Lead Quantum Control Stack Architect

Qblox Bv; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Holidays package

Flexible working arrangements

Delft-based role

Job summary

Qblox Bv in Delft, the Netherlands, is seeking a Quantum System Architect to bridge quantum algorithms with the physical control stack, spanning software, FPGA firmware, and RF hardware. You will define requirements, drive low-latency execution, and lead cross-domain co-design with firmware, physics, and software teams to scale qubit control as systems grow.

This role emphasizes rigorous modeling, verification, and evolution of the control stack to enable reliable quantum experiments and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of system architecture experience, with quantum or RF control exposure.
• Deep expertise in system architecture fundamentals, data movement, interconnects, and co-design.
• Real-time architectures with low-latency, FPGA/SoC runtimes for feedback loops.
• High-speed mixed-signal hardware knowledge: AWGs, ADCs/DACs, PLLs, jitter, signal integrity.
• Experience in requirements management tools and system modeling software.
• Ability to bridge electronics, FPGA, embedded software, networking, and signal processing.

Responsibilities

• Capture and flow down top-level system performance targets into verifiable subsystem requirements for RF/hardware, FPGA firmware, and software teams.
• Define cross-system boundaries and co-design strategies across hardware, firmware, and software.
• Collaborate with firmware leads, quantum physicists, and software teams to partition execution logic between classical runtimes and real-time FPGA hardware.
• Guide validation, integration, and evolution of scalable quantum computing platforms.

Skills

System architecture

Real-time systems

Cross-domain collaboration

Communication

Requirements flowdown

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

FPGA

SoC

RF/microwave test equipment

Job description

Qblox Bv in Delft, the Netherlands, is seeking a Quantum System Architect to bridge quantum algorithms with the physical control stack, spanning software, FPGA firmware, and RF hardware. You will define requirements, drive low-latency execution, and lead cross-domain co-design with firmware, physics, and software teams to scale qubit control as systems grow.

This role emphasizes rigorous modeling, verification, and evolution of the control stack to enable reliable quantum experiments and