CryoCMOS Design Director, Quantum (CryoCMOS)

Location: Austin, United States of America; other location: Santa Clara, United States of America. Full-time onsite role with up to 10% travel.

Expected salary: $166,500–$319,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global is a semiconductor foundry providing design, development, and fabrication services with a global manufacturing footprint.

What you will do

• Lead a multidisciplinary CryoCMOS IC design team of approximately 10–20 engineers across analog, RF, digital, mixed-signal, and physical design.
• Direct end-to-end IC and reusable IP development from system and circuit architecture through simulation, physical implementation, verification, tapeout, silicon bring-up, and characterization.
• Provide technical direction through design reviews, methodology development, performance optimization, design closure, risk identification, and resolution of critical issues.
• Develop CryoCMOS, quantum, and other advanced IC solutions, reusable IP, design methodologies, and enablement capabilities using GF process technologies.
• Partner with PDK, compact modeling, technology development, test, packaging, design enablement, customers, and ecosystem partners.
• Build the engineering organization through recruiting, coaching, mentorship, performance management, succession planning, and development of technical leaders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Microelectronics, Applied Physics, or a related technical field.
• At least 10 years of relevant semiconductor IC design experience, including progressively increasing technical leadership responsibilities.
• Experience leading and managing IC design teams, preferably multidisciplinary teams spanning analog, mixed-signal, RF, digital, and/or physical design.
• Experience leading complex IC development through architecture, design, verification, physical implementation, tapeout, silicon bring-up, characterization, and design-to-silicon correlation.
• Strong understanding of CMOS IC design, semiconductor devices, design methodologies, physical implementation, verification, PVT variation, parasitic effects, and silicon characterization.
• Ability to manage multiple complex IC activities, prioritize resources, mitigate technical and program risks, and deliver against schedules.
• Ability to recruit, develop, coach, and retain high-performing engineering teams and technical leaders.
• Ability to communicate technical topics, priorities, risks, and recommendations across engineering teams, customers, management, and senior leadership.
• Written and verbal fluency in English; willingness to travel up to 10%.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, Computer Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related field.
• Experience leading IC design organizations of 10 or more engineers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience with cryoCMOS, quantum-control/readout electronics, low-temperature electronics, or other advanced semiconductor applications.
• Deep expertise in analog/mixed-signal, RFIC, digital IC, or high-speed circuit design with breadth across multidisciplinary IC development.
• Experience with semiconductor technology development, PDK, compact modeling, EDA, test, packaging, and silicon characterization teams.
• Experience establishing or scaling IC design capabilities, including methodologies, reusable IP, design flows, technical reviews, and tapeout practices.
• Experience translating system-level requirements into semiconductor technology and IC design solutions with customers and ecosystem partners.
• Project management, innovation, execution, planning, organizational, and strong written and verbal communication skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a multidisciplinary semiconductor engineering environment focused on cryogenic, quantum, and advanced applications.
• Collaboration spans technology development, design enablement, customers, and ecosystem partners.
• Employment is subject to applicable pre-employment conditions and may require applying for a U.S. Department of Defense Security Clearance if requested.
• Reasonable accommodations are available during the employment process.
• hirify.global maintains equal-opportunity employment practices.