TU Braunschweig, Institut für Halbleitertechnik/Institute of Semiconductor Technology
Make a Difference by:
• playing a central role in pushing your concrete field of technical and scientific responsibility
• aligning the scientific activities of the various teams by efficient communication
• collaborating closely all relevant teams of NTC BRIGHT across institutions
• identifying promising novel applications and initiate technology transfer
• building up international visibility
• maintaining intense communication with your PIs and other groups of the consortium
• collaborating closely with in-house experts in optics, microelectronic design, clean-room processing (including nitride, silicon, and hybrid platforms), advanced micro/nano metrology, CMOS design
• bridging the gap between groups from semiconductor technology and applications, like optical neuromorphic processing, AI and deep learning, communication technology and autonomous aerial vehicles
• engaging with world-class research centers in semiconductor technology and its applications.
• contributing to collaborative projects with external partners and integrate into a dynamic, interdisciplinary team.
Your General Qualifications:
• A scientific university education (preferably Master or PhD degree) in the field of physics, electrical engineering, information technology or similar
• Excitement for close collaborations with industry and startups
• You are flexible, can perform under pressure and work well in a team
• You feel comfortable to work in an international and diverse team
Your Background in one or more of these Areas:
• GaN microLED technology
• GaN based material research, epitaxy, MOCVD, material characterization
• GaN front-end chip processing
• Nanolithography, including electron-beam lithography & photolithography
• Additive and subtractive laser structuring, LIFT, LLO, two-photon-processes
• Hybrid chip-chip integration, chiplet technology
• Nanoanalysis, time-resolved optics, cathodoluminescence
• Optical device characterization, microLED test procedures
• Simulation and design of microelectronic circuits
• Simulation and design of photonic integrated circuits, metamaterials
• Optics design with discrete optical components, micro-optics
• MEMS and microfluidics, MEMS based optical devices
• Fiber-based optical systems
• Low-noise low-latency electronics
• Software engineering (requirements engineering, design, coding in C/C++, test, deployment)
• Deep learning and AI algorithms
• Bio-inspired AI, including spiking neural networks
• Analog, digital and mixed-signal hardware design including microcontrollers, FPGAs, ASICs, VHDL, Verilog
• Sensor platforms and distributed technology
• Computer microscopy
• Science communication and outreach
• Project management
• Technology transfer
Your Benefits:
• Pay in accordance with the collective agreement TV-L, pay grade up to E14 with up to 100%, depending on position and on the assignment of tasks and fulfilment of personal requirements.
• A special payment at the end of the year as well as a supplementary benefit in the form of a company pension, comparable to a company pension in the private sector.
• Counting with the support of neighbored office teams from the Cluster of Excellence QuantumFrontiers, the Quantum Valley Lower Saxony, as well as the Institute of Semiconductor Technology.
• Interesting and diverse tasks in a pleasant working atmosphere with a friendly and motivated team.
• A workplace that is basically suitable for part-time work, although the position is to be filled full-time, as well as flexible working and part-time options and a family-friendly university culture, awarded the “Family-friendly university” audit since 2007.
• A wide range of continuing education and company health care programs as well as a vibrant campus life in an international atmosphere.
• Financial support to carry out research stays abroad.
What's more to know?
We welcome applicants of all nationalities. At the same time, we encourage people with severe disabilities to apply. Applications from severely disabled persons will be given preference if they are equally qualified. Please attach a proof of disability to your application. We are also working on the fulfilment of the Central Equality Plan based on the Lower Saxony Equal Rights Act (Niedersächsisches Gleichberechtigungsgesetz—NGG) and strive to reduce under-representation in all areas and positions as defined by the NGG. Therefore, applications from women are particularly welcome in this case.
The personal data will be stored for the purpose of processing the application. By submitting your application, you agree that your data may be stored and processed electronically for application purposes in compliance with the provisions of data protection law. Further information on data protection can be found in our data protection regulations at https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/datenschutzerklaerung-bewerbungen. Application costs cannot be reimbursed.
