Senior Engineer, IonQ
Firmware
$142.1-186.1k
+ Bonus & Equity
More information about location
Office located in Pleasanton, CA
Quantum computing platform
Open for applications
Quantum computing platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$142.1-186.1k
+ Bonus & Equity
More information about location
Office located in Pleasanton, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build the world’s best quantum computers to solve the world’s most complex problems, transforming business, society, and the planet for the better.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science with substantial embedded systems coursework, lab, or internship experience; other technical degrees considered with 5+ years of directly relevant experience
- Demonstrated ability to write production-quality C/C++ code for small embedded processors
- Proficiency writing interrupt service routines, peripheral drivers, and multi-threaded firmware for embedded MCUs using RTOSs and/or bare-metal environments
- Experience interfacing with external devices via TCP, UDP, UART, SPI, I2C, or similar protocols
- Familiarity with fixed-point arithmetic and digital filter design for embedded applications
- Experience developing scripts in Python, Perl, or similar languages
- Hands-on experience using test and measurement equipment (oscilloscopes, function generators, voltmeters) to validate firmware performance
- Proven ability to isolate and resolve bugs using debuggers and simulation tools
- Comfortable working in a laboratory environment
- To comply with the US export control laws, Vector Atomic employees must be U.S. citizens (born or naturalized), lawful U.S. permanent residents (i.e. green card holders), and certain categories of refugees, and asylees
Desirable
- Experience designing and implementing control algorithms such as PID controllers
- Proficiency in assembly language programming for embedded targets
- Experience implementing lightweight Ethernet stacks (e.g., lwIP) on small embedded systems
- Background working with SoC or FPGA devices
What the job involves
- We are looking for a skilled Senior Firmware Engineer to join a cross-functional team of physicists, electronics engineers, and firmware developers building next-generation quantum sensing instruments
- In this role, you will design, implement, and verify embedded software for ST microcontrollers — including COTS devices and MCUs on custom ASICs — and develop the low-level control algorithms that make precision measurement possible
- You will work closely with hardware engineers throughout the full product development cycle, from schematic review to board bring-up and production
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team of physicists, electronics engineers, and firmware engineers to design and deliver next-generation quantum instruments
- Write and verify embedded firmware for ST microcontrollers, including COTS devices and MCUs integrated into custom ASICs
- Implement control algorithms critical to the operation of high-precision sensing instruments
- Develop peripheral drivers for mixed-signal and other devices, working directly from electronic schematics
- Partner with hardware engineers to support board testing and hardware bring-up activities
- Contribute to continuous process improvement by authoring task tickets in GitHub and participating in code reviews, project reviews, and retrospectives
- Clearly document and communicate your work through written and verbal channels with coworkers and collaborators
Our take
IonQ is a quantum computing company; its current quantum computer, the IonQ Quantum Cloud, is accessible through the cloud. An offshoot of the co-founder's 25 years of academic research in quantum information sciences, IonQ hopes to build the world's best quantum computers that can solve complex problems at a much faster rate than traditional computers.
Over the past few years, IonQ has partnered with several major technology companies, including Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Google, to make its quantum computers more widely available. Most recently, it partnered with General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) to bring quantum solutions to government and defence sectors across the US.
IonQ has also acquired Entangled Networks to bolster its product offerings and has merged with a special purpose acquisition company to become a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "IONQ". The merger brought in substantial gross earnings that IonQ plans to utilise to accelerate its technology development and commercialisation efforts.
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Insights
60% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2020
$7m
SERIES B
Oct 2019
$55m
SERIES B
Total funding: $82m
Company HQ
College Park, MD
Leadership
Peter Chapman
(President & CEO)Previously the Director of Engineering for Amazon Prime, and the President and CEO of Media Arc and eMusic.
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