Student (m/f/d): noRTL: Expansion of the Development Environment

Overview

Student (m/f/d): noRTL: Expansion of the Development Environment

During your studies, you can contribute to our ongoing research projects. Join us in pushing the limits of what is technically feasible and be part of breaking new ground together. We offer topics for mandatory internships, Bachelor’s or Master’s theses or for student research assistants. You will analyse important scientific preliminary questions and support the project teams with development activities.

Location and team

Place of work: Erfurt

Team: Microelectronics

Role details

Career level: Mandatory Internship, Thesis or Student Research Assistant

Research field: Smart distributed measurement and test systems

Time scope: By agreement

Start: As soon as possible

Application deadline:

Reference number: IMMS_STUD_ME_0326

About noRTL

Digital circuits are typically designed in hardware description languages (HDLs). With noRTL, we are currently developing a framework that allows efficient design of digital control logic from Python. noRTL generates Verilog code as an output, that is structured as one or more finite state machines. To aid users working with noRTL, we want to build an ecosystem of debugging and analysis tools. A core component is the interactive noRTL Viewer, that visualizes the finite state machines. In addition, more information will be integrated into its web interface, e.g. dynamic memory allocation, coverage information, code contexts and more. There are numerous tasks where we need your help! You can also contribute your own ideas.

Examples of tasks

• Extension of the noRTL Viewer with more information
• Back-annotation of coverage information to the Python code
• Connection of the noRTL Viewer to a language server, as well as digital simulators
• Integration of the noRTL Viewer in Visual Studio Code
• Development of a custom simulator for tests from Python
• Development of a framework for hardware-accelerated testing on FPGAs

What to do

• Implementation of one or more tools
• Documentation of the tools

What to bring

• Advanced knowledge in Python, Rust or Typescript
• Basic knowledge of version control with Git
• Basic knowledge of finite state machines and hardware description languages are beneficial

About us / Equality and inclusion

We strengthen enterprises with application-oriented research and development in microelectronics, systems engineering and mechatronics and transfer the results of basic research into applications and products. We support companies in launching internationally successful innovations for health, the environment and industry and provide solutions from the feasibility study to series production.

We value and promote equality and diversity. Applications are welcome regardless of gender and/or any physical disabilities. IMMS ensures gender equality in the workplace and strives to increase the proportion of the under-represented gender. Women are under-represented in this field. Applications from women are therefore encouraged. People with severe disabilities will be given preference if they have the same qualifications, skills, and professional performance.

How to apply

Please apply for your preferred topic. If interested in more than one topic, mention it in your cover letter. If current topics are not suitable, you may send a speculative application with a topic you would like to work on.

What we offer

• An attractive workplace in a modern, well-equipped, industry-oriented research institute
• Work at the interface between university and industry
• Flexible and creative team working on innovative and challenging topics