Assistant/Associate Professor In Physics and engineering of reliability in PICs

The Photonic Integration group (PhI) at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is seeking a high-potential candidate for a position as Assistant/Associate Professor in Physics and engineering of reliability in PICs. Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) are becoming essential building blocks for optical communications, sensing, quantum technologies, and emerging photonic computing systems. As PIC complexity continues to grow, reliability and lifetime increasingly determine their successful deployment. We invite applicants with expertise in reliability physics, degradation mechanisms, and lifetime assessment of semiconductor devices, and use this understanding to improve device and process design. The successful candidate will develop an internationally recognized research line focused on reliability for PICs and integrated light sources. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, laser aging and degradation, defect propagation, reliability of heterogeneous III-V/silicon integration, high optical power effects, thermo-mechanical stress, thermal cycling, active device aging, and reliability-aware photonic design. The candidate is expected to establish experimental and modeling activities that provide fundamental insight into failure mechanisms while supporting the development of robust photonic technologies.

Group

The position is embedded within the Photonic Integration group in the Department of Electrical Engineering. The new faculty member will be encouraged to build their own independent research program while creating strong synergies with ongoing activities in photonic integration, integrated light sources, photonic packaging, optical communications, and emerging photonic computing. Links to comparable activities in mechanical engineering and applied physics will be encouraged. We offer a stimulating international environment, excellent research facilities, and opportunities to collaborate with leading academic and industrial partners worldwide. We welcome ambitious researchers who are eager to shape the next generation of reliable photonic technologies.

Information

As an Assistant/Associate Professor, you will:

• Develop an internationally recognized research program on the reliability, robustness, and lifetime of photonic integrated circuits and integrated light sources, combining experimental and modeling approaches to understand, predict, and mitigate failure mechanisms. The successful candidate will establish new research directions in failure and reliability mechanisms in integrated photonics, with a particular focus on wafer-scale and heterogeneous integration, leveraging our unique and world-leading research infrastructure.
• Collaborate across disciplines, most notably the wider field of semicon, to explore synergies and common physics and failure and degradation mechanisms
• Contribute to TU/e’s educational mission by teaching and developing BSc and MSc courses, supervising PhD students and postdocs, and potentially contribute to the university’s life-long learning goals.
• Acquire research funding from national and European programs (e.g., Dutch, Horizon Europe, ERC) and develop strategic collaborations with leading academic and industrial partners in photonics and semiconductors.

In this role, you will contribute to the ambition of the Dutch national Beethoven program to attract and educate top talent in the field of semicon, with the aim of strengthening our industry.