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About Us We are building Physics AI for hardware design. Our software platform helps hardware designers and physics simulation engineers explore, analyze, and optimize hardware systems, leveraging cutting-edge AI to deliver ultrafast, accurate physics intelligence within the realities of engineering design workflows. By bridging the gap between traditional...

About Us We are building Physics AI for hardware design. Our software platform helps hardware designers and physics simulation engineers explore, analyze, and optimize hardware systems, leveraging cutting-edge AI to deliver ultrafast, accurate physics intelligence within the realities of engineering design workflows. By bridging the gap between traditional...

imec is seeking a Principal Architect - Compute Systems to lead architecture and design across CPU, GPU, NPU, and accelerators. You will drive ideation to productization, mentor engineers, and collaborate with multiple imec centers in Belgium and beyond. The role focuses on high-maturity compute architectures, performance modeling, and cross-domain...

imec seeks a motivated student for a PhD/Master internship on memory technologies and hardware-software co-design. You will explore memory technologies, build system-technology co-optimization studies, and map applications to data movement costs.You will work with Ramulator, DRAMsys and gem5 in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment at imec. The role...

Imec zoekt een enthousiaste techniekloper voor een on-the-job trainingsprogramma in Leuven. Je werkt mee in een hightech cleanroom en krijgt begeleiding van ervaren technici, tool owners en engineers.Je leert stap voor stap onderhoud, troubleshooting en installaties, in een internationale en informele werksfeer. De functie biedt marktconform loon en extra...

AI Marketing Communication Specialist AI is becoming a foundational technology for the global economy. As AI models become larger and more capable, competitive advantage increasingly depends on the ability to optimize across the full stack, from software and models to computing infrastructure and semiconductors. Few organizations have expertise across that...

Imec in Belgium seeks a Master/PhD internship focused on runtime-integrated simulation of accelerator memory behaviour for distributed LLM deployment. You will build a memory model, hook it into PyTorch paths, and study bottlenecks to guide early-stage accelerator development.The six-month internship requires Python/C++ proficiency and an interest in...

The Quantum Device Team at imec is looking for candidates to join our efforts to help integrate and characterize ultra-high performance Spin Qubit devices using imec’s advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility. We explore different semiconducting materials and stacks, we investigate their long-term performance and ultimate limitation, and aim to...

imec is seeking a Principal Architect - Compute Systems to lead architecture and design across CPU, GPU, NPU, and accelerators. You will drive ideation to productization, mentor engineers, and collaborate with multiple imec centers in Belgium and beyond.The role focuses on high-maturity compute architectures, performance modeling, and cross-domain...

Imec invites Master or PhD interns to work on quantitative AFM nanomechanical metrology for advanced semiconductor patterning. The project focuses on measuring mechanical properties of thin films and pattern features in nanometre-scale regimes.You will evaluate AFM approaches, study influences of film thickness and substrate, and develop an uncertainty-aware...

Corporate Insurance Manager At imec, we push the boundaries of technology through world-leading research and innovation. Behind every breakthrough lies a complex international environment of people, facilities, equipment, partnerships and projects. To help protect what enables our innovation, we are looking for a Corporate Insurance Manager. In this role,...

Corporate Insurance Manager At imec, we push the boundaries of technology through world-leading research and innovation. Behind every breakthrough lies a complex international environment of people, facilities, equipment, partnerships and projects. To help protect what enables our innovation, we are looking for a Corporate Insurance Manager. In this role,...

Imec is offering a Master internship to model, build and characterize an FMCW system for underwater image sensing. The project highlights the use of underwater LiDAR for high-resolution three-dimensional measurements in challenging aquatic environments, with a focus on shallow waters and coastal zones.The internship lasts 6-9 months and is associated with KU...

Imec in Belgium offers a Master internship to investigate and benchmark FPGA AI cores for lens-free imaging algorithms on Xilinx Versal AI Core platforms. The student will analyze algorithm workloads, study the Versal architecture, and implement kernels to compare CPU/GPU/FPGA performance.The program covers 6 months with an Imec allowance for non-Belgian...

Imec is a world-leading chip research center. As R&D Group Manager, you will lead a team of architects and engineers developing compute platforms and silicon prototypes from concept to validation. You will shape future 3D-integrated computing and collaborate with software and design teams to translate ideas into manufacturable demonstrators. This role at...

Silicon Photonics Integration Opportunities at imec Imec stands at the forefront of integrated silicon photonics technology, driving breakthroughs in optical communications for telecom, datacom, AI computing, biomedical, and sensing applications. By leveraging advanced CMOS processes, we deliver highly specialized, low volume niche devices that enable...

Silicon Photonics Integration Opportunities at imec Imec stands at the forefront of integrated silicon photonics technology, driving breakthroughs in optical communications for telecom, datacom, AI computing, biomedical, and sensing applications. By leveraging advanced CMOS processes, we deliver highly specialized, low volume niche devices that enable...

Funded Manager - Hardware Technologies What you will do Imec's R&D programs are supported by funded projects with industrial players and research centers. The Regional Innovation and Collaboration Hub group is responsible for coordinating funding activities at imec in Flanders. This includes both front office activities, such as ensuring imec's participation...

Compute System Architecture (CSA) is a center of excellence at imec for hardware-software-technology co-design for future compute systems. We work in close collaboration with other expertise centers in imec specializing in applications, technology, circuits and design to innovate and pathfind next-generation compute system architectures across multiple...

Compute System Architecture (CSA) is a center of excellence at imec for hardware-software-technology co-design for future compute systems. We work in close collaboration with other expertise centers in imec specializing in applications, technology, circuits and design to innovate and pathfind next-generation compute system architectures across multiple...