System-Level Power and Thermal Modelling Researcher

Overview

In this role you advance system-level power, thermal, and energy efficiency modelling for next‑generation heterogeneous computing. You’ll build multi‑level modelling frameworks and predictive tools to translate emerging semiconductor technologies into their system impacts. You’ll collaborate with device, circuit, architecture, and design teams to enable DTCO/STCO studies and guide technology and system decisions. This position offers high visibility through collaborations with industrial partners, publications, and strategic research directions.

Pay / Benefits

• market-competitive salary
• fringe benefits
• inclusive, open working environment
• development via imec.academy
• opportunities for publications
• interaction with partners and major foundries

Responsibilities

• Develop modelling frameworks capturing power and thermal interactions across abstraction levels (devices to systems)
• Analyze how architecture, workloads, packaging, and cooling affect energy efficiency and performance
• Create simulation flows, methodologies, and predictive models for DTCO/STCO studies
• Collaborate with device, circuit, architecture, and physical design researchers to evaluate technology options
• Translate research outcomes into infrastructure for analyzing coupled system impacts
• Present results to industrial partners and contribute to publications and strategic directions
• Contribute to the development of simulation software and research tools

Key requirements

• PhD as stated
• experience with power, thermal, or energy‑efficiency modelling
• solid understanding of computer architecture and heterogeneous computing systems
• understanding of advanced semiconductor technologies, packaging, and system integration challenges
• experience developing simulation frameworks and research software
• proficiency in scientific programming and data analysis
• detail‑oriented with strong critical thinking and adaptability
• team player with collaborative mindset, documentation and version control
• strong communication skills

• collaboration
• communication
• critical thinking
• power/thermal/energy‑efficiency modelling
• simulation frameworks and research software
• scientific programming and data analysis

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