Cryogenic Low-Noise, Low-Power Sub-10 GHz CMOS Receivers.
Job Description
Are you passionate about analog and RF circuit design? Do you have a strong background in microelectronics and want to apply your expertise to cutting-edge quantum technology? Join our interdisciplinary research team to help shape the future of quantum computing!
We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to develop cryogenic CMOS receiver circuits for scalable quantum bit (qubit) readout. This project lies at the intersection of quantum technology and integrated circuit (IC) design, offering a unique opportunity to work on advanced cryogenic electronics within a multidisciplinary environment.
Your Mission
You will contribute to the design and implementation of scalable cryogenic CMOS receivers optimized for sub-10 GHz operation. These receivers are essential components for reading out the state of multiple qubits in next-generation quantum systems. The project will include:
- Architecture Exploration: Investigate and evaluate various receiver topologies and readout architectures based on scalability, signal-to-noise ratio, readout speed, and tolerance to circuit non-idealities such as noise and distortion.
- Circuit Design: Design key receiver blocks, including low-noise amplifiers, mixers, and baseband amplifiers, optimized for operation at cryogenic temperatures.
- Receiver Characterization: Evaluate receiver performance at both room and cryogenic temperatures.
- System Integration: Co-integrate your receiver circuits with quantum bits (qubits) in a dilution refrigerator and demonstrate real-time qubit readout.
What We Offer
- A challenging and exciting research project at the forefront of quantum and microelectronics integration.
- Access to state-of-the-art laboratory infrastructure and cleanroom facilities.
- Close collaboration with leading experts in quantum technologies, IC design, and cryogenic electronics.
- A dynamic, international, and interdisciplinary research environment.
Requirements
- M.Sc. In Microelectronics or a closely related field.
- Solid background in analog, mixed-signal, and RF circuit design.
- Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in an international research setting.
- Demonstrated creativity, originality, and a drive for high-quality research.
We welcome enthusiastic and curious researchers who are excited to contribute to future quantum systems through innovative electronic design. You will be part of an inclusive and supportive research community committed to scientific excellence and real-world impact.
At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.
Challenge. Change. Impact!
QuTech
We are creating the quantum future, and we believe that quantum technology will be a game changer in many social and economic sectors - including health, agriculture, climate and safety. To achieve our ambitious goals, we bring together scientists, engineers and industry in an inspiring environment, with plenty of space for ambition, entrepreneurship and innovation. Our research and engineering activities are conducted in three divisions: Quantum Computing, Quantum Internet and Qubit Research. 220 FTE and over 300 curious people work in our divisions and support teams, and we actively welcome new colleagues who share our vision and enthusiasm.
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Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) brings together three scientific disciplines. Combined, they reinforce each other and are the driving force behind the technology we all use in our daily lives. Technology such as the electricity grid, which our faculty is helping to make completely sustainable and future-proof. At the same time, we are developing the chips and sensors of the future, whilst also setting the foundations for the software technologies to run on this new generation of equipment - which of course includes AI. Meanwhile we are pushing the limits of applied mathematics, for example mapping out disease processes using single cell data, and using mathematics to simulate gigantic ash plumes after a volcanic eruption. In other words: there is plenty of room at the faculty for ground-breaking research. We educate innovative engineers and have excellent labs and facilities that underline our strong international position. In total, more than 1000 employees and 4,000 students work and study in this innovative environment.
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Conditions of employment
Doctoral candidates will be offered a 4-year period of employment in principle, but in the form of 2 employment contracts. An initial 1,5 year contract with an official go/no go progress assessment within 15 months. Followed by an additional contract for the remaining 2,5 years assuming everything goes well and performance requirements are met.
Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities, increasing from € 3059 per month in the first year to € 3881 in the fourth year. As a PhD candidate you will be enrolled in the TU Delft Graduate School. The TU Delft Graduate School provides an inspiring research environment with an excellent team of supervisors, academic staff and a mentor. The Doctoral Education Programme is aimed at developing your transferable, discipline-related and research skills.
The TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, discounts on health insurance, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged.