Cryogenic CMOS & Quantum Device Modeling Engineer

Global Foundries; Town of Malta (NY); On-site; USD 98,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

GlobalFoundries is seeking a Device Modeling Engineer with a core background in semiconductor device physics. You will develop, extract, validate, and deploy predictive models from room temperature to cryogenic temperatures, translating measured behavior into simulation-ready compact models for transistors, superconducting and photonic elements, enabling cryoCMOS PDKs and quantum control/readout circuits.

You will collaborate with device engineering, technology development, characterization,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, Physics, Applied Physics, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience applying semiconductor device physics to device modeling and parameter extraction.
• Strong background in transistor compact modeling, MOSFET electrical behavior, and temperature dependence.
• Experience developing or calibrating models for superconducting and photonic elements with suitable physical mechanisms.

Responsibilities

• Develop and calibrate physics-based compact models for CMOS and related transistor technologies across room-temperature and cryogenic regimes.
• Calibrate and validate models for superconducting and photonic elements using measured data and physics-based frameworks.
• Perform parameter extraction and model-validation workflows from device test structures.
• Integrate model files within PDK and EDA tools with regression testing and documentation.
• Communicate model assumptions and validation results through reports and design-team reviews.

Skills

Semiconductor device physics

Python scripting

Data analysis

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, Physics, Applied Physics, or related field

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso/Spectre

Synopsys PrimeSim/HSPICE

Siemens EDA tools

Keysight IC-CAP

Synopsys Mystic

Job description

GlobalFoundries is seeking a Device Modeling Engineer with a core background in semiconductor device physics. You will develop, extract, validate, and deploy predictive models from room temperature to cryogenic temperatures, translating measured behavior into simulation-ready compact models for transistors, superconducting and photonic elements, enabling cryoCMOS PDKs and quantum control/readout circuits.

You will collaborate with device engineering, technology development, characterization,