Senior Embedded (ARM) Engineer – Quantum Computing (m/w/d)

Responsibilities

We are representing a confidential quantum technology organization seeking a Senior Embedded (ARM) Engineer to own the real-time firmware that powers their cutting-edge quantum computing system. You will work on next-generation control electronics integrated into a single, highly sophisticated chip. Sitting at the heart of the machine between pulse-generating hardware and higher-level experimental software, you'll ensure precise signal delivery with nanosecond timing accuracy.

Your responsibilities include:

• Owning embedded firmware on ARM-based control platforms, from architecture through implementation to on-hardware debugging
• Developing and maintaining real-time software layers that coordinate pulse sequencing, timing, and data flow across highly integrated control systems
• Writing and maintaining low-level drivers and board support packages
• Guaranteeing deterministic, low-latency behavior under hard real-time constraints
• Leading firmware bring-up alongside electronics and physics teams, debugging at the software-signal boundary
• Defining firmware architecture and engineering practices, including build, test, and release processes
• Contributing to interfaces between embedded layers and the broader software stack to ensure experiments execute correctly

What We're Looking For

Required qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional embedded software development for real-time or timing-critical systems
• Deep expertise in C (and ideally C++) on ARM platforms, working close to hardware
• Experience with bare-metal and/or RTOS environments, understanding when each is appropriate
• Comfortable reading schematics and datasheets, debugging real hardware with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and JTAG
• Strong grasp of real-time concepts: interrupts, DMA, timing, concurrency, and determinism
• Proven track record of bringing up firmware on new hardware, not only maintaining existing systems
• Ability to collaborate effectively with experimental physicists and engineers, translating imprecise physical requirements into robust firmware
• Strong adaptability and quick learning mindset
• Good proficiency in English (written and spoken)

Bonus qualifications:

• Experience with highly integrated SoCs, particularly ARM+FPGA platforms such as Xilinx Zynq / RFSoC
• Working alongside FPGA/digital-electronics engineers at the software–gateware boundary
• Rust for embedded systems
• Embedded Linux on ARM (Cortex-A), including driver and kernel-module work
• Signal processing or control-loop implementation on embedded targets
• Experience with high-speed data acquisition or precision timing systems
• Familiarity with laboratory, scientific, or measurement instrumentation
• Prior experience with quantum computing or other deep-tech domains

How We Work With You

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Pay

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