Senior FPGA Engineer, Quantum Systems | Flexible Hours

IQM Finland Oy; Espoo; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IQM Finland Oy is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to design and develop FPGA logic for high-speed processing within the QCS framework. You will work with tight timing constraints and own technical solutions, collaborating with hardware, software, physics, and quantum experts.

You will contribute to scalable, high-performance quantum computers, mentor junior engineers, and help optimize data throughput and latency across FPGA systems in a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Experience designing FPGA IP blocks in HDL and validating designs through simulation.
• At least 3 years of experience in a professional engineering environment.
• BSc/MSc in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering or similar, or equivalent practical experience.
• Comfortable working across disciplines and contributing 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.
• Take ownership of a part of the design or IP block.
• Strive and initiate improvement and continuous improvement.
• Help mentor junior FPGA engineers.

Skills

FPGA design

HDL development

VHDL

Digital logic

Clock domain concepts

Collaborative work

Education

BSc/MSc in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering or similar

Tools

Quartus software

Intel/Altera FPGAs

HDL simulators

Job description

IQM Finland Oy is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to design and develop FPGA logic for high-speed processing within the QCS framework. You will work with tight timing constraints and own technical solutions, collaborating with hardware, software, physics, and quantum experts.

You will contribute to scalable, high-performance quantum computers, mentor junior engineers, and help optimize data throughput and latency across FPGA systems in a multidisciplinary team.