Low-power and Secure Cryptographic Circuits for Flexible Healthcare Patches

KU Leuven Faculty of Engineering Technology organises bachelor and master degrees in Engineering Technology on six campuses across Flanders, Belgium. This vacancy is situated in the research group Emerging technologies, Systems & Security at Campus Diepenbeek. ES&S is part of the COSIC (Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography) group.
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• You have a master's degree in electrical engineering or engineering technology.
• You have good basic knowledge and hands-on experience in digital electronics and have a keen interest in technology-aware design activities.
• You have a good knowledge of VLSI IC design, and Cadence has no secrets to you.
• You master the tape out flow for chips.
• You can work independently and pro-actively, you are well-organized, accurate and stress resistant.
• You are analytical, flexible, result-oriented, customer and market oriented.
• You are an enthusiastic and enterprising team player with innovative ideas that searches for improvements, experiments with new concepts and solves problems in a creative and clear manner.
• You want to dedicate yourself to spreading the mission and values of the faculty: you are open to other cultures and world views and you are motivated to work internationally.

Offer

The successful candidate will be offered a PhD fellowship to become part of our team to work towards a PhD under the supervision of Prof. Nele Mentens and Prof. Kris Myny. This full-time mandate, for which funding is secured for the full duration of the PhD, is initially limited to a 1-year contract with a possible extension depending on the performance of the candidate. The final goal will be obtaining a PhD after 4 years.

Interested?

For more information please contact Prof. dr. ir. Nele Mentens, mail: [email protected] or Prof. dr. ing. Kris Myny, mail: [email protected].

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