Microsoft
Senior Quantum Engineer
$120K–$261K
Redmond, WA +1 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
Santa Barbara, CA - Experience
- Required: 3+ years with a master’s degree, or 5+ years with a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience. Preferred alternatives: doctorate and 3+ years, master’s and 6+ years, bachelor’s and 8+ years, or equivalent experience; also preferred 3+ years of chip or PCB design experience.
- Education
- Master’s or bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field; or equivalent experience.
About the job
Designs and simulates quantum processing unit chips and interfaces for scalable topological-qubit systems, while developing design tools and collaborating across engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Design QPU chips and readout/control interfaces using simulation-driven, fabrication-aware workflows.
- Run RF simulations and optimize chip and interface performance for control and readout.
- Develop design tools and co-design QPUs with fabrication, systems, packaging, control teams, and partners.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of technical engineering experience; or bachelor’s degree in one of those fields and 5+ years; or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
- Provide citizenship or qualifying status documentation for export-control eligibility assessment; citizenship is verified with a valid passport, with stated alternative documents for some statuses.
Nice to have
- 3+ years of chip or PCB design involving quantum devices, mixed-signal ICs, high-speed RF/digital circuits, or equivalent experience.
- Experience with chip/circuit design tools, RF and electromagnetic simulation, thermal modeling, semiconductor design and fabrication, Python, Git/GitHub, and quantum hardware; ability to work AI-first and build AI agents/copilots.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Ansys, Sigrity, COMSOL, Cadence, SPICE, Python, Git/GitHub, EDA
AI focus
Use modern AI tools to accelerate hardware and software discovery; design and build AI agents/copilots for experiment setup, log triage, measurement reports, protocol templating, and knowledge retrieval.
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