Sr Manager​/Dep Director Quantum Reliability

Global Foundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing design, development, and manufacturing services to customers worldwide. GF Labs and Quantum Technology Solutions (QTS) are focused on enabling next-generation quantum computing technologies through the development of advanced semiconductor platforms spanning Spin Qubit, Ion Trap, Superconducting, Topological, Cryogenic CMOS, Advanced Packaging, and associated manufacturing technologies.

The Senior Manager / Deputy Director of Quantum Reliability Engineering will lead the Reliability function within Quantum Technology Solutions. This role will build and lead a team responsible for developing reliability strategies, qualification methodologies, failure‑analysis approaches, and lifetime assessment capabilities for emerging quantum technologies. The successful candidate will combine deep semiconductor reliability expertise with the ability to develop new methodologies for technologies where traditional CMOS qualification approaches may not be sufficient.

The role will partner closely with QTS Product Development, Integration, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, Test & Characterization, Design Enablement, Packaging, Manufacturing, and Program Management teams to drive quantum technologies from early development through qualification and manufacturing readiness.

Define and own the overall reliability strategy for the QTS technology portfolio. Establish reliability requirements, qualification strategies, methodologies, and technical success criteria for emerging quantum technologies. Develop approaches for evaluating device, interconnect, BEOL, packaging, materials, and system-level reliability. Determine where established semiconductor reliability methodologies can be leveraged and where quantum‑specific approaches must be developed. Translate customer use conditions and quantum‑system requirements into actionable reliability requirements.

Develop reliability roadmaps aligned with QTS technology and product roadmaps. Provide technical leadership for lifetime prediction, acceleration‑model development, degradation‑mechanism identification, and reliability risk assessment.

Lead development of qualification methodologies for quantum technologies spanning Spin Qubit, Ion Trap, Superconducting, Topological, Cryogenic CMOS, Advanced Packaging, and associated manufacturing technologies. These are modalities explicitly included in the current QTS JL9 framework. Define qualification vehicles, stress conditions, sampling strategies, reliability monitors, and acceptance criteria appropriate to each technology. Develop approaches for assessing reliability under relevant operating environments, including cryogenic operation where applicable.

Establish qualification plans supporting technology maturation from R&D through production readiness. Partner with Integration and Product Development teams to incorporate reliability learning early in technology development.

Establish methodologies to characterize degradation mechanisms and identify reliability‑limiting failure modes. Lead root‑cause investigations for reliability excursions and technology failures. Drive correlation of electrical, physical, materials, process, and reliability data. Partner with characterization, analytical laboratory, process engineering, and failure‑analysis teams to develop robust root‑cause and corrective‑action methodologies. Apply statistical analysis, DOE, physics‑of‑failure approaches, and acceleration modeling to understand…