Senior IC PDK Development Engineer

About the role

The Senior IC PDK Development Engineer will architect, build, and maintain custom process design kits and physical verification enablements. This role serves as a critical bridge between foundry technologies, custom cryogenic silicon devices, and the circuit design group. You will create custom PDK components from scratch to enable novel silicon spin-qubit and cryo-CMOS circuit design methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Development of custom PDK elements from scratch, including Schematic symbols, Layout SKILL PCells, and custom DRC and LVS decks.
• Development, qualification, and maintenance of custom Calibre SVRF rule decks tailored for non-standard layout constraints and cryogenic CMOS layout considerations.
• Integrate tier-1 foundry PDKs into Cadence Virtuoso, creating customized library extensions, layer maps, and device callbacks.
• Work closely with IC designers and layout engineers to establish best practices for physical verification and layout automation.
• Document own work for peer review and evaluate the layout and enablement work of other team members.

Required skills

• IC PDK Development
• PDK enablement
• Cadence SKILL
• PCell coding
• Virtuoso
• Siemens Calibre
• SVRF
• DRC
• LVS
• Analog/mixed-signal layout

Nice to have

• Deep-submicron CMOS
• SKILL++
• MOSFET device modeling
• Verilog-A
• Cryogenic device enablement

Qualifications

• Degree in Electronic Engineering, IC Layout, Computer Science, or a related physical science/engineering field

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Share options scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Cycle-to-work Scheme
• Flexible working

About the Company

Quantum Motion is a fast-growing quantum computing start-up developing quantum processors based on industrial-grade silicon chips. The company operates out of state-of-the-art cryogenic facilities in Islington and brings together an interdisciplinary team spanning quantum physics to IC design.