Microsoft
Senior Quantum Analog Mixed-Signal Verification Engineer
$120K–$261K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 13, 2026
- Experience
- Doctorate plus 1+ year; or Master's plus 4+ years; or Bachelor's plus 6+ years in industry or R&D. Equivalent experience is also accepted. Preferred: 10+ years in analog/AMS verification.
- Education
- Doctorate, Master's, or Bachelor's degree in Physics, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- The role requires export-control eligibility assessment; candidates must provide proof of citizenship, U.S. permanent residency, or other protected status. Citizenship is verified with a valid passport; lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may use other documents where applicable.
About the job
Develops and verifies analog and mixed-signal simulation models and environments for quantum-computing SoCs and IP, coordinating cross-functional teams through production.
What you'll do
- Build AMS models, simulation environments, and test plans; run verification through tape-out.
- Integrate analog and digital blocks across SoCs for system-level simulation, document results, and drive design resolution.
- Coordinate verification contributors and contractors, and establish standardized AMS modeling and verification methods.
What they ask for
- Doctorate in Physics, Engineering, or a related field and 1+ year of industry or R&D experience (including postdoctoral research); or Master's degree and 4+ years; or Bachelor's degree and 6+ years; or equivalent experience.
- Meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
- Provide citizenship or qualifying residency/protected-status documentation for export-control eligibility assessment.
- Ability to use AI tools to improve innovation and efficiency and work in an AI-first environment.
Nice to have
- 10+ years in analog/AMS verification, including verified designs delivered to mass production.
- Experience with analog and digital simulation, EDA tools, UVM or OVM, analog block modeling, silicon characterization, MATLAB, Python, or Perl.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Synopsys XA, Cadence Spectre AMS, Cadence, Mentor, Synopsys, UVM, OVM, MATLAB
AI focus
Use modern AI tools for performance modeling and analysis, research gathering, task automation, and accelerating discovery through hardware development.
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