FPGA Design Engineer — High‑Performance Quantum Systems

IQM Finland Oy; Espoo; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Flexible hours

Job summary

IQM Finland Oy in Espoo is seeking an FPGA Engineer to design and develop high‑speed FPGA logic for data processing and communication between quantum control subsystems and external interfaces.

You will work in IQM’s Scalable Electronics team, collaborating with FPGA developers, hardware and software engineers, physicists, and quantum error correction experts to build reliable electronics for scalable quantum computers.

Qualifications

• Experience designing FPGA IP blocks in HDL and validating designs through simulation.
• 1 year of professional engineering experience is required.
• BSc/MSc in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering or equivalent.
• Comfortable working across disciplines in a collaborative, low hierarchy setup.
• Proficient VHDL skills and experience with high‑performance FPGA families and modern toolchains.
• Fluent with digital logic fundamentals such as clock domain concepts and safe transfers.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, simulate, and benchmark FPGA IP blocks in VHDL.
• Integrate FPGA IP blocks to form a complete design.
• Plan and evaluate different solutions with the team.
• Benchmark and optimize data throughput, latency, and FPGA resource requirements.
• Align interfaces, protocols, and documentation with software, firmware, and hardware stakeholders.
• Do bidirectional knowledge sharing with domain experts and help keeping tooling and ways of working healthy.

Skills

HDL design

VHDL

Digital logic

Clock domain concepts

Collaborative skills

Team collaboration

Education

BSc/MSc in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Quartus

FPGA toolchains

Job description

IQM Finland Oy in Espoo is seeking an FPGA Engineer to design and develop high‑speed FPGA logic for data processing and communication between quantum control subsystems and external interfaces.

You will work in IQM’s Scalable Electronics team, collaborating with FPGA developers, hardware and software engineers, physicists, and quantum error correction experts to build reliable electronics for scalable quantum computers.