EDA Tool Developer (Intermediate, Senior, or Staff)

EDA Tool Developer (Intermediate, Senior, or Staff)

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D-Wave (NYSE : QBTS) , D-Wave is a leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software, and services. We are the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, and the only company building both annealing and gate-model quantum computers. Our mission is to help customers realize the value of quantum, today. Our quantum computers — the world’s largest — feature QPUs with sub-second response times and can be deployed on-premises or accessed through our quantum cloud service, which offers 99.9% availability and uptime. More than 100 organizations trust D-Wave with their toughest computational challenges. With over 200 million problems submitted to our quantum systems to date, our customers apply our technology to address use cases spanning optimization, artificial intelligence, research and more. Learn more about realizing the value of quantum computing today and how we’re shaping the quantum-driven industrial and societal advancements of tomorrow : www.dwavequantum.com.

About The Role

About The Role

D-Wave is seeking an EDA (Electronic Design Automation) Tool Developer to join our Integrated Circuit (IC) Design team, which builds the chips at the heart of our quantum computers. These chips are some of the most complex superconducting integrated circuits ever fabricated and require a sophisticated, customized EDA toolchain. We use a combination of commercial, open-source, and internally developed tools to enable this work. You’ll contribute to building, extending, and maintaining this ecosystem in collaboration with IC designers, engineers, and scientists. The IC Design team is part of the Processor Development (PD) group, which leads the advancement of our quantum computing hardware. This is a software engineering role at the intersection of physics and hardware design. Your work will directly impact our quantum processor architecture and its capabilities. If you’re passionate about software development, complex systems, and collaborating across disciplines, we want to hear from you.

What You'll Do

• Develop and maintain a homogenized toolchain / design flow for deployment on multiple systems, including servers and local systems.
• Extend our in-house electromagnetic simulation toolchain and modeling infrastructure.
• Build tools for EDA, including a circuit topology extractor, an at-scale parasitics extractor, chip density homogenization tools, incremental verification tools, and many more.
• Evaluate commercial and open-source EDA tools from vendors, compare against requirements, capabilities, and alternatives and integrate or extend them as needed.
• Customize tools and workflows to match our specialized fab processes and quantum hardware requirements.
• Automate, oversee, and maintain chip documentation and revision workflows.

About You

Bonus Skills (Nice To Have)

Requirements

Please note that we are hiring across multiple career stages based on individual skills and proficiencies related to these requirements :

Intermediate (II) : At the Intermediate level, you will build technical proficiency, become familiar with our EDA environment, and contribute to well-scoped projects under regular guidance. You will :

You’ll Bring :

Senior : At the Senior level, you will lead substantial development efforts, contributing to and improving core EDA capabilities. You’ll work across multiple tools, teams, and projects with increasing independence. You will :

You’ll Bring :

Staff : At the Staff level, you will act as a domain expert and technical leader, shaping how EDA supports our evolving quantum hardware. You’ll be expected to lead technically, influence organizational direction, and mentor others. You will :

You’ll Bring :

Our DNA

Our Compensation Philosophy Is Simple But Powerful : We believe providing D-Wavers with company ownership, competitive pay, and a range of meaningful benefits is the start of creating a culture where people want to give the best they’ve got — not because they are simply making money, but because they’ve fallen in love with our vision, mission, values, and team.

During the interview process, your Recruiter will review our total rewards offerings. The final offer is determined by your proficiencies within this level.

Inclusion : We celebrate diverse perspectives to drive innovation in our pursuit. Our employees range from distinguished domain experts with decades of experience in their respective fields, to bright and motivated graduates eager to make their mark. Our diverse and innovative team will make you feel appreciated, supported and empower your career growth at D-Wave.

The Fine Print : No 3rd party candidates will be accepted. EEO policy applies to all employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The base pay range for this role is determined by your proficiency within the aligned level :

Location : Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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