Principal EDA Engineer

Quantum Motion; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Creative team environment

Salary plus equity opportunities

Contributory pension

Group private medical insurance

Life assurance

Cycle-to-work scheme

Central London location

Job summary

Quantum Motion in London is seeking a Principal EDA Engineer to lead and maintain the EDA environment for CMOS ASIC development at deep-cryogenic temperatures, contributing to scalable quantum silicon processors.

You will collaborate with design and layout engineers through tape-out, interface with foundries, and drive automation and tool workflows using Cadence Virtuoso, Calibre and Keysight ADS, with Python/Bash/Perl scripting.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering CMOS ASICs in advanced PDKs.
• Interfacing foundry/aggregators with fabrication deliveries and sign-off criteria.
• Proficiency with Cadence Virtuoso, Siemens Calibre and Keysight ADS.
• Scripting ability in Python, Bash and Perl.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain all EDA environments within the company.
• Manage the EDA team resources across multiple projects and teams.
• Work alongside design and layout engineers in the tape-out flow ensuring quality of the submitted GDS.
• Manage the interface with the foundry for ASIC fabrication flows.
• Support the design teams providing technical expertise on tools usage and workflows.
• Develop scripts to automate and improve design processes.
• Debug EDA issues including raising support tickets with tool vendors.

Skills

CMOS ASICs delivery experience

Foundry/PDK sign-off understanding

EDA workflow development

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso

Siemens Calibre

Keysight ADS

Python

Bash

Perl

Job description

About The Role And Team

The IC Team is responsible for the design and test of the integrated circuits which operate at deep-cryogenic temperatures and interact with the qubits. This role is a unique chance to work at the bleeding edge of technology development, developing new innovative circuits to tackle the engineering challenge of implementing a large scale quantum computer in silicon. You will be a key part of a multidisciplinary team, and will be involved in all the aspects of IC design cycle from initial concept to volume production.

As a Principal EDA Engineer you will be supporting design teams primarily working with a design flow. It’s an analogue flow using commercial PDK’s but with internally developed add-ons to customize processes. You’ll work alongside other EDA support engineers, as the team grow and expand their remit.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to be an early employee at a start-up shaping the future of quantum computing. There are vast opportunities for professional growth and to make an impact within the company.

Our Team

Since 2021 our team has been listed every year in the "Top 100 Startups worth watching" in the EE Times in 2021 and 2022, and our technology breakthroughs have been featured in The Telegraph, BBC and the New Statesman. Our founders are internationally renowned researchers from UCL and Oxford University who have pioneered the development of qubits and quantum computing architectures. Our chairman is the co-founder of Cadence and Synopsys, the two leading companies in the area of Electronic Design Automation. We’re backed by a team of top-tier investors, and we have recently closed our Series C funding of $160 million.

We bring together the brightest quantum engineers, integrated circuit (IC) engineers, quantum computing theoreticians and software engineers to create a unique, world-leading team, working closely to maximise our combined expertise. Our collaborative and interdisciplinary culture is an ideal fit for anyone who thrives in a cutting-edge research and development environment focused on tackling big challenges and contributing to the development of scalable quantum computers based on silicon technology.

Our team of 100+ is based across London, Oxford, San Sebastián and Sydney, with our primary hub in Islington (London).

Functions Of The Role

The role responsibilities include:

• Responsible for developing and maintaining all EDA environments within the company.
• Managing the EDA team resources across multiple projects and teams.
• Work alongside with the design and layout engineers in the tape-out flow ensuring the quality of the submitted GDS.
• Managing the interface with the foundry for ASIC fabrication flows.
• Supporting the design teams providing technical expertise on tools usage and workflows.
• Developing scripts to automate and improve design processes.
• Debugging EDA issues including raising support tickets with tool vendors.

Experience - Essentials

• 15y+ of experience supporting the delivery of CMOS ASICs in advanced PDKs
• Demonstrated experience interfacing foundry/aggregators with solid understanding of the fabrication deliveries and sign-off criteria.
• Proficiency with the following EDA suites: Cadence Virtuoso, Siemens Calibre and Keysight ADS.
• Scripting ability in most of these - Python, skill, Bash, Perl.

Experience - Desirable

• Experience interfacing external IP vendors of digital and analogue IPs (logic, IOs, etc.).
• Experience with Git data management.
• AWS exposure

Benefits

• Be part of a creative, world-leading team
• Competitive salary and share options scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Group private medical insurance scheme
• Life Assurance
• Cycle-to-work Scheme
• Central London location

EEO Statement

Quantum Motion is committed to providing equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate based on age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, colour, religion, disability status, marital status, pregnancy, gender reassignment or any other protected characteristics covered by the Equality Act 2010.

About Us

Quantum Motion is a fast-growing quantum computing scale-up based in London founded by internationally renowned researchers from UCL and Oxford University with over 40 years’ experience in developing qubits and quantum computing architectures. Bringing together state-of-the-art cryogenic facilities and an outstanding interdisciplinary team, we are developing quantum processors based on industrial-grade silicon chips, with the potential to radically transform computing power in areas such as materials modelling, medicine, artificial intelligence and more.