Principal ASIC Design Engineer, Atom Computing
$180-220k
We offer an annual bonus and equity in the company
Building scalable quantum computers
Be an early applicant
Building scalable quantum computers
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$180-220k
We offer an annual bonus and equity in the company
101-200 employees
Company mission
To deliver the most scalable quantum computers that can solve some of the most daunting computational problems ever attempted.
Role
Who you are
- MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- 10+ years of post-degree experience in hardware engineering, specifically in ASIC/SoC environments
- Have gone through 2 or more complete ASIC design cycles
- Experience porting designs from FPGA prototypes to ASICs
- Proficiency with RTL (SystemVerilog preferred)
- Experience in implementing large digital signal processing blocks in RTL
- Working knowledge of performance and limitations of ASIC fabs, partners, and design nodes as well as FPGA capabilities to guide selection of best fit for our applications
- Knowledge of Cadence, Synopsys, or Siemens EDA design tools
- Expertise in FPGA, microprocessor, and related digital circuit design and functions
- Mixed signal design experience is a plus
What the job involves
- At Atom Computing, we build quantum computers using arrays of optically trapped neutral atoms that will empower customers to achieve unprecedented computational breakthroughs
- Join a world-class team of scientists, engineers, and business professionals to advance the state-of-the-art in quantum computing
- Atom Computing is seeking a Principal ASIC Designer to lead the development of critical technologies that power our quantum computers
- In this role, you will own end-to-end design strategy—from requirements definition through silicon bring-up—while driving critical trade-off decisions across performance, power, area, and system integration constraints
- You will partner closely with customers and cross-functional teams to translate evolving requirements into scalable, production-ready designs, ensuring alignment between technical execution and business objectives
- As a senior technical leader, you will provide strategic guidance to executive stakeholders, shaping the long-term silicon roadmap and influencing key investment decisions
- This position requires deep expertise in ASIC development and strong systems thinking
- Reporting to the Hardware Engineering Manager, you’ll collaborate closely with a talented group of engineers and physicists to shape the future of computing
- Participate in the design and development of FPGA designs to learn the hardware architectures and designs that we intend to scale for performance and density
- Lead the research and assessment into how to best leverage ASICs to enable higher performance and higher density future generations
- Establish ASIC design processes internal to Atom Computing by defining methodologies across architecture, RTL, verification, and tapeout
- Perform hands-on ASIC design including microarchitecture, RTL development, testing, and integration
- Manage schedules and vendor interfaces by coordinating milestones, aligning with ASIC partners, and ensuring successful fabrication
- Work closely with Atom Computing’s quantum physicists, optical engineers, hardware and software engineers to understand use cases and deliver hardware that addresses the needs
- Manage the product roadmap and subsystem delivery schedules for both commercial and research projects
Our take
Quantum computers are largely defined by their qubit type and coherence times. Atom Computing creates spin qubits by using the neutral atom Strontium-87, which, in one of its nuclear spin states, can coherently remain in that state for a very long time, allowing computers to run deeper quantum circuits.
Qubits are fragile and susceptible to errors, but the company’s unique system yields a record-setting coherence time of 40 seconds which is monumentally faster than other systems, allowing more time for quantum error correction research to detect and correct errors without completely degrading purposeful computation.
The company raised $60 million of capital in its 2022 Series B round and a further $10 million extension in 2024. That same year, Atom Computing announced a partnership with Microsoft, which will see the two companies collaborate on a range of commercially viable quantum computers, containing 1000 qubits each. It appears, then, that Atom Computing is well positioned to provide the leading quantum computing power behind life-changing breakthroughs.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2024
$10m
LATE VC
Jun 2024
$10.2m
LATE VC
Total funding: $101.2m
Company HQ
Southwest Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Leadership
Dr. Ben Bloom
(Co-Founder, CEO & CTO)Previously worked for Rigetti Quantum Computing as a Senior Quantum Engineer, and PTD Module & Yield Integration Engineer at Intel Corporation.
Dr. Jonathan King
(Co-Founder & Chief Scientist)Former Postdoctoral Researcher at Berkeley Lab. Received their BS in Chemical Engineering from Kansas State University, and their PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
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