Jobs ASIC / Chip Design

Office location: 
Eindhoven, the Netherlands

Project Foundation launched by The Fourth Law and Odd Systems is a semiconductor initiative to mass-produce thermal imaging sensors for Ukraine, the rest of Europe and the United States.

The initiative covers the development of LWIR sensors and the deployment of a network of partner-operated and in-house manufacturing facilities. It will create a new industrial base for defense and civilian needs and supply affordable sensors to manufacturers of drones, vehicles, and robotics.

The first sensors under the initiative are expected as early as 2027.

The Fourth Law is a leading Ukrainian manufacturer of autonomy technologies for drones. Our solutions are codified according to NATO standards and are currently utilized by over 50 units of the Security and Defense Forces of Ukraine, as well as 20+ drone manufacturers.

Odd Systems is a defense technology company specializing in the development and manufacturing of thermal imaging cameras. It was founded by a group of entrepreneurs, engineers, managers, and tech enthusiasts with prior experience at a number of international technology companies.

Purpose of the Role: The MEMS / Semiconductor Processing Specialist develops and owns the step-by-step cleanroom process flow that takes the microbolometer from deposited films to a released, suspended structure. This is a hands-on process engineering role covering photolithography, thin-film deposition, and sacrificial layer etching — both isotropic and anisotropic — with direct responsibility for releasing delicate suspended structures without damage or collapse. The role works in the Eindhoven R&D lab alongside the IC/MEMS Integration and Simulation Engineer and the wider technical cohort, and reports to the CTO.

 

Key Responsibilities:

•  Develop and document the end-to-end cleanroom process flow for microbolometer fabrication, from film deposition through structure release.

•  Own photolithography process steps: mask design coordination, exposure and develop parameters, and critical-dimension control.

•  Own thin-film deposition steps for sacrificial and structural layers, optimizing for uniformity, stress and compatibility with downstream process steps.

•  Develop and tune sacrificial-layer etch processes, both isotropic and anisotropic, to reliably release suspended microbolometer structures without stiction or membrane damage.

•  Troubleshoot yield and process excursions, working from wafer inspection and test data back to root cause.

•  Support equipment procurement, installation and commissioning in the new R&D lab, in coordination with the Technical Programme Manager.

Experience and skills we are looking for:

•  A degree in materials science, microelectronics, physics, or a related field, with hands-on cleanroom process experience.

•  Direct experience with photolithography, thin-film deposition (e.g. PECVD, sputtering) and wet/dry etching in a MEMS or semiconductor cleanroom.

•  Working knowledge of sacrificial-layer release processes and common MEMS failure modes, including stiction and stress-induced curling.

•  Comfortable developing new process flow from first principles, not just running an established recipe.

•  Fluent English, with the communication maturity to work with an international, partly Ukrainian team.

It’s a plus if you have: 

•  Prior work specifically on microbolometers, uncooled IR detectors, or other suspended-membrane MEMS devices.

•  Experience commissioning cleanroom process equipment as part of a new lab or fab standup.

•  Familiarity with ISO Class 7 or better cleanroom operating discipline.

•  Based in, or willing to relocate to, Eindhoven for the Odd Factory One R&D lab.

We are not just looking for employees, but for like-minded individuals who share our values and are ready to build the future of Ukrainian MilTech.

Engagement: Contract, 40 h/week (full-time)
Location: Fully remote; candidates must be based in the EU or UK
Start date: Mid-November 2026
Duration: 6 months initially, extension likely
English: B2-C1
Interview process: 3 rounds
 

About Us
We’re a fast-growing semiconductor and hardware engineering company building the core architecture for next-generation computing. We believe great engineering can happen anywhere, so we’re growing a distributed team. We’re looking for a Senior RTL Design Engineer to join us remotely on a contract basis.
If you live in the European Union or the United Kingdom and want to take high-performance, low-power digital designs from micro-architecture all the way to silicon, we’d like to hear from you.
 

The Role
You’ll own the micro-architecture and write clean, maintainable RTL for advanced digital integrated circuits. You’ll work closely with the architecture, verification, synthesis, and physical design teams so that every design moves smoothly from code to tape-out.
 

What You’ll Do

Micro-architecture and design: turn architecture specifications into robust, scalable, high-performance micro-architectures and RTL (Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL).
Work with verification: debug RTL issues together with the verification team, help shape test environments, and make sure the design reaches full coverage.
IP integration: handle integration at block and subsystem level, and keep releases and documentation clean and up to date.

What We’re Looking For

Experience: 5+ years in digital front-end design, RTL coding, and complex IP/SoC integration.

Technical skills:
Expert-level Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL.
Deep knowledge of synchronous design, clock domain crossing (CDC), and low-power design techniques.
Hands-on experience with industry-standard EDA tools (Synopsys, Cadence, or Siemens EDA) for simulation, linting, synthesis, and static timing analysis (STA).

Architecture knowledge: a strong grasp of computer architecture, such as high-speed datapaths, bus protocols (AMBA/AXI), memory controllers or custom compute blocks.

Education: a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related STEM field.
Location: you must live in the EU or UK and have the right to work there. The role is fully remote, but we need you to be based in these regions for tax and compliance reasons.
Soft skills: you work well on your own, solve problems proactively, and explain technical ideas clearly in English.