Superconducting IC Designer II [472] - Burnaby, Canada
Analog & Mixed-Signal Design
$125,000 - $171,000 USD yearly
This role involves designing chips that are at the heart of quantum computers.
About the role
This role is for a Superconducting Integrated Circuit (IC) Designer to join the IC Design team, building chips for quantum computers. You will work on challenging questions in the development of superconducting qubit and integrated processor technology.
What you'll do
- Create superconducting integrated circuit layouts
- Understand, predict, and design the behavior of superconducting devices
- Verify designs for correctness and manufacturability
- Document IC designs and communicate with colleagues
- Use analytical or numerical models and simulations to represent and understand devices
- Work with custom software infrastructure for superconducting IC design
What you'll need
- Post-secondary degree in electronic engineering, physics, computer science, or a closely related field
- IC design experience (in industry or academic) including analog, quantum, or RF design
- Strong understanding of applied electromagnetic theory
- Strong programming skills, including demonstrated ability to collaborate on codebases
- Strong problem-solving skills and persistence in the face of technical challenges
Nice to have
- Subject matter expertise in superconducting devices or other novel IC device technologies
- Qubit design or qubit control
- EDA software development and customization
- RF and microwave design on and near ICs
- Strong understanding of the physics of electricity and magnetism
- Experience with EDA tools at scale
- Experience with quantum-mechanical modeling of superconducting devices
- Experience with any of Ansys EDA tools, Keysight ADS, Cadence EDA tools, Comsol, SUN Magnetics modelling tools, WRspice, or similar tools
- Strong understanding of IC design verification tools
- Strong understanding of the complexity of algorithms used in EDA workflows
- Proficiency in multiple programming languages, Common Lisp, Python, and Cadence SKILL in particular
Skills: superconducting integrated circuit, Josephson junctions, qubits, SQUIDs, SFQ gates