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Lead Firmware Engineer

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Role:Lead Firmware Engineer (Quantum)

Location:London / Cambridge / New York

Salary:Up to £100,000 Gross Per Annum + Benefits (UK)

Visa:Sponsorship is available for in-country candidates


Are you passionate about deep-tech industry, and state-of-art integrated circuits?

What about an opportunity to push the quantum computing industry forward?


At the forefront of fully-integrated IC's based on state-of-art computing platform; this team has created and developed an unapparelled solution for enhancing commercial scalability of quantum computing systems.


You will take leadership of an experienced, and highly technical team within the world of superconductivity, bridging the gap for cross-functional teams to build a quantum platform designed to solve development issues within the world of modelling, and advancing BMS development.


As the Lead Firmware Engineer you will play a key role in the developments of application and low-level software used to operate a digital IC based on quantum stack. With a long-term growth in-mind, we do also accept applications from senior level engineers who previously worked in the development of quantum control stacks.


Your Role:

  • Design, Develop & Integrate world-class firmware for quantum control systems
  • Create technical documentation and analyse algorithms for end-use requirements
  • Design & implement low-latency digital signal processing algorithms within a superconducting system


Your Experience:

  • PhD / Advanced Degree in the Quantum computing space
  • 4+ years of experience in developments of control hardware & firmware within quantum control systems / FPGA / GPU
  • Strong understanding of qubit measurement
  • Strong understanding of quantum computing hardware design principles

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