Post-Doctoral Research Visit F/M Integrated and Printed Circuit Design for Sustainable and Ubiquitous Electronics

We are looking for an ambitious 2-year postdoctoral scholar to join a European project, GAIA, studying the subject of biodegradable ultra low-power electronics. The position will start at the commencement of the project, 1-Feb 2026.

The postdoctoral scholar will be working in the Inria-AIO team (https://team.inria.fr/aio/) at the Paris center, in the heart of the city in the 13th arrondissement.

The GAIA project aims to design electronics for a ubiquitous and ecologically-aware Internet of Things. The project will solve this with a completely revolutionary approach to electronic design by using transient and biodegradeable materials. These new devices will be able to perform computation and communication with energy harvested from the environment and from ambient wireless signals. The PhD student will be part of the design and electronic characterization of these devices as well as proof-of-concept prototype electronics that will be manufactured in more traditional solid-state processes.

As part of this project, you will be expected to work closely with a multi-national European consortium consisting of experts in telecommunications, embedded systems, RFID, integrated circuits, and printed electronics. You will also be supported closely, day-to-day, with a researcher, an engineer, and a doctoral student.

Main activities:

• conduct state-of-the-art research on energy scavenging CMOS and printed electronic circuits
• design electronics to interface with printed RFID passives
• assist with design, verification, and tape-out an application-specific integrated circuit
• eventually, design wireless, baseband, and digital components using printed devices on biodegradeable substrates

Additional activities:

• assist with supervision of the doctoral candidate
• publish papers in top-quality journals and present work at conferences
• collaborate closely with other members of the European Project consortium

• A deep understanding of Electrical Engineering fundamentals (voltage, current, reference circuits, amplifiers, oscillators, noise, power, design tradeoffs, electricity & magnetism, microelectronic design, etc.)
• Some understanding of computing systems, such as computer architecture and embedded systems
• Strong familiarity with commercial Integrated Circuit design tools, such as Virtuoso, Spectre, VCS, Calibre, etc.
• Some experience with compact modeling of devices using verilog-A
• Preferably, prior experience with CMOS tape-outs OR a familiarity with printed processes and device characterization
• Ability to perform literature surveys and understand state-of-the-art research
• Excellent technical presentation and writing ability
• Language: day-to-day research will be conducted in English. Knowledge of French is helpful but not mandatory.

• Subsidized meals
• Partial reimbursement of public transport costs
• Leave: 7 weeks of annual leave + 10 extra days off due to RTT (statutory reduction in working hours) + possibility of exceptional leave (sick children, moving home, etc.)
• Possibility of teleworking and flexible organization of working hours
• Professional equipment available (videoconferencing, loan of computer equipment, etc.)
• Social, cultural and sports events and activities
• Access to vocational training
• Social security coverage