QMunicate – Software Engineer Experiment Control & Automation (f/m/d)

Munich Quantum Valley; München; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and employee equity

Conference and training budget

Job summary

Munich Quantum Valley is seeking a Software Engineer for Experiment Control & Automation in the Munich area. You will join a founding team building the connectivity layer for quantum technologies, focusing on experiment control, calibration automation, and firmware for rack-based nodes.

The role emphasizes Python development, Linux networking, and hardware interface work, with opportunities to contribute to real-time systems and embedded software in a growing quantum hardware ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, physics or engineering.
• Strong Python and solid engineering practice: git, testing, CI, code review.
• Experience controlling hardware or automating lab or industrial equipment.
• Comfortable with Linux and networking basics.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the experiment-control stack: sequences, instrument drivers, GUI
• Interface hardware: cameras, arbitrary waveform generators, lasers, detectors, FPGA systems
• Build the data framework: acquisition, storage, monitoring and analysis tools
• Automate calibration and health monitoring so the node runs for long periods without intervention
• Develop standalone firmware and network-control software for the rack-based node

Skills

Python

Git

Testing

CI/CD

Code review

Education

Degree in computer science, physics or engineering

Tools

ARTIQ

C++

Rust

Real-time/embedded systems

Linux

Networking basics

Job description

QMunicate – Software Engineer Experiment Control & Automation (f/m/d)

Join the founding team developing the connectivity layer for future quantum technologies — at the intersection of quantum optics, hardware engineering and scalable infrastructure.

Software Engineer — Experiment Control & Automation

You build the software that runs the machine: experiment control and automated calibration first, then the firmware that lets the node operate unattended in a customer rack.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the experiment-control stack: sequences, instrument drivers, GUI
• Interface hardware: cameras, arbitrary waveform generators, lasers, detectors, FPGA systems
• Build the data framework: acquisition, storage, monitoring and analysis tools
• Automate calibration and health monitoring so the node runs for long periods without intervention
• Develop standalone firmware and network-control software for the rack-based node

Requirements

• Degree in computer science, physics or engineering
• Strong Python and solid engineering practice: git, testing, CI, code review
• Experience controlling hardware or automating lab or industrial equipment
• Comfortable with Linux and networking basics

Nice to have

• ARTIQ or another real-time experiment-control framework
• C++ or Rust; real-time or embedded systems
• Distributed systems or network protocols

What we offer

• A founding-team role with real ownership of a first-of-its-kind machine
• A new quantum-optics lab in the Munich area
• Competitive salary and employee equity (VSOP)
• Close ties to the European quantum ecosystem; conference and training budget
• English as working language