Electronics Engineer

Entangled Future; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Q-CTRL in Sydney is seeking a Senior Electronics Engineer to lead hardware projects in the Quantum Sensing division, designing prototypes for magnetic and inertial navigation. The role targets an experienced analogue/mixed-signal designer who can mentor team members and contribute to product certification.

Reporting to the Lead Engineer (Hardware), you will drive architecture, field trials, and production-ready hardware, with strong emphasis on reliability and manufacturability.

Qualifications

• Accomplished analogue/mixed-signal design engineer.
• Experience mentoring hardware engineers and technicians.
• Background in RF and/or optoelectronic devices is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Architect, miniaturise, and ruggedise bench-top prototypes for field use.
• Deliver hardware prototypes with emphasis on quality, performance, reliability.
• Mentor junior hardware engineers and technicians.
• Lead and drive improvements in hardware development practices.
• Collaborate with scientists and engineers to deploy sensor tech.

Skills

Analog/Mixed-signal design

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Physics or Engineering

Master's or PhD (preferred)

Tools

RF design

Optoelectronic experience

Job description

Electronics Engineer at Q-CTRL, Sydney. A mid-level full time position in the Sensing R&D team, listed under research.

About the team

The Sensing R&D team at Q-CTRL transforms quantum research into deployable technologies that address real-world problems. We design, build, and field-validate an array of quantum sensors that support our key products, including Ironstone Opal - our solution for GPS-denied navigation.

You don’t need a background in quantum to make an impact here. We value strong engineering fundamentals, a product mindset, and a drive to solve the hardest engineering problems in quantum sensing today.

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Electronics Engineer to join the growing Quantum Sensing division at our laboratories in Sydney, Australia. This role will support the development of new quantum sensor prototypes designed for magnetic and inertial navigation.

As a Senior Electronics Engineer, you will provide technical leadership over hardware projects, taking responsibility for technical deliverables from the initial architecture, through field trials, all the way to product certification. The ideal candidate will be an accomplished analogue/mixed signal design engineer. Experience with RF and optoelectronic devices is also highly desirable, though not essential. As a senior member of the hardware team, you will be expected to mentor engineers and technicians and drive continuous improvement of our hardware development practices.

Reporting to the Lead Engineer (Hardware), the Senior Electronics Engineer will contribute to our rapidly growing efforts to deploy software-ruggedised quantum gravimeters, accelerometers, and magnetometers.

Responsibilities

• Your role will focus on demonstrating quantum sensing for Aerospace, Defence, geophysical exploration and Earth observation.
• Your primary goal will be architecting, miniaturising, and ruggedising bench-top prototypes for operation in the field and eventual productisation.
• You will manage the delivery of complex hardware prototypes, taking responsibility for the technical quality, performance, and reliability of the hardware.
• As an individual contributor, you will be a domain expert in analogue and mixed signal design.
• As a senior member of the sensing hardware team, you will be leading and mentoring hardware engineers and technicians.
• Other duties within the Employee's skills and experience, or with reasonable training.

Nice to Have

• A Bachelors, Masters or PhD in Physics, Engineering or equivalent industry experience.
• A demonstrated track-record of delivering high-quality analogue and mixed signal designs at a Staff level. Note that as we have several open roles, we will also consider applicants at a Senior level.
• RF and optoelectronic experience is highly desirable, though not essential.
• R&D experience working concurrently with scientists and engineers.
• Experience taking designs from prototype to production, including design for manufacture and product certification.
• A strong desire to work with a world-leading team and a company that is fundamentally building the future of the quantum technology industry