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Equipment Engineering Data SpecialistWhat you will do IMEC performs world-leading research in nano-electronics, operating a diverse equipment set of most advanced semiconductor wafer processing models. To improve and further roll out our CIM application landscape, we have started the Smart Fab initiative in 2024. Smart Fab is not only about simplification of...

Test Application & Automation R&D Engineer for High-Voltage Devices  Power semiconductor technologies are key enablers for the electrification of our society, supporting applications such as electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, data centers, and industrial power conversion. As device technologies continue to evolve towards higher voltages, greater...

Compute R&D Project Leader  What you will do As a Compute project leader, you will be leading the team to develop innovative devices for Compute (e.g. Logic, 3D, Quantum computing, Nano-interconnect) applications, from the design phase until the device validation. Your goal will be to demonstrate the technology in agreement with the external customer and...

Equipment Integration Software Engineer What you will do  As a member of our Smart Fab team, you will closely work with developers of the same and adjacent software applications, Functional Analysts, and Business Analysts, to deliver a modern CIM application landscape. Your primary contact will be the developer team lead, responsible for establishing our...

Senior Silicon Photonics Test Development Engineer What you will do Test Development & Technical Leadership  Own the development of advanced test methodologies for silicon photonic devices, PICs, and heterogeneous electrooptic components—from concept to full deployment.  Define and architect test flows for waferlevel, dielevel,...

Researcher in Novel Materials for Future High-performance Logic What you will do The scaling roadmap of logic technologies continues to evolve, creating opportunities for materials beyond silicon. Among the most promising candidates are two-dimensional semiconductors and related low-dimensional systems. While materials such as MoS₂, WS₂  or WSs₂ have...

Postdoctoral Researcher: Biologically Inspired Motion Systems for RoboticsCurrent actuator technologies face significant limitations in applications where compactness, softness, silent operation, and biological compatibility are essential. Conventional electromagnetic motors are often bulky, rigid, noisy, difficult to miniaturize and require power converter...

Hardware Assistant Electron Microscopy (SEM-TEM) What you will do   You will join our SEM-TEM operations team within the FAB, where we perform both in-line and out-of-line electron microscopy inspections. These inspections are essential at various stages of process development, enabling us to characterise materials and processes at wafer level with a high...

Senior DTCO DRAM Periphery Circuit Designer / Architect What you will do In this position, you will join imec’s memory design and pathfinding activities and take a leading role in the design and exploration of advanced DRAM periphery circuits. You will work on the circuits that enable full DRAM operation, with a strong understanding of how they interact...

Field Application Engineer What you will do You will test, evaluate, and help position novel technologies in the context of emerging and unexplored application domains. Working at the interface between application exploration and technology development, you will translate application needs into concrete experiments, assess technology capabilities and...

Memory Cross-Technology Co-Optimization (XTCO) Program Manager   What you will do As an Memory XTCO Program manager, you will coordinate a team of experts to develop innovative future memory solutions to address the memory-wall problem both on-chip and off-chip. You will be expected to work across a broad memory landscape: SRAM-DRAM-FLASH and emerging...

System-Level Power and Thermal Modelling Researcher What you will do Continued technology scaling and the integration of heterogeneous technologies are increasing the complexity of power delivery, thermal management, and energy optimization across the entire computing stack. Emerging technologies such as fine-grain 3D integration, advanced packaging,...

Senior DFT Engineer What you will do As a Senior DFT Engineer, you leverage your expertise in Design-for-Test to develop cutting-edge integrated circuits within our world-leading R&D environment. Working at the forefront of semiconductor technology, you play a pivotal role in ensuring the testability, quality, and performance of complex chip...

Silicon Photonics Reliability Qualification Engineer What you will do As a Silicon Photonics Reliability Qualification Engineer, you will be responsible for the reliability assessment and qualification of the products delivered to our bilateral project partners. You will assess the reliability of integrated optical devices (such as photodetectors,...

R&D Team Leader Metrology Engineering   In this role, you will lead a team of engineers focused on developing, optimizing, and sustaining state-of-the-art metrology tools and processes that enable next-generation semiconductor technologies. You will guide your team through complex technical challenges, drive innovation in measurement strategies, and ensure...

ASIC NPI Project Manager What you will do As ASIC NPI (New Product Introduction) Project Manager within DSRD (Design and System R&D), you are managing, directing and executing major ASIC product development projects. You are responsible for the New Product Introduction, project management including planning and taking care of all the required deliverables,...

Digital Designer — CPU Subsystem (RTL & Verification) (Temporary Assignment) Compute System Architecture (CSA) is imec's center of excellence for hardware-software-technology co-design of future compute systems. We work in close collaboration with imec's expertise centers in applications, technology, circuits, and design to innovate and pathfind...

Hardware Engineer & Hardware Assistant Opportunities The teamThe LABHW team is part of imec’s Lab Operations & Coordination Department and plays a key role in maintaining and supporting the hardware infrastructure used in our advanced research labs. The team delivers technical support to the R&D organization by ensuring reliable and efficient operation of...

Device Modelling R&D Team Leader What you will do With semiconductor device scaling nearing fundamental limitations, innovation increasingly depends on design-technology co-optimization (DTCO) and system-technology co-optimization (STCO). The device modeling team plays a key role in this xTCO research, enabling new technology innovations to be studied in the...

R&D Team Leader Chemical & Ionic Device Principles  What you will doAs R&D Team Leader of the Chemical & Ionic Device Principles team, you will coordinate a group of researchers focused on exploratory research at the front end of imec’s innovation funnel. The team identifies, understands, and experimentally demonstrates novel chemical and ionic operating...