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Amazon · 18 hours ago

Senior Design Automation Engineer, Software, Center for Quantum Computing

San Francisco, California, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$192K/yr - $260K/yr

6+ years exp

Amazon is seeking a Senior Design Automation Engineer to join their Center for Quantum Computing. This role involves collaborating with superconducting chip design teams to develop software for automating and optimizing quantum device design processes.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Work with designers to build a quantum processor design automation flow. This will involve a combination of writing new software and influencing the working model of our scientist collaborators on the design team

Develop a shared Python library for analysis and optimization routines that can be re-used across designs

Profile and improve the performance of design, simulation, & analysis tools to enable scaling to larger devices

Leverage infrastructure-as-code to define and orchestrate high-performance computing (HPC) workloads

Make changes to the database and UI as necessary to capture and visualize design progress and performance

Look for opportunities to accelerate design workflows by taking advantage of the latest advancements in scientific computing, machine learning, and open-source chip layout and design software

Empower scientists to actively contribute to the codebase through mentorship and documentation

Qualification

PythonHigh-performance computing (HPC)Software development lifecycleJavaC++Chip design softwareSuperconducting quantum computingOpen-source scientific softwareCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience

Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language

Experience working with scientists in a research environment

Experience with the full software development lifecycle (planning, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance)

Experience setting up and running high-performance computing (HPC) workflows

Experience running physics simulations using Python

Preferred

Experience with chip design and layout software

Experience with superconducting quantum computing

Experience with common open-source scientific software

Experience with AWS tools and services (or more generally, cloud computing)

Experience with releasing open source software and/or publishing research papers

Benefits

Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Company

Amazon

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Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

Founded in 1994

Seattle, Washington, USA

10001+ employees

https://amazon.com

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$8.11B

Key Investors

AmazonKleiner Perkins

2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B

2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M

1997-05-15IPO

Leadership Team

Douglas J. Herrington

CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores

Werner Vogels

VP & CTO

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