Quantum EDA Software Engineer

About the Role

The successful candidate will join the quantum electronic design automation (EDA) effort at IBM Quantum, participating in the development of cutting-edge tools for designing quantum processor and testsite modules targeting IBM's proprietary superconducting technology. This role is responsible for software engineering in support of the internal EDA ecosystem used to deliver IBM's flagship quantum processing units. The toolset includes internally developed software and industry-standard tools for hardware design.

Key Responsibilities

• Building user-friendly, robust software tools for making quantum computing hardware
• Participation in development of hardware design methodologies
• Verification of tools using software development best practices
• Development and implementation of algorithms for quantum computing hardware design
• Active support/debug for tool end-users

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Python (high familiarity)
• Linux
• Object-oriented programming
• Git
• Spatial reasoning and quantitative geometric skills
• Tcl
• C++
• Rust
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines
• Background in optimization and graph theory
• Industry-grade EDA tool experience (tools from Cadence, Synopsys, Keysight etc.)

Qualifications

• Strong spatial reasoning skills
• Core foundation in modern software engineering
• Experience with EDA tool usage or development in the areas of routing and circuit optimization is strongly desired
• Relevant mathematical expertise in optimization and graph theory
• Experience with quantum computing hardware is a bonus, but not required
• Good communication skills
• Initiative
• Strong sense of responsibility