PsiQuantum

PsiQuantum

Layout Verification / PEX Engineer

Palo Alto, California, United States · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$110k-$150kDetected 134 days ago
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About the role

  • This role will focus on validating the electrical routing associated with photonic circuits, including routing for photonic devices, bias lines, heaters, phase shifters, modulators, monitor structures, control signals, and electrical I/O interfaces.
  • This is a hands-on execution role suited for a detail-oriented engineer who is comfortable working with EDA tools.
  • The engineer will run established DRC, LVS, ERC, antenna, density, and parasitic extraction flows

Responsibilities

  • Validate electrical routing in photonic integrated circuit layouts, including routing for photonic devices, bias lines, heaters, phase shifters, modulators, monitor structures, control signals, and electrical I/O interfaces.
  • Maintain organized logs, reports, run directories, and status trackers.
  • Support block-level and chip-level verification activities prior to tapeout.
  • Since our founding in 2016, our singular focus has been to build and deploy million-qubit, fault-tolerant quantum systems.
  • 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.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Microelectronics, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Basic knowledge of IC layout and physical verification concepts.
  • Familiarity with Linux or Unix environments.
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to follow established procedures.
  • Ability to contribute in a fast-moving start-up environment.
  • This work includes enabling new materials, process modules, and technology capabilities required to support PsiQuantum's product development roadmap for a commercially useful quantum computer.

Nice to have

  • Exposure to analog/mixed-signal ICs, or custom IC layout.
  • Experience with Cadence Virtuoso, Siemens Calibre, Cadence Pegasus/PVS, Cadence Quantus, and similar EDA tools.
  • Familiarity with post-layout simulation flows and extracted netlists.
  • Basic scripting experience in Python.
  • Exposure to silicon photonics, photonic integrated circuits, or optoelectronics.
  • Demonstrated interest in quantum computing, silicon photonics, or advanced semiconductor technology.
  • PsiQuantum provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees.
  • Please report any suspicious activity to recruiting@psiquantum.com.

Compensation

  • $110,000 - $150,000 USD
  • Bay Area Pay Range
  • $150,000 - $170,000 USD

Company info

  • Note: PsiQuantum will only reach out to you using an official PsiQuantum email address and will never ask you for bank account information as part of the interview process.
  • We are not accepting unsolicited resumes from employment agencies.
  • PsiQuantum's mission is to build the first useful quantum computers-machines capable of delivering the breakthroughs the field has long promised.

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