Electromagnetic Design Tools and Infrastructure Developer – Mid-Level

Electromagnetic Design Tools and Infrastructure Developer – Mid-Level
(permanent position, 40 hour per week)
Contact: (819) 975-4654, [email protected]

About Nord Quantique

At Nord Quantique, we strive to build impactful technology by relentlessly pushing our understanding of quantum science. We are an interdisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, innovators, builders, and enthusiasts on a mission to make quantum computing a reality. Our quantum processors are designed to reduce errors in quantum computation to facilitate long-term scaling toward fully-fledged quantum computers. It is our responsibility to deliver this transformative technology for the greater good of society.

Located at the heart of the beautiful Eastern Townships region in the province of Quebec, Canada, we develop our technology in the vibrant quantum ecosystem of Sherbrooke. Leaning on more than a decade of vertical integration of quantum hardware, we are leveraging a comprehensive pool of quantum technology and micro-electronic infrastructure to deploy our quantum computing technology.

Our current needs

We are scaling our electromagnetic design capabilities alongside the development of increasingly complex quantum processors. To support this growth, we are building robust internal EM design toolkits and simulation infrastructure that enable fast, scalable, reproducible, and cost-efficient electromagnetic modeling across the Design team.

We are seeking a pragmatic and detail-oriented EM Design Tools & Infrastructure Developer to join the EM Design team. This role is intended for someone who can bridge computational electromagnetics, scientific software development, and quantum hardware design workflows.

The selected candidate will contribute directly to internal tools used for parametric model generation, simulation automation, solver integration, result extraction, post-processing, documentation, and loss-budget workflows.

Team mission

Enable fast, scalable, and cost-efficient EM simulation across the EM Design team by developing and maintaining robust modeling tools, automation workflows, and solver strategies that support roadmap-driven design and loss-budget rigor.

Working in close collaboration with experts at Nord Quantique, the chosen candidate will:

• Develop, maintain, and improve internal EM design toolkits supporting superconducting quantum processor design.
• Build robust automation workflows for parametric geometry generation, simulation setup, solver execution, result extraction, and post-processing.
• Integrate commercial, open-source, and internal EM simulation tools into reproducible design workflows.
• Contribute to solver benchmarking and numerical validation, including convergence studies, mesh sensitivity checks, and accuracy assessment.
• Collaborate with EM designers to translate recurring modeling needs into reliable internal tools and reusable software components.
• Support integration of simulation outputs into design documentation, loss-budget analysis, and roadmap-driven decision-making.
• Help identify workflow bottlenecks related to simulation throughput, licensing usage, HPC execution, and computational cost.

The selected candidate will operate within a highly dynamic environment and will be an essential member of the EM Design Tools & Infrastructure subteam, directly improving the speed, quality, and traceability of electromagnetic design work across Nord Quantique.

Education and experience requirements *

• Master’s degree, PhD, or equivalent industry experience in physics, electrical engineering, computational electromagnetics, scientific computing, software engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of relevant experience in computational electromagnetics, RF/microwave design, superconducting circuits, cQED, or scientific software development.
• Strong programming experience, preferably in Python, with experience developing maintainable scientific or engineering software.
• Experience with electromagnetic simulation tools such as Ansys HFSS, COMSOL, PALACE, Sonnet, CST, or similar.
• Experience with collaborative software development practices, including Git, issue tracking, code review, testing, and documentation.

*Any combination of relevant training and experience will be considered.

Sought expertise and knowledge

• Strong understanding of electromagnetic modeling principles, especially finite-element, planar, microwave, or superconducting circuit simulation.
• Experience building automation pipelines around simulation tools, including geometry generation, parameter sweeps, solver execution, and result processing.
• Solid software engineering practices: modular design, APIs, testing, documentation, packaging, maintainability, and long-term codebase stewardship.
• Familiarity with numerical validation, convergence behavior, mesh sensitivity, solver limitations, and simulation reproducibility.
• Experience with HPC environments, batch processing, parallel workflows, or compute infrastructure.
• Familiarity with superconducting quantum devices, cQED, microwave resonators, loss mechanisms, or quantum processor design is a strong asset.
• Intermediate knowledge of French, an asset.

Sought profile

• Pragmatic, solution-oriented, and motivated by building tools that make technical teams faster and more effective.
• Comfortable working at the interface of physics, EM simulation, and software engineering.
• Strong sense of ownership for code quality, usability, documentation, and long-term maintainability.
• Able to understand user needs, propose robust technical solutions, and iterate with design engineers.
• Detail-oriented, with strong analytical and debugging skills.
• Collaborative communicator who can work effectively with scientists, engineers, and technical leads.

Working at Nord Quantique

At Nord Quantique, you will be part of something special: working in a highly dynamic environment at the forefront of quantum technology development while benefiting from a vibrant ecosystem located at the heart of the Quantum Innovation Zone of the picturesque city of Sherbrooke. Our interdisciplinary team is laser-focused on solving grand challenges and making quantum computing a reality.

Nord Quantique is an equal-opportunity employer, and we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive work environment where all individuals can fulfill their aspirations while being supported and heard. This also means that we offer flexible work schedules and adapt our methods for the well-being of every individual.

Moving to Nord Quantique

Nord Quantique offers extensive moving support, including help with immigration paperwork, finding a place to live, access to childcare and schools, and even assisting your partner in finding a new job. We offer a relocation compensation package and competitive salaries.

Salary: 123000$ – 142000$

Vacation: 5 weeks per year

Benefits: Group insurance (including dental care), virtual care, lifestyle spending account (all available after 3 months of service)

Working language: English and/or French

Workplace: Espace Quantique 1, 1950 rue Roy, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 1B7