Quantum-Ready Embedded Software Engineer

Jobtailor; Reading; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an embedded software engineer to design high-performance device drivers in C/C++ with Python bindings for testing quantum hardware. You will build automated test protocols for quantum drivers and embedded software, translating scientific goals into firmware requirements and CI/CD quality gates, collaborating with FPGA and compiler teams.

Responsibilities include tooling for hardware-in-the-loop testing, designing embedded software components, and diagnosing issues across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in CS, EE, or related numerical discipline.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-performance device drivers in C/C++ with Python bindings for testing.
• Build automated test protocols for quantum hardware drivers and embedded software.
• Translate quantum goals into firmware requirements, test cases and CI/CD quality gates.
• Collaborate with FPGA and Compiler teams on architecture and specs.
• Provision and operate hardware-in-the-loop testing environments.
• Design, review and document embedded software components.
• Diagnose and resolve software issues in experimental hardware with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

C++ Development

Python Development

Rust

Embedded Software Development

Automated Testing

Memory Management

Metaprogramming

CI/CD Practices

Verilog

VHDL

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or related field

Tools

CMake

Meson

Pybind11

Uv

Job description

Jobtailor seeks an embedded software engineer to design high-performance device drivers in C/C++ with Python bindings for testing quantum hardware. You will build automated test protocols for quantum drivers and embedded software, translating scientific goals into firmware requirements and CI/CD quality gates, collaborating with FPGA and compiler teams.

Responsibilities include tooling for hardware-in-the-loop testing, designing embedded software components, and diagnosing issues across