Principal EDA Engineer

Entangled Future; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and share options

Contributory pension scheme

Group private medical insurance scheme

Life Assurance

Cycle-to-work Scheme

Central London location

Job summary

Quantum Motion in London, UK, is seeking a Principal EDA Engineer to lead the IC Engineering team's EDA activities, focusing on deep-cryogenic CMOS ASIC design for quantum hardware. You will own the design environments, mentor engineers, and drive tape-out quality using Cadence Virtuoso, Calibre, and Keysight ADS within a hybrid flow.

You'll collaborate with design, layout, and foundry partners to deliver scalable quantum ICs, develop automation scripts, and resolve complex EDA issues, enabling

Qualifications

• 15y+ of experience delivering CMOS ASICs in advanced PDKs.
• Solid understanding of fabrication deliveries and sign-off criteria with foundry interfacing.
• 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 with design and layout engineers in tape-out flow ensuring GDS quality.
• Interface with foundry for ASIC fabrication flows.
• Support design teams with tool usage and workflows.
• Develop scripts to automate and improve design processes.
• Debug EDA issues including raising tickets with tool vendors.

Skills

CMOS ASIC delivery

Foundry interfacing

EDA scripting

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso

Siemens Calibre

Keysight ADS

Python

Bash

Perl

Job description

Principal EDA Engineer at Quantum Motion, London, UK. A lead-level full time position in the IC Engineering team, listed under hardware engineering.

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 y ou 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 eams 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 together closely to maximise our combined expertise.

Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

• 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.

Nice to Have

• 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