Job offer

European Commission; France; Sur place; EUR 35 000 - 55 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading company in solid state physics research is seeking a full-time Research Engineer to develop readout electronics for Kinetic Inductance Detectors. The role involves extensive FPGA and Python programming as well as contributions to RF signal processing. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in physics or engineering and be ready to work in a high-tech laboratory environment.

Qualifications

• Must have expertise in FPGA programming (VHDL).
• Python programming expertise required.
• Experience in RF signal processing and analysis preferred.

Responsabilités

• Program the FPGA and SCPI server of the RFSoC chip.
• Test new electronics with KIDs.
• Contribute to RF measurements and publications.

Connaissances

FPGA programming

Python programming

RF signal processing

Data analysis

Formation

Background in physics, astronomy, or engineering

Description du poste

Organisation/Company Université Grenoble Alpes Research Field Computer science » Other Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Country France Application Deadline 9 Jul 2025 - 11:15 (UTC) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Offer Starting Date 1 Nov 2025 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The Institut Néel is a solid state physics laboratory with around 450 staff, researchers, technical personnel and students. It has a clean room for nanomanufacturing and access to liquid helium thanks to a nearby helium liquefier. The laboratory's technological expertise is of the highest level, and is closely linked to its research projects. https://neel.cnrs.fr

The aim of the project is to develop new readout electronics for "Kinetic Inductance Detectors". The core element of the readout electronics will be a Radio Frequency System-on-Chip (RFSoC) from Xilinx. The revolutionary architecture of this RFSoC, which includes an FPGA, DACs, ADCs, digital mixers and filters, enables higher sampling rates (up to ~10 Gs/s) thanks to faster communication and improved synchronization performance.

Within the MCBT (Condensed Matter - Low Temperature) department, the team is made up of Alessandro Monfardini, CNRS research director, Martino CALVO, CNRS research engineer, Usasi Chowdhury, UGA research engineer, Julien Minet, CNRS research engineer, and Florence Lévy-Bertrand, CNRS researcher. Reporting to Florence LEVY-BERTRAND, researcher, and Julien Minet, research engineer, you will program the FPGA and SCPI server of the RFSoC chip. You will be involved in testing the new electronics with KIDs.

Activities

• FPGA programming (VHDL language)
• Python programming
• Contribution to RF measurements in dilution refrigerators
• Contribution to publications (data analysis and writing)
• Python programming expertise
• RF signal processing and analysis experience
• FPGA programming experience preferred
• Superconductor resonator-specific experience an asset

A background in physics, astronomy or engineering is required.