Quantum Hardware Control Engineer (Rust)

Oxford Ionics; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Annual performance bonus

Generous annual leave

Flexible hybrid working

Private medical and dental insurance

Job summary

Oxford Ionics, now part of IonQ, is pioneering the next generation of quantum computing. We are seeking a highly technical Software Engineer for our Non-Realtime Controllers team to build and operate software that controls hardware around quantum computers, enabling fault-tolerant computation.

You will work with software engineers, systems and quantum scientists to create reliable end-to-end control services across the fleet, improving observability and resilience in a cross-disciplinary,

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills in a systems programming language and hands-on experience interfacing with hardware.
• Proven ability to make software resilient against unreliable external dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end hardware controllers, from device protocol to fleet-spanning service.
• Improve observability, health checking and alerting for instrument failures.
• Onboard devices into the current framework and deploy fleet-wide without disrupting experiments.
• Collaborate with software, systems and science teams to ensure seamless integration.

Skills

Systems programming

Hardware interfacing

Rust

Observability

Reliability under unreliable systems

Tools

SCPI

Serial

TCP/IP

USB

Job description

Oxford Ionics, now part of IonQ, is pioneering the next generation of quantum computing. We are seeking a highly technical Software Engineer for our Non-Realtime Controllers team to build and operate software that controls hardware around quantum computers, enabling fault-tolerant computation.

You will work with software engineers, systems and quantum scientists to create reliable end-to-end control services across the fleet, improving observability and resilience in a cross-disciplinary,