Research Software Engineering Intern (f/m/d)

Entangled Future; München; Hybrid; EUR 16,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentoring

Wellness benefits

Vacation days

Job summary

QuantumDiamonds is building the world’s first commercial quantum sensing tools for chip failure analysis. We are seeking a Research Software Engineering Intern in Pre-Development to consolidate measurement software into a single Python framework, guided by a mentor, with migration of existing protocols.

This is a full-time 6-month internship that can start during or after your studies. You will work with an international team across physics, data science, and engineering, shaping a flexible,

Responsibilities

• Bring the measurement software of Pre-Development together into one shared Python framework, to a target architecture your mentor defines, and migrate the existing measurement protocols onto it.

Job description

QuantumDiamonds is building the world’s first commercial quantum sensing tools for chip failure analysis. As our Research Software Engineering Intern in Pre-Development, you bring our measurement software together. A measurement protocol is the recipe our Quantum Diamond Microscope (QDm) follows for one measurement: how laser, microwaves and camera are sequenced and timed, and how raw camera frames become a magnetic field image of a chip. Our engineers write new protocols whenever they test a new idea, and several backends for running them grew in parallel. You turn them into one shared Python framework that our engineers extend. The challenge is a framework R&D still uses long after your internship: flexible enough that a new protocol is a day’s work, automated enough that a measurement runs without someone watching it, and structured enough that the next engineer extends it without reading all of it. An experienced colleague from the team mentors you and sets the architecture; you make that trade-off real in code, working with Claude Code every day, as our engineers do. This is a full-time internship for 6 months, during or after your studies, starting as soon as possible.

Picture this

• Quantum sensors that see inside the most advanced chips on Earth, right where two frontier fields collide.
• Nobel-Prize physics aimed at real customers with real problems, in production now, not someday.
• Physicists, data scientists, and engineers building side by side, turning deep science into tools the industry actually runs on.
• An international team that runs at hard problems for fun, where knowledge moves fast and so do you.

Let’s make the invisible visible!

What will you do

• Bring the measurement software of Pre-Development together into one shared Python framework, to a target architecture your mentor defines, and migrate the existing measurement protocols onto it.

Pay and benefits

• You'll get to build a company together with a brilliant and welcoming team on a product that has never been done before.
• From Day 1, you'll own your own topics end to end and see the direct impact of your work on how the world sees QuantumDiamonds.
• Our technology is the cutting edge of tomorrow, starting today and not in 10 years.
• You’ll be part of a high-growth company backed by top-tier investors.
• Mission: At QD, we’re driven by more than just building great products - we aim to make a lasting difference. Joining us means contributing to meaningful work that goes beyond business as usual.
• Impact & growth: This is an exciting stage of our journey, and your voice matters. You’ll have the chance to shape our culture, influence key decisions, and grow alongside a company that’s scaling fast.
• Mentoring: An experienced colleague from the team mentors you throughout your internship.
• Health & fitness: With a company-sponsored Wellpass membership, you’ll have access to countless gyms, classes, and wellness offers across Germany to stay healthy and active.
• Team & culture: We believe the best ideas come when we connect outside the office. From regular off-sites to team events, you’ll be part of a collaborative and supportive environment.
• Well-being & balance: We value rest and recovery. That’s why you’ll enjoy 24 vacation days plus public holidays to recharge and return inspired.

QuantumDiamonds builds diamond NV-centre quantum sensing systems for semiconductor failure analysis, founded at TU Munich in 2022 and funded to €98M.