Research Assistant / Researcher Jobs in January 2009

Application deadline: December 8, 2008

The Group

The research group of DSP and Communications System-on-Chip (a.k.a. Team Nurmi) at TUT / Department of Computer Systems is looking for new talents in the stage of making their MSc thesis or starting PhD studies in the field.

We are working on System-on-Chip design related issues under the following three sub-categories:

• Processor and co-processor architectures and design
• On-chip communication, Network-on-Chip, multi-processor SoC platforms
• Communications and positioning receiver implementations, Software-Defined Radio

The team is a multi-national research team with members, customers and cooperation partners from all over the world (with emphasis in Europe and North America). The funding is coming from various sources including the Academy of Finland, TEKES (Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation) together with Finnish companies, EU research programmes, ARTEMIS, various graduate schools, the department (researcher positions), and direct development contracts with companies. The group is also organizing the International Symposium on System-on-Chip annually in Tampere.

We seek to work with individuals who are:

• Motivated and passionate
• Inspiring and energizing
• Open, expressive, thought and idea rich
• Focused, self-managed, and goal-oriented
• Able to take care of oneself

We offer:

• Well-defined values
• Well-defined individual goals
• Open environment
• Room for innovation and risk-taking
• Salary according to the university standard

Job titles

Currently we have open positions with the following job descriptions. Most of the jobs can start in January 2009. The positions will be filled only if qualified candidates exist!

• Custom layout generation for processor structures
• Software-Defined Radio implementations
• Multi-issue and multi-threaded processor development
• Application development on a reconfigurable processing array
• Further Development of Network-on-Chip, including fault tolerance aspects
• Design for Testability and debug
• GPS/GALILEO receiver HW/SW prototyping on FPGA and ASIC design
• Multiprocessor platform development
• Modeling of heterogeneous computation platforms (processors, reconfigurable, fixed-function blocks, networks,...)
• System-level modelling of applications in embedded systems
• Development of design-space exploration methodology and software
• GNU-based software tool chain development, especially assembler and debugger

Common requirements to be eligible include

• Good grades in the field of the job applied for
• Good skills in oral and written communication in English
• Final year MSc student or (to-be) PhD student

Additional plus to possess some of the following

• Previous experience on working within or in cooperation with electronics industry (preferably in Western Europe or North America)
• Knowledge of other languages important to us, such as Finnish, Italian, German or Dutch

Application procedure

If interested, please contact Prof. Jari Nurmi, TUT Department of Computer Systems, email (jari dot nurmi at tut dot fi) with the following information enclosed in the message:

• Identification of the job(s) applied for
• Argumentation why YOU are the person we are looking for
• Your CV
• Transcript of studies, information on coursework underway
• References from previous employers or supervisors (if any)
• Any other qualifications you can imagine
• Schedule information (when you can start the work, what is your plan for MSc completion (if not done yet), etc.)
• What you plan to become in your life.