Questions and Answers:
Do you have any questions? For more information, please contact +49 531 391 3761 (Dr. Jana Hartmann)
Closing date: December 20, 2025.
With around 16,000 students and 3,800 employees, the Technische Universität Braunschweig is one of Germany's leading institutes of technology. It stands for strategic and performance-oriented thinking and acting, relevant research, committed teaching, and the successful transfer of knowledge and technologies to the economy and society. We consistently advocate for family friendliness and equal opportunities.
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Our campus is located in the midst of one of the most research-intensive regions in Europe. We successfully collaborate with numerous research institutions all around the world.
The Institute of Semiconductor Technology is the speaker institute of the Nitride Technology Center NTC, one of the largest university-based research initiatives in the field of microLED technology. More than 20 groups are working on semiconductor materials, chip processing, device analysis and systems integration.
The Institute of Semiconductor Technology is opening the process for hiring candidates for the following positions:
10 open positions
Junior & Principal Engineers / Scientists (m/f/d) for our
new large and strategic research initiative “BRIGHT”
in the Nitride Technology Center NTC
(up to TV-L E14, up to 100%)
The positions focus on developing GaN-based microLEDs, integrating them with CMOS backplanes, and applying GaN/CMOS chiplets in areas such as neuromorphic optical computing, optical communication, and biosensing. They are limited to up to five years and may be combined with a PhD program at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, and Physics.
The BRIGHT consortium (“Bring Light to Microelectronics”) brings together more than 20 teams working on nitride technology, chip processing, hybrid integration, CMOS design, and applications ranging from AI and optical communication to power electronics, sensing, and autonomous systems.
Prof. Andreas Waag, the speaker of the NTC BRIGHT initiative, is a leading expert in GaN technology and its applications. His team is devoted to device inspiring research and has made key contributions to many areas of GaN technology and its applications. This includes the exciting new field of optical neuromorphic processing enabled by novel GaN microLED modules.
Prof. Stefanie Kroker is an expert in micro- and nano-optical systems with a focus on precision sensing and quantum technologies. Her current work, leading to the ERC Consolidator Grant “MightyMirrors” 2025, involves integrated photonic circuits for ultra-stable laser cavities as well as quantum sensors and computers based on trapped atoms and ions.
The group of Prof. Tobias Voss has a strong expertise in ultrafast time-resolved optical spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures using ultrashort laser- and electron-pulses. Together with colleagues from semiconductor epitaxy and chemistry, they develop nanostructures for optoelectronics and sensing applications and investigate microscopic light-matter-interaction processes on pico- and femtosecond time scales, including non-linear optical material properties.
Prof. J. Daniel Prades is pioneering the concept of “Ubiquitous Metrology”—an innovative approach that brings state-of-the-art metrology principles to sensor devices operating in real-world environments. Applications of these technologies range from environmental monitoring to industrial quality control and healthcare. This work is supported by the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Professorship.
Prof. Christian Werner is an expert in distributed systems and embedded software with a particular focus on ultra-low-latency communication [Link]. He is a faculty member at Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences and a PI in BRIGHT. Together with his team, he will implement BRIGHT's neuromorphic processor cores and develop high-performance interfaces between neuromorphic and conventional computers.
You will join this visionary initiative at an early stage and take key positions for shaping microLED technology and its applications. Your work will be embedded in a large consortium of more than 20 diverse teams from TU Braunschweig, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Braunschweig PTB, and Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences.
We are looking for highly motivated candidates from all over the world, who will contribute talent, creativity, and commitment to an extremely dynamic research environment.
NTC BRIGHT is based in the Institute of Semiconductor Technology (IHT)which houses dedicated cleanroom infrastructure through the Nitride Technology Center and Epitaxy Competence Center. We are part the Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology (LENA) which provides cutting-edge micro- and nanoscale characterization tools. Our research is embedded within the Cluster of Excellence QuantumFrontiers and the Quantum Valley Lower Saxony (QVLS) as well as the Cluster of Excellence Phoenix D. We maintain strong national and international collaborations.