The Microsystems Centre at Tyndall National Institute has developed a world-leading technology, which allows bulky magnetic components in power supplies to be miniaturised to such an extent that they can be integrated with the silicon power management chip. This technology, referred to as power supply on chip (i.e. PwrSoC), will allow the development of the ‘holy grail’ of monolithically-integrated power supplies (PwrSoC) with a footprint of 1 mm on a side and a profile less than 0.5 mm. The resulting integrated power converter, as a high efficiency replacement for low-cost, linear regulators, will result in much higher system efficiency. Tyndall’s micro-inductor technology will also enable the emerging trend whereby the entire power management circuitry and inductor will be integrated with the application IC or the load (i.e. a microprocessor or DSP chip). Moreover, the high level of integration also enables an increasing level of granularity for powering more complex system on chip platforms to optimize the system performance. Being in a leading position in “on Silicon integrated magnetics”, Tyndall magnetic team has successfully organized the first two International Workshop on Power Supply on Chip in 2008 and 2010 (www.powersoc.org). The workshop attracted more than 120 leading industry and academic players from 16 countries across the globe. It has become a flagship conference in this space for the IEEE Power Electronics Society.
Description
Responsibilities
The ideal candidate will have responsibilities in the following areas:
• Modelling of magnetic components (micro-inductors and micro-transformers)
• Optimisation of micro-inductor and micro-transformers for high frequency converters
• Design and simulation of DC-DC switched mode power supplies.
• Device characterization
• Power converter test
• Report writing
• Preparation and delivery of high impact journal and conference publications and presentations
• Project management
• Team management and supervision of staff and graduate students
• Proposal writing and sourcing of research funding
Nr of positions available : 1
Research Fields
Engineering
Career Stage
Early stage researcher or 0-4 yrs (Post graduate)
Experienced researcher or 4-10 yrs (Post-Doc)
More Experienced researcher or >10 yrs (Senior)
Research Profiles
Not defined
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Requirements
• Ph.D degree in Electrical/Electronics/Microelectronics Engineering or similar.
The ideal candidate will have proven skills and demonstrated experience in the following areas:
• Design and fabrication of power magnetic components
• Analytic modelling & FEA simulation (ANSYS, COMSOL etc)
• Review of state of the art research and commercial products and patents
• Electrical characterization of electromagnetic devices
• Power converter circuit design and simulation
• Strong programming background, Matlab, Java, and C/C++ is desirable
• Proven track record of publications in high-quality, related scientific journals and conference papers/presentations
• Report writing
• Project management
• Team management and supervision of staff and graduate students
• Proposal writing and sourcing of research funding
Please apply via www.tyndall.ie/career/search, selecting reference number COM-8 and following the instructions to complete the associated application form, attaching your cv and motivation letter.
At this time, Tyndall National Institute does not require the assistance of recruitment agencies
Requirements
| Engineering |
| Electrical engineering |
| ENGLISH |
| Excellent |
| Engineering |
| 1 |
| PhD |