Overview:

We are seeking a self-motivated PhD student to join the NXP research team responsible for developing methodologies and flow solutions to enable high sigma analysis of complex AMS/RF systems. This PhD position will be part of the new project with the goal to enable a top-down model-based design flow for AMS/RF circuits using SysMLv2. SysMLv2 is a powerful language to create requirements, behavioral and architectural models of complex systems. The proposed PhD topic aims to investigate how state-of-the-art NLP techniques and LLMs can be used to automate creation of SysMLv2 models from natural language descriptions.

As NXP is the world’s No 1 supplier of automotive semiconductors, you will have an opportunity to be part of developing high quality solutions to address future customer requirements.

Your tasks :

• Design and implement an AI-assisted framework for the automatic translation of natural language descriptions into SysMLv2 models for AMS/RF circuits

• Collaborate with System architects to break down system requirements to IP requirements

• Develop a methodology for validation of the generated SysMLv2 models with respect to semantic correctness and model consistency

• Collaborate with other PhD candidates in the team on bringing AMS/RF characterization data into SysMLv2 models to check their consistency with requirements

• Create demonstrator of an AMS/RF system modeling environment

• Participate in the dissemination and exploitation of the results (scientific publications, presentations at national and international conferences)

Education and requirements:

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science, system engineering, or a related field, with a good AI background

• Good programming skills in programming languages such as Python

• Good understanding of NLP techniques such as tokenization and named entity recognition

• Basic understanding of AMS/RF systems

• Familiarity with LLMs and Generative AI

• Basic SysMLv2 knowledge is a plus

• Interest in statistics is a plus

• Good problem-solving skills with the ability to research independently

• Good communication and presentation skills

• Fluent in spoken and written English

Eligibility criteria:

• University PhD program enrollment and approval: This position requires registration as a PhD student at Institute Division of Design of Cyber-Physical Systems, Department Computer Science, RPTU Kaiserslautern. The application is subject to university approval. More information about enrolment requirements can be found here.

• 80 %-time commitment within the 3-year period: This position is part time (80%) limited to 3 years.

Application procedure:

The application must be submitted digitally and must include:

• A motivation letter (1-2 pages explaining why you would be a good fit for this role)

• CV

• Contact information of at least one referee (preferably two)

• MSc diploma incl. grade transcripts

• Optionally, you could add personal projects on the AI-related topics publicly available (e.g. GitHub projects), scientific publications you have (co)authored, recommendation letters, etc.