolab and partner institutions.

The role focuses on establishing structures to identify and support chip fabrication startups, engaging with Innovation hubs at partner universities, and collaborating with the European