Postdoc Integrated Sensor and Readout ICs for Robotics Smart Skin

Location: Delft, Netherlands. Relocation to the Netherlands may be required.

Salary: €3,706–€5,760 per month, in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.

Company

hirify.global is an international university focused on education, research, and innovation across engineering, science, design, and technology.

What you will do

• Develop integrated sensor and readout IC technology for flexible electronic skin used in advanced robotics.
• Design, simulate, and lay out low-power mixed-signal ICs for large tactile sensor arrays.
• Explore analogue front-ends, energy-efficient ADCs, local digitisation, event-driven readout, multiplexing, and noise-immune circuit architectures.
• Integrate CMOS chips with flexible or stretchable capacitive, piezoelectric, or piezoresistive sensor arrays.
• Take designs from architecture through tape-out and electrical characterisation, then validate solutions at robotic system level.
• Publish research and co-supervise MSc and PhD candidates.

Requirements

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, Integrated Circuits, or a closely related field.
• Strong foundation in analogue IC design, including MOSFET physics, amplifiers, voltage references, and frequency compensation.
• Experience designing mixed-signal circuits such as ADCs, DACs, comparators, oscillators, or related building blocks.
• Proficiency with Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, or comparable industry-standard EDA tools, plus system-level modelling with MATLAB/Simulink or Verilog-A.
• At least two successful CMOS tape-outs and at least two publications in the listed solid-state circuits and sensor venues are expected.
• Effective English communication is required. Cross-disciplinary collaboration, research publication, and support for MSc and PhD candidates are also expected.

Nice to have

• Experience with capacitive, resistive, or ultrasonic sensors and their readout ICs.

Culture & Benefits

• Interdisciplinary research environment spanning integrated circuits, sensors, and robotic systems.
• Access to advanced IC design tools, measurement equipment, and fabrication facilities.
• 18-month temporary contract with a 36–40-hour working week.
• ABP pension scheme, health-insurance discounts, and an annually configurable employment package.
• Flexible working week, 232 annual leave hours at 38 hours per week, and options to buy or sell additional leave.
• Training opportunities, partially paid parental leave, and relocation support through the Coming to Delft Service and Dual Career Programme.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV, motivational letter, publication list, and a presentation of previous work in a PPT of fewer than five slides.
• Applications must be submitted online by 18 September 2026.
• Final-stage recruitment includes a knowledge-security risk assessment.