Staff Digital Design Engineer

Entangled Future; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

PsiQuantum in Palo Alto, California, is seeking a Staff Digital Design Engineer to join our Engineering team in a remote-friendly, full-time capacity. The role focuses on FPGA RTL design, verification, and collaboration across departments and time zones to advance our digital architecture.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years of FPGA experience, strong Verilog/SystemVerilog skills, and a proven ability to interpret specifications and drive microarchitectures from concept to validation.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or related field; MS/PhD preferred.

Skills

Verilog/SystemVerilog

FPGA design

RTL design

Verification

Documentation

Education

MS/PhD preferred in related field

Job description

Staff Digital Design Engineer at PsiQuantum, Palo Alto, California, United States (remote). A lead-level full time position in the Engineering team, listed under business operations.

PsiQuantum’s mission is to build the first useful quantum computers—machines capable of delivering the breakthroughs the field has long promised. Since our founding in 2016, our singular focus has been to build and deploy million-qubit, fault-tolerant quantum systems. Quantum computers harness the laws of quantum mechanics to solve problems that even the most advanced supercomputers or AI systems will never reach. Their impact will span energy, pharmaceuticals, finance, agriculture, transportation, materials, and other foundational industries. Our architecture and approach is based on silicon photonics. By leveraging the advanced semiconductor manufacturing industry—including partners like GlobalFoundries—we use the same high-volume processes that already produce billions of chips for telecom and consumer electronics. Photonics offers natural advantages for scale: photons don’t feel heat, are immune to electromagnetic interference, and integrate with existing cryogenic cooling and standard fiber-optic infrastructure. In 2024, PsiQuantum announced government-funded projects to support the build-out of our first utility-scale quantum computers in Brisbane, Australia, and Chicago, Illinois. These initiatives reflect a growing recognition that quantum computing will be strategically and economically defining—and that now is the time to scale. PsiQuantum also develops the algorithms and software needed to make these systems commercially valuable. Our application, software, and industry teams work directly with leading Fortune 500 companies—including Lockheed Martin, Mercedes-Benz, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Mitsubishi Chemical—to prepare quantum solutions for real-world impact. Quantum computing is not an extension of classical computing. It represents a fundamental shift—and a path to mastering challenges that cannot be solved any other way. The potential is enormous, and we have a clear path to make it real. Come join us. Job Summary: The digital design engineer will jo

Requirements

• Degree in computer engineering, electrical engineers, computer science, or related field. MS/PhD preferred.
• Experience with Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• 10+ years of experience in FPGA design with hands-on expertise in RTL design, verification, and validation.
• Experience with FPGA development including debugging/validation in laboratory environment.
• Ability to independently understand system specifications and contribute to microarchitectures and documentation.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across departments, sites, and time zones.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Zone 1- Bay Area and NYC