PhD Student in Cyber-Physical Systems hos Luleå tekniska universitet - Platsbanken i Luleå

Project description

E2PACKMAN is a €93.7 million European flagship project building the next generation of semiconductor packaging – the part of chip making that decides how small, fast and powerful electronics can get. You will join a team that works with 60 partners from 13 countries, including Europe's leading semiconductor manufacturers and research institutes, to develop new materials, equipment and processes and prove them out on real industrial use cases. EISLAB is responsible for the packaging technology developed here.

Duties

Your main tasks are to:

• develop additive techniques for patterning micro- and nanoscale metal interconnects in multilayer devices
• identify and optimise polymers and photosensitive materials for additive manufacturing
• establish femtosecond or picosecond laser micro-drilling and selective metallisation for high-aspect-ratio vertical interconnects
• characterise the results (SEM, AFM, XCT, optical microscopy) for geometric accuracy, durability and interfacial strength
• validate scalability and sustainability: less material waste, better energy efficiency, no high-temperature sintering, compatibility with industrial HDI packaging

You will publish in scientific journals, present at international conferences and collaborate with academic and industrial partners across Europe as well as with researchers and PhD students at LTU. The work is largely independent, but you will receive continuous supervision.

As a PhD student you work towards a doctoral degree in accordance with the Swedish Higher Education Ordinance: most of your time is devoted to research, and you also take doctoral courses. Both are planned and documented in your individual study plan.

Requirements:

A master's degree (or equivalent) in electrical engineering, electronics, materials science, nanotechnology, microelectronics, engineering physics or a related field

Experience of experimental laboratory work in micro- or nanofabrication, materials processing or electronics manufacturing

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to work in interdisciplinary teams

Excellent spoken and written English

Desirable:

• Micro- and nanofabrication techniques such as laser direct writing, electroless plating, photolithography or additive manufacturing
• Characterisation tools such as XCT, SEM or AFM
• CAD and simulation tools such as CLEWIN, ANSYS or COMSOL
• Electronics packaging, HDI substrates or chiplet architectures

Cleanroom experience

Do you not meet every desirable point? Apply anyway. We do not expect anyone to tick every box – much of this expertise is built during the doctoral studies themselves.

For further information about a specific subject see http://www.ltu.se/research/Utbildning-pa-forskarniva/Studieplaner/Allmanna-studieplaner-Teknisk-fakultetsnamnd?l=en

Further information

Employment as a PhD student is limited to 4 years, teaching and other department duties may be added with max 20%. Placement: Luleå. Starting: by arrangement.

For each position, a preliminary https://www.ltu.se/en/about-the-university/work-with-us/applying-for-a-job#h-Informationonpaytransparency is provided based on the requirements, responsibilities, and market conditions associated with the role.

For further information about the position, please contact Dr. Shailesh Singh Chouhan, +46 920-49 2165, mailto:shailesh.chouhan@ltu.se

https://www.ltu.se/en/about-the-university/work-with-us/applying-for-a-job#h-Tradeunioncontacts

In case of different interpretations of the English and Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.