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Overview

The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering seeks to appoint a Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in Analogue and Mixed-Signal IC Design, with specific expertise in analogue and mixed-signal circuit design, including analogue VLSI design, sensor interfacing, low-power mixed-signal systems, and related integrated semiconductor technologies. We are seeking a circuit designer with deep systems-context understanding — capable of leading circuit-level decisions within the integrated systems those circuits inhabit, including signal-chain partitioning, power and thermal trade-offs, data-conversion interfaces, and integration into heterogeneous semiconductor systems.

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in designing, implementing and validating analogue or mixed-signal integrated circuits, including participation in silicon tape-outs through industrial product development or academic multi-project-wafer programmes (e.g. Europractice, eFabless, TinyTapeout). Experience that combines systems-level understanding with hands-on circuit design is particularly welcomed; expertise spanning RF circuits, power management, sensor interfaces, mixed-signal system integration, or analogue subsystems within heterogeneous systems is valued.

We are advertising two related lectureships in parallel as part of this recruitment round: this post in Analogue and Mixed-Signal IC Design, and an affiliated post in Microelectronic Systems Design and Implementation. Candidates whose interests and experience span both areas are welcome to apply for both positions.

We particularly welcome applicants whose careers have bridged from materials, devices, sensors, photonics, or related hardware technologies into circuit, system, or integration work. The focus is strictly on the devices-to-systems direction, translating established device technologies into deployable circuits, subsystems and integrated semiconductor systems rather than novel process or device development.

Your home in the School. You will join the Circuits and Systems group within the Semiconductor and Quantum Technologies Research Theme. This is one of the UK's largest and most successful research environments spanning semiconductor devices, integrated circuits, heterogeneous integration, system co-design and integrated semiconductor systems, with longstanding partnerships across UK and international industry, extensive experimental facilities, and a sustained record of industrial collaboration.

The theme hosts Sheffield's leadership role and the Engineering and Innovation Office for the newly established national Innovation and Knowledge Centre in Heterogeneous Integration, CHIMES², the Centre for Heterogeneous Integrated MicroElectronic and Semiconductor Systems, supported by £16.3M over five years. CHIMES² is led by the University of Sheffield and brings together partner universities including Cambridge, Oxford, Edinburgh, Manchester, Newcastle, Strathclyde, Queen's University Belfast and King's College London, alongside the Science and Technology Facilities Council. Industrial partners include, among others, Imec, Arm, Pragmatic, Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens EDA.

Within CHIMES², analogue and mixed-signal IC design is a critical enabler for the heterogeneous integrated systems the centre aims to deliver, bringing novel device, packaging, and integration advances together into deployable systems.

This is an academic lectureship centred on building your own internationally recognised research programme, contributing to teaching across our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and supervising doctoral students. CHIMES² provides a powerful national platform to accelerate that research career, and the successful candidate will, in turn, contribute substantively to CHIMES² delivery. We expect applicants to have a strong academic track record, and the potential to conduct world-class research, in one or more of the following:

• Analogue and mixed-signal ICs for heterogeneous semiconductor systems.

• Sensor interfaces, low-power analogue front-ends, power management, and mixed-signal architectures, including power/thermal trade-offs and system technology co-optimisation (STCO).

• Design-for-test, post-silicon validation and characterisation.

• Security, trust and resilience techniques for integrated systems.

• Design for heterogeneous integration and advanced packaging.

We recognise that no individual candidate will necessarily span all of these areas.

Strong expertise in analogue or mixed-signal IC design is essential; complementary expertise in one or more of the areas above is welcomed.

Beyond CHIMES². As a Lecturer you will also support the School’s wider strategic objectives by:

•   Enhancing our research capability in microelectronics and chip design, and supporting and improving teaching quality and student experience across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the school.

•   Strengthening partnerships with industry, government, and research organisations across computing and consumer electronics, AI, data, automotive, telecommunications, healthcare and biomedical devices, energy, defence and security, and aerospace sectors.

Main duties and responsibilities

This is an opportunity to join a School in a world-class research-intensive university. In your role as a Lecturer, you will contribute to the School through the following duties and responsibilities:

Research

• Conduct personal research of international standing independently and collaboratively.

