Senior Embedded Software Engineer

at  QCTRL

ABOUT US

Founded in 2017, Q-CTRL has grown to become the global leader in quantum control infrastructure software. As a product-led company, we bring together diverse teams such as product, design, engineering and research to help achieve our mission of making quantum technology useful. We believe that working in deep tech domains like quantum provides an opportunity to upskill whilst applying existing knowledge and practices to new markets.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to develop firmware for our control, sensing, and actuation systems that automate the operation of our quantum sensors. You’ll primarily be developing new applications on our Xilinx Zynq + Embedded Linux platform based on requirements developed in collaboration with our research scientists to assist scientific advancement and to demonstrate our technology in the field. Our firmware is characterised by real-time constraints, data acquisition, signal processing, sequence execution, network communication, and hardware/FPGA interfacing.
You will join a growing team focused on quantum sensing for defence and aerospace, and work with experts in fields such as cold-atom interferometry, magnetometry, and inertial navigation to develop state-of-the-art technology.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

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• Own the development, integration, and support of embedded systems employed in Q-CTRL’s quantum sensors.

• Responsible for the design, implementation, and testing of control, sensing, and actuation firmware needed to autonomously operate next generation quantum sensors.
• Liaise with scientists to develop solutions to issues that arise during research & development in the lab.
• Work on critical quantum sensing field trials with key industry partners.
• Create test and simulation setups including hardware-in-the-loop test fixtures.