Firmware Engineer, PsiQuantum
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
Quantum computer builder
Job no longer available
Quantum computer builder
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build and deploy useful, fault tolerant quantum computers.
Role
Who you are
- BS in software engineering, electrical engineering or related fields
- 5+ years experience developing firmware for embedded platforms
- Familiarity with a broad range of sensors, peripherals, and communication buses
- Proficient in C or C++
- Experience in RTOS and bare metal platform development
- Experience with MCU driver development for peripherals
- Experience developing with ARM MCUs
- Comfortable with hardware debugging tools and techniques
- Demonstrated experience designing software for complex systems
- Demonstrated ability to work cross functionally with hardware and system architecture teams
- Familiarity with TCP/IP protocols and protocol development
- Experience in test driven development with Python
- Excellent communications skills
What the job involves
- The firmware engineer will join PsiQuantum's Electronic Sub-Systems team to support firmware design, development and maintenance activities
- Design scalable firmware architecture for electronics control systems
- Collaborate with the hardware team in defining PCB architecture, communications buses design, MCUs and components selection
- Bring up and debug new hardware in the lab
- Apply best practices for firmware development, test, and deployment
- Follow modular design principles, ensuring each component of the firmware is functionally independent, reusable, and testable
- Create reports and documentation
Our take
Quantum computing will change the world more than any other imminent technological development, and PsiQuantum sits at the forefront of the charge to build the first quantum computer that will actually work.
The company is unique for the scale of their ambitions. Rather than focusing on what they term “intermediate milestones” like building smaller proof of concept systems, PsiQuantum builds the first large-scale, error-corrected computer, using photonics to deliver over 1,000,000 qubits (current quantum machines have yet to cross the 1,000 qubit mark).
There are plenty of companies building quantum computers, including the likes of IBM and Google, but these prototypical machines lack the size to correct errors, making them exponentially less useful than what PsiQuantum aims for. While other companies operate in the same sphere, PsiQuantum is unequivocally a leader in its field, founded by world-class academics and recently securing $1B in funding, making it the largest funding round for a quantum computing startup.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jun 2025
$1bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Jun 2024
$125m
CONVERTIBLE
Total funding: $2.7bn
Company benefits
- Financial & Retirement: 401(k) with company match, equity grants, and access to financial wellness tools and planning resources.
- Health: Competitive health coverage for you and your dependents that go beyond your standard medical, dental & vision.
- Wellness: $200 quarterly health reimbursement, 12 therapy + 6 coaching sessions with Modern Health for you and depndents, and annual membership to Care.com.
- Time Off: Discretionary Time Off (DTO) for full-time employees in addition to federal holidays and an end-of-year company shut-down.
- Family Leave: 12 weeks of paid parental leave with the support of a dedicated leave consultant.
- Flexible WOrk: Work in office, hybrid, or remote depending on your team and location.
Company HQ
Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Jeremy O'Brien
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to founding PsiQuantum, researched and taught at universities across the world, including Bristol, Stanford, Osaka, Sydney and Queensland.
Mark Thompson
(Co-Founder & Chief Technologist)Previously worked as an R&D Engineer at Toshiba and was a research fellow at the University of Cambridge. Is currently a Professor of Quantum Photonics at Bristol University as well as Chief Technologist at PsiQuantum.
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