Senior FPGA Engineer - Systems Team

Entangled Future; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverlane is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to join the Systems Team in Cambridge, UK. This full-time role focuses on configuring Deltaflow Hardware to connect quantum computers, enabling low-latency, high-throughput systems for complex experiments.

You will work closely with customers and the Riverlane teams to tailor hardware for evolving quantum control systems, support system integration, and drive successful deployments.

Qualifications

• Experience in FPGA/RTL development for hardware systems.
• Experience with hardware integration for quantum control systems.

Responsibilities

• Write RTL to adapt to customers’ control systems and ensure data packets are received correctly.
• Collaborate with the Quantum Application Team to design experiments to test the system.
• Benchmark and identify hardware latency limitations.
• Host technical workshops and evaluate customer data communication requirements.

Job description

Senior FPGA Engineer - Systems Team at Riverlane, Cambridge, UK. A senior-level full time position in the Engineering team, listed under business operations.

The salary range for this role is broad, as we are able to consider varying levels of experience. Any offer made will carefully take into account level of experience (including relevant industry experience), transferable relevant skills and previous relevant achievements.

We will also consider part-time applications for this role. Please indicate your preferred working schedule in your cover letter.

About the role

Systems Engineering bridges the gap between Riverlane and its customers. They act as the primary technical interface for our customers’ engineers to guide them through product integration and help with troubleshooting complex quantum systems. They are key to securing design wins and driving product development.

As an FPGA Engineer, you will configure our Deltaflow Hardware to connect Quantum Computers to provide low-latency, high throughput systems that perform complex operations in a predictable and guaranteed way. You will use your knowledge and expertise to adapt the hardware to an ever-changing quantum control system to support scientists that are running quantum experiments.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Riverlane’s team, that is developing the world’s most advanced quantum error correcting algorithms. The Riverlane team is a mix of mathematicians, physicists and engineers, working together on a range of exciting and cutting-edge projects.

Technical pre-Sales

• Host Technical Workshops on Riverlane’s QEC Interface
• Evaluate Customers Control System and Data Communication requirements.

Integration On-Site: End-to-End System Deployment

• Writing RTL to adapt to customers control systems and ensure data packets are received correctly.
• Work with Riverlane’s Quantum Application Team to design experiments to test the system.
• Benchmark and discover hardware latency limitations.

Troubleshooting and Debugging: Managing Customer Issues

• Report issues and help replicate the setup with the QA team in Riverlane.