• Maintain a strong academic and professional profile through national and international engagement and high-quality publications.

• Develop an internationally leading research programme and engage with industry and policy partners to shape the future of engineering and science.

• Secure external funding to support future research activity and build an independent research group, including the supervision of PhD students to successful completion.

Teaching

• Design, develop, and deliver teaching on modules across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including coordinating team teaching to ensure high-quality delivery; preparing teaching materials; communicating subject matter; and encouraging critical discourse and rational thinking.

• Carry out module assessments, including designing assessment instruments and criteria; marking assessments, ensuring adequate moderation; providing written/oral feedback; and collating and issuing final student assessments.

• Supervise and assess UG and PG dissertation students. 

• Carry out module evaluation, including facilitating student feedback, reflecting on own teaching design and delivery, and implementing ideas to improve own performance.

Leadership

• Contribute to the life of the School, Faculty and wider University community by taking on leadership roles and responsibilities where required, and contributing to committee work and the development of relevant policies.

• Make ethical decisions in your role, modelling inclusive and collegiate behaviour, and embedding the University’s sustainability strategy into your working activities wherever possible. 

• Contribute fully as a researcher, teacher and leader, fulfilling the appropriate requirements of the University’s Academic Career Pathway Framework (ACP). 

Person Specification

Our community welcomes diverse backgrounds and experiences. We particularly encourage applications from candidates currently working in industrial R&D environments who are seeking to transition into academia, and from candidates whose research has bridged materials, devices, sensors or photonics into circuit, system or integration domains. Even if your past experience doesn’t match perfectly with this role’s criteria, your contribution is valuable, and we encourage you to apply. Please ensure that you reference the application criteria in the application statement when you apply.

Applicants must provide the following documents when making their application. Please upload a merged PDF document with the following under the cover letter section on our application system:

• CV (including a list of publications) 

• Research Vision Statement

• Teaching Vision Statement

• A statement of published outputs in which you identify your three best peer-reviewed publications.  For one of these you should provide a short statement of no more than 100 words describing the originality, significance and rigour (the extent to which the purpose of the work is clearly articulated, an appropriate methodology for the research area has been adopted, and compelling evidence presented to show that the purpose has been achieved) of the paper. 

For candidates from industry, evidence of research outputs and achievements that demonstrate the skills required to publish high-quality research in the future, e.g., technical reports.

Further Information

Next steps in the recruitment process

It is anticipated that the selection process will take place during September - Early October.  There will be two stages of selection; the initial selection stage will include a presentation to academic colleagues and meetings with academic staff (anticipated dates for these are 28 and 29 September), successful candidates will then be invited to an interview (anticipated date 12 October).  We plan to let candidates know if they have progressed to the initial selection stage on the week commencing 14 September 2026. 

If you need any support, equipment or adjustments to enable you to participate in any element of the recruitment process, you can contact Rebecca Fieldsend by email at  r.fieldsend@sheffield.ac.uk. 

Our vision and strategic plan

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What we offer

• A minimum of 41 days annual leave including bank holiday and closure days (pro rata) with the ability to purchase more.

• Flexible working opportunities, including hybrid working for some roles.

• Generous pension scheme.

• A wide range of discounts and rewards on shopping, eating out and travel.

• A variety of staff networks, providing opportunities for social interaction, peer support and personal development (for example, Race Equality, LGBT+, Women’s and Parent’s networks).

• Recognition Awards to reward staff who go above and beyond in their role.

• A commitment to your development, access to learning and mentoring schemes; integrated with our Academic Career Pathways 

• A range of generous family-friendly policies

  • paid time off for parenting and caring emergencies

  • support for those going through the menopause

  • paid time off and support for fertility treatment

  • and more

More details can be found on our benefits page: sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/benefits (opens in a new window).

Information for international candidates and the support that the University provides is available on this page: https://sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/induction/before/international.

Information on relocation support offered by the University is available on this page: https://sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/induction/removal-expenses 

We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you have a disability and meet the essential criteria for this job you will be invited to take part in the next stage of the selection process.

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