D-Wave

Superconducting IC Designer – Intermediate/Senior/Staff

D-Wave

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇨🇦 Canada

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Salary

💰 CA$90,182 - CA$190,909 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

CloudFlux

About the role

  • Create superconducting integrated circuit layouts
  • Understand, predict, and design the behaviour of superconducting devices
  • Verify designs for correctness and manufacturability
  • Document IC designs and communicate with colleagues about them
  • Use analytical or numerical models and simulations to represent and understand devices
  • Work with custom software infrastructure for superconducting IC design
  • Debug challenging technical issues that arise in your own work or those of colleagues
  • Model, design, and improve performance of devices on a superconducting quantum processor
  • Identify shortcomings in the EDA toolchain and conceive and develop improvements
  • Topological and parametric design of novel devices and/or device enhancements
  • Understand impact of processor environment and develop mitigation approaches
  • Work closely with designers and scientists on the PD team across multiple major project areas

Requirements

  • Post-secondary degree in electronic engineering, physics, computer science, or a closely related field
  • IC design experience in an R&D environment, including some analog or rf design experience
  • Understanding of applied electromagnetic theory
  • Strong programming skills, including demonstrated ability to collaborate on codebases
  • Strong problem-solving skills and persistence
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Intermediate level: graduate degree with relevant specialization and 0-2 years of relevant experience, or bachelor’s degree and 2-4 years of relevant experience
  • Senior level: all qualifications of Intermediate plus 3+ additional years of experience (can include relevant graduate research)
  • Staff level: all qualifications of Senior plus deeper experience and impact; proven leadership of IC designs at scale; applied knowledge of superconducting devices and circuits; applied knowledge of the electromagnetism of superconductors in an IC design context
  • Proven ability to work across multiple design libraries, programming languages, and codebases
  • Demonstrated impact on IC design in a professional setting
  • Experience developing and optimizing large IC designs with complex resource requirements
  • Track record of mentorship and team leadership in highly technical environments