Research Opportunities – IIT Bombay, Powai – Mumbai

December 7, 2009

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY
Powai, Mumbai 400 076.

Positions of Design Engineer (DE), Project Engineer (PE), Junior Research Fellow (JRF) are available in the following projects.

   Chemistry
Development of Anti-Malarial Therapeutic based on Chemically Modified siRNA
JRF Eligibility : M.Sc. with First Class in Biotechnology/Biochemistry/Microbiology/Life Sciences or equivalent with valid GATE score or CSIR/ICMR JRF. At least 6 month experience in cell biology research with hands on training in biochemistry and molecular biology techniques are essential.
Job Profile : Solid-phase synthesis and purification of RNAs, and gene down-regulation studies in human and in Plasmodium Falcifarum cell lines employing standard biochemistry and cell biology techniques.

   Computer Science & Engineering
Multi-Service Transport Platform (MSTP) Development
DE: ( Eligibility : B.E/B.Tech Degree. We are currently seeking PCB designers to design High speed FPGA based boards for advanced telecommunication applications. PCB design tools: The work will be primarily carried out in OrCAD / Allegro
Job Profile : Design and Testing of FPGA based boards.PCB layout design for multilayer PCBs (8+ layers) Study and understanding project specifications. Validating signal integrity, EMI, EMC etc.

Multi-Service Transport Platform (MSTP) Development
DE:  Eligibility : B.E/B.Tech Degree.We are currently seeking FPGA Design engineers for building technologies in advanced telecommunication applications.

Job Profile : Development of FPGA specifications. Development of detailed architectures in VHDL/VERILOG. High-speed serial (e.g. 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 10G Ethernet, SPI, UART, QDRII+ SRAM, DDR2, DDR3).

PERISCOPE: Pragmatic Efficient Reliable Internetworking Solution Using Consumer-Centric Omnipresent Ethernet
DE Eligibility : B.E/B.Tech Degree and credited VHDL (preferred) or Verilog design, credited digital design coursework and relevant work experience. Areas of design, development, and test will involve one or more of the following areas: – Embedded Hardware Software design, – High-speed serial interfaces (upto 10 Gbps), and other industry standard interfaces (e.g. 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 10G Ethernet, SPI, UART, QDRII+ SRAM, DDR2, DDR3).
Job Profile : Development of FPGA specifications. Development of detailed architectures. Implementing algorithms in FPGA design using VHDL/VERILOG. Instantiating synthesizable VHDL/VERILOG code applicable to large FPGA design.Generating test bench code and providing code coverage applicable to a large instantiated FPGA design. Using tools such as Xilinx ISE, Synplicity (Synopsys), and ModelSim. Trouble shooting and diagnostic/debug.

   Electrical Engineering
Development of Bidirectional Power Converter for Fuel Cell Systems
PE Eligibility : B.Tech. in Electrical Engg. with one year work experience (or M.Tech.), preferably with knowledge of the design of power electronic systems (e.g. SMPS, drives, converters etc.)along with basic circuit analysis, MATLAB/SPICE simulation, PCB design and programming in C and/or Assembly for DSP/Micro-controllers.

Job Profile : The work involves design and development of fuel cell based power electronic system and the associated control.

Development of Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converters
JRF
Eligibility : B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering with one year experience (or M.Tech.), preferably with knowledge of the design of electronic/power electronic systems and their control (e.g. SMPS, drives etc.), PCB design, basic circuit analysis, computer simulations of circuits and systems, programming in C or assembly for microcontrollers/DSP.

Job Profile : Analysis, simulation and design of switched capacitor dc-dc power converters and their control.

   Mathematics
Numerical Treatment of Integral Operators with Non-smooth Kernels
JRF
Eligibility : M. Sc. in Mathematics

Job Profile : The project consists of theoretical analysis of approximate solution of singular integral operators using the framework of Functional and Numerical Analysis. The validation of theoretical results by implementation using a computer is an integral part of the project.
The positions are temporary initially for a period of one year and tenable only for the duration of project. The selection committee may offer lower or higher designation and lower or higher salary depending upon the experience and performance of the candidate in the interview.

For details visit  Website http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in

Researched by Maninder