Principal ASIC Design Engineer

Atom Computing

Principal ASIC Designer leading the development of critical technologies for Atom Computing’s quantum computers. Overseeing design strategy and collaborating with physicists to deliver production-ready silicon.

Posted 5/13/2026full-timeBoulder • Colorado, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $180,000 - $220,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the development of critical technologies that power our neutral-atom quantum computers.
Own the end-to-end design strategy—from requirements definition through silicon bring-up.
Drive critical trade-off decisions across performance, power, area, and system integration.
Provide strategic guidance to executive stakeholders.
Shape our long-term silicon roadmap and define our internal design methodologies.
Collaborate with a world-class group of physicists and engineers to translate quantum gate requirements into production-ready silicon.
Manage the product roadmap and subsystem delivery schedules for both commercial and research projects.

Requirements

What you’ll need

MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
10+ years of post-degree experience in hardware engineering, specifically in ASIC/SoC environments.
Have gone through 2 or more complete ASIC design cycles.
Experience porting designs from FPGA prototypes to ASICs
Proficiency with RTL (SystemVerilog preferred)
Experience in implementing large digital signal processing blocks in RTL
Working knowledge of performance and limitations of ASIC fabs, partners, and design nodes as well as FPGA capabilities to guide selection of best fit for our applications
Knowledge of Cadence, Synopsys, or Siemens EDA design tools
Expertise in FPGA, microprocessor, and related digital circuit design and functions
Mixed signal design experience is a plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for our employees and their dependents.
unlimited paid time off
401K company matching
short- and long-term disability
FSA
dependent care benefits
life insurance
drinks, snacks, and catered team lunches in our offices, every day!

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Hard Skills & Tools

ASIC designSoC designRTLSystemVerilogdigital signal processingmixed signal designFPGAmicroprocessor designsilicon design methodologiessilicon bring-up

Soft Skills

leadershipstrategic guidancecollaborationdecision-makingproject management

Certifications

MS in Electrical EngineeringPhD in Electrical Engineering