CryoCMOS Digital IC Design Engineer, Quantum

Job Title

CryoCMOS Digital IC Design Engineer, Quantum

Role Summary

Senior digital IC design engineer responsible for architecture, RTL implementation, verification, physical implementation, tapeout, and silicon validation of digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits and reusable IP for advanced applications including cryogenic CMOS and quantum-control systems.

Experience Level

Senior-level. Minimum 5 years of relevant digital IC or ASIC design experience; employer guidance shows typical expectations of BS+6–7 years, MS+5–6 years, or PhD+3–4 years.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include design, verification, and silicon validation of digital ICs and IP.

• Design digital CMOS circuits, subsystems, and reusable IP for control, interfaces, timing, calibration, and signal-processing functions.
• Own development from microarchitecture and RTL through functional verification, synthesis, timing closure, physical implementation, tapeout, and silicon validation.
• Develop and execute verification strategies using simulation, assertions, coverage, and regression methodologies.
• Perform synthesis, static timing analysis, clock/reset design, power analysis, design-for-test, post-layout verification, and design signoff.
• Optimize digital architectures for power, performance, area, reliability, and operating-temperature requirements, including cryogenic conditions where applicable.
• Collaborate with PDK, device modeling, technology, analog, layout, and EDA teams to evaluate methodology, libraries, timing models, and implementation flows.
• Define silicon test and characterization requirements, analyze measured data, debug digital functionality and timing, and correlate silicon behavior with pre-silicon models.
• Lead technical design reviews, document methodology and results, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Perform activities in a safe and responsible manner and support Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements; travel up to 10%.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and hands-on experience to deliver complex digital IC projects.

• Minimum 5 years relevant digital integrated circuit or ASIC design experience.
• Proven RTL design and verification experience using Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL, or equivalent.
• Experience with ASIC design flows: synthesis, static timing analysis, clock/reset methodology, DFT/scan, physical implementation, timing closure, and signoff.
• Strong understanding of synchronous digital design, clock-domain and reset-domain crossing, low-power design concepts, and PVT-related timing behavior.
• Proficiency with industry-standard digital design, verification, implementation, and analysis tools and the ability to debug complex pre-silicon and silicon issues.
• Experience with cryogenic CMOS, quantum-control electronics, mixed-signal SoCs, high-speed interfaces, or silicon bring-up is preferred.
• Familiarity with formal verification, UVM, FPGA prototyping, scripting for automation (Python, Tcl, Perl), and characterization/correlation techniques is a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication, planning, and mentoring skills.

Education Requirements

Required: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Microelectronics, or a related field. Preferred: Master's degree or PhD in those fields. Employer guidance also lists typical experience-to-degree mappings (BS + 6–7 years; MS + 5–6 years; PhD + 3–4 years) and notes exceptions may be approved by HR.

About the Company

Company: GlobalFoundries

Headquarters: Saratoga Springs, New York, USA

GlobalFoundries is a leading contract manufacturer for the global semiconductor industry, with facilities in multiple countries, including the USA. The company develops a broad portfolio of semiconductor technologies and employs around 13,000 people worldwide. GlobalFoundries focuses on enhancing competitiveness in specialized application solutions and fostering innovation in mobile communications, consumer electronics, and automotive applications.