Senior Embedded Systems Engineer

• Infleqtion is on a mission to commercialize atom-based quantum technologies that deliver orders-of-magnitude improvements in sensing and computing applications. As a deep-tech startup, we embrace a results-driven, fast-paced, and customer-focused approach to innovation
• The duties and responsibilities outlined below include essential functions of the role. Depending on business needs, this role may perform a combination of some or all of the following duties. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice
• Collaborate with physicists and across electrical, software, and opto-mechanical engineering domains to deliver optimal embedded system solutions for quantum applications
• Develop testable, performant, and scalable RTL using SpinalHDL
• Support hands on tuning and troubleshooting in laboratory and test bench environments
• Architect processing chains with supporting analytical models to ensure that critical design requirements are met
• Embrace best modern software engineering practices to ensure robustness and maintainability and facilitate collaboration. This includes leveraging revision control, CI pipelines, static analysis tools, and automated build pipelines
• Participate in design, code, and data reviews

Benefits

• Paid Parental Leave - Eligible employees will receive 12 weeks of Parental Leave paid at 100% of the employee’s regular wages
• Unlimited Time Off - We encourage employees to take time away from work to promote balance in their lives
• 100% Paid Insurance Premium - Infleqtion pays for 100% of the employee premiums costs for Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance & pays 90% for dependents
• Additional Paid Time Off - 11 paid holidays per year, plus bereavement leave, paid jury duty, paid time off to vote, and more!
• Stock Options
• Student Loan Repayment - $100 per month match in student loan repayment
• Retirement - 401(k) contributions with a 3% employer match
• Employee Assistance Program to all team members
• Relocation Assistance- We are seeking self-motivated, energetic individuals with exceptional problem-solving and technical skills to help drive our Quantum Computing mission forward
• Experience leading small technical teams or projects
• Skilled in typical software engineering disciplines: testing, revision control (git), error-handling, readability, documentation, general code health, etc
• Familiarity with Embedded Linux OS distribution builds (nix, Yocto, or Buildroot)
• Modern closed-loop control systems (e.g. state space controllers)
• Expertise in developing HDL for one or more of the following applications:
• Expertise in working with industry standard hardware descriptive languages (Verilog, System Verilog, or VHDL)
• Good verbal and written communication skills, able to effectively share information with technical and non-technical staff
• Experience developing RTL in high level functional languages (especially Scala / SpinalHDL)
• Experience working with compiled languages for Linux and baremetal targets (especially Rust)
• Expertise working with AMD Xilinx programmable logic devices (especially Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC)
• Image processing
• Good collaboration skills, able to work in a team environment where engagement and participation are an expected part of successful job performance
• We encourage applications from engineers with expertise in high-performance signal processing in programmable logic, particularly those with experience in RF waveform synthesis, high-bandwidth control servos, image processing, or math accelerators
• Comfortable working in a Linux development environment and working with standard scripting languages (Python, bash)
• Desire to constantly improve and learn inside and outside of expertise
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science or related field and a minimum of 8 years prior work experience
• RF waveform synthesis and processing
• Matrix arithmetic accelerators