Lead Cryo-CMOS Verification Engineer — Quantum

HRL Laboratories, LLC; Malibu (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401K match

Gym facilities

PTO & sick time

Job summary

HRL Laboratories, an IBM company, seeks a senior AMS verification engineer to lead analog/mixed-signal verification for cutting-edge quantum control electronics in California. You will drive verification architecture, integration, and validation across design, modeling, DFT, and lab bring-up to ensure robust silicon.

The role requires 5+ years in AMS, strong Verilog-A/AMS and SystemVerilog skills, and hands-on Cadence/Spectre/HSPICE experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s, master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in analog/mixed-signal verification and AMS modeling.
• Proficient in Verilog-A, Verilog-AMS, wreal and SV-RNM.
• Hands-on with Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, HSPICE, and Xcelium.
• Experience building SystemVerilog/UVM environments (UVM-AMS).
• Familiar with DFT for AMS blocks and test verification.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute AMS verification strategies for complex IC designs.
• Build and maintain behavioral models using Verilog-A/AMS and real-number modeling.
• Perform Spice-level and transistor-level simulations with HSPICE, Spectre, Eldo, and Cadence Virtuoso.
• Create UVM-AMS and SystemVerilog testbenches and coverage-driven verification.
• Develop regression infrastructure and verification dashboards across corners.
• Collaborate with design, modeling, and validation teams to align models with silicon.
• Automate workflows with Python/Perl/Tcl/MATLAB; maintain CI with Git/Jenkins.

Skills

Verilog-A

Verilog-AMS

Real-number modeling

AMS verification

UVM-AMS

SystemVerilog

Python

Perl

Tcl

MATLAB

Git

Jenkins

Education

Bachelor's, master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso

Spectre

HSPICE

Eldo

Cadence AMS Designer

Spectre AMS

Xcelium

Job description

HRL Laboratories, an IBM company, seeks a senior AMS verification engineer to lead analog/mixed-signal verification for cutting-edge quantum control electronics in California. You will drive verification architecture, integration, and validation across design, modeling, DFT, and lab bring-up to ensure robust silicon.

The role requires 5+ years in AMS, strong Verilog-A/AMS and SystemVerilog skills, and hands-on Cadence/Spectre/HSPICE experience.