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# Group Leader for Innovative Circuit Design With AI

- **Company:** Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
- **Location:** Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Digital Technology, Micro Systems Technologies, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.fraunhofer.de/talentcommunity/apply/1449274033/?locale=en_US

## About the Role

* Academic background: You have a degree (diploma/master's) in electrical engineering, computer science, microsystems technology, communications engineering, or a comparable field-ideally supplemented by a doctorate.
 * Practical experience: You have in-depth knowledge of project acquisition and management and are well versed in and enthusiastic about CMOS digital technology and artificial intelligence.
 * Technological expertise: You are comfortable using the digital design-flow of CMOS circuits and enjoy doing so.
 * Team spirit and strong communication skills: You enjoy working in a team and have strong communication and organizational skills that enable you to interact effectively with colleagues.
 * Personal responsibility and internationality: Your independent, goal-oriented way of working is complemented by business fluent English skills, which will benefit you in an international work environment.
 * Business know-how: You have basic knowledge of finance and business management.

## Description

* Scientific responsibility: You will lead the development of modern CMOS circuit design methods on a project basis.
 * Project management: You will acquire and manage exciting research projects or sub-projects in close cooperation with other groups and departments at Fraunhofer IAF.
 * Team leadership: You will design, plan, and manage the workflows in your team and be the point of contact for all questions relating to project acquisition and processing.
 * Communication professional: You inform your team about important departmental matters and are in regular contact with the institute's departmental management and national and international project partners.
 * Mentor: You promote the professional qualification of your employees and participate in the selection and development of new talent, and you guide PhD students on their way to their PhD., * Shape the future: Work in a forward-looking environment and actively contribute to the development and implementation of innovative technologies.
 * Responsible role: Take on a key position in which you can effectively apply your scientific and organizational talents.
 * Practical projects: Develop exciting, application-oriented projects and establish close contacts with industry partners and public clients.
 * Active participation in research: Participate continuously in the current research discourse and enjoy the freedom to pursue your own research projects.
 * Networking and exchange: Benefit from exchanges with colleagues within the Fraunhofer Society as well as with other scientific institutions and industry.
 * At the cutting edge and ahead of the curve: The combined expertise in the fields of artificial intelligence and microelectronics in Heilbronn enables you to optimally position your career and help shape Germany's technological future.

The weekly working hours are 39 hours. The position can also be filled on a part-time basis. The position is initially limited to three years, but the aim is to establish a longer-term collaboration.

We value and promote the diversity of our employees' skills and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion, ideology, disability, sexual orientation, and identity. Severely disabled persons will be given preference if equally qualified. Our tasks are diverse and adaptable - for applicants with disabilities, we work together to find solutions that optimally promote their abilities. The same applies if they do not meet all profile requirements due to a disability.