Senior FPGA Service Engineer

Entangled Future; Delft; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Growth opportunities

Conference representation

Job summary

Qblox in Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, seeks a Senior FPGA Service Engineer to own triage, RCAs, and the FPGA release lifecycle across R&D. You’ll collaborate with embedded software, hardware, and systems teams to deliver verified fixes and robust bitstreams in a fast-paced quantum computing environment.

You’ll design RTL in VHDL/SystemVerilog, build self-checking testbenches, and contribute to modular, scalable verification strategies while advancing PLM quality gates and automated

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a STEM field, Business, or Marketing.
• Strong curiosity for quantum computing and deep tech.
• Ability to move between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.

Responsibilities

• Triage & Resolve: act as 3rd-line contact for field issues, perform RCAs, and embed fixes.
• Own Release Lifecycle: drive FPGA release readiness, traceability, and deployments.
• Collaborate & Innovate: partner across FPGA and embedded software for workflow improvements.
• Enable Services Intake: evaluate feature requests and promote shared modules and tooling.
• Design & Verify: design RTL modules in VHDL and write unit testbenches; collaborate on SV/UVM tests.

Skills

RTL design

VHDL

SystemVerilog

UVM

RCAs

Regression fixes

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in STEM

Tools

Regression suites

Build tooling

Job description

Senior FPGA Service Engineer at Qblox, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. A senior-level full time position in the Research & Development team, listed under software engineering.

Are you driven to dive into complex hardware challenges and take ownership of critical system releases in the world of quantum computing?

At Qblox, we're accelerating the worldwide race to build scalable quantum computers, providing the world's best quantum control stacks. We're not just building hardware; we're building the future.

Where you come in

As our Senior FPGA Service Engineer within the Central Engineering Department (CED), you will sit right at the cross-section of deep hardware engineering, system-level problem solving, and release ownership. In this role, you won't just write RTL—you'll dive into complex, full-stack hardware/software challenges as our primary 3rd-line escalation expert. Collaborating closely with embedded software, hardware, and systems teams, you will triage, root-cause, and implement verified solutions for field issues, ensuring those lessons learned are embedded directly into our PLM quality gates. Working alongside a collaborative group of FPGA design engineers, you'll also co-own the FPGA release lifecycle, partner closely with our Release Manager, and drive continuous innovation in our workflows.

Why you'll love it

• Ignite Your Drive: You'll be working in the most exciting industry right now – quantum computing – a true deep tech frontier.
• Drive the Future: This is your chance to directly drive new technology forward, shaping the tools that unlock unprecedented quantum power.
• Collaborate with Brilliance: Work alongside some of the smartest, most innovative minds on the planet in an open, interdisciplinary environment.
• Make Real Impact: Bridge the gap between R&D design and field reliability, giving you complete ownership of critical system stability and releases.

Enough about us, what about you? To truly excel and lead the charge in this role, we envision you'll have the following skills and experience:

Responsibilities

• Triage & Resolve: Act as the 3rd-line technical contact for complex field issues on fielded hardware: triage, root-cause, and deliver verified fixes. Lead RCAs for defect escapes and embed the learnings into PLM quality gates, review checklists, and automated regression suites to prevent recurrence.
• Own Release Lifecycle: Partner with the overall Release Manager to drive FPGA release readiness, requirement traceability, bug monitoring, and predictable deployment of bitstreams and patches.
• Collaborate & Innovate: Serve as a technical sparring partner across FPGA and embedded software domains, continuously proposing improvements to engineering workflows, tooling, and architectures.
• Enable Services Intake: Evaluate incoming feature requests from cross-functional teams, helping project teams adopt CED shared modules, automated build infrastructure, and developer tooling.
• Design & Verify: Design RTL modules in VHDL adhering to modular practices, write self-checking unit testbenches, and collaborate on top-level SystemVerilog/UVM test environments.
• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a STEM field, Business, or Marketing.
• A genuine curiosity and passion for quantum computing and deep tech.
• The versatility to move effortlessly between high-level strategic positioning and direct hands-on execution.

Benefits

• Join a unique and dynamic experience of bringing deep-tech to the market in the hyper-growth environment.
• Collaborate with our passionate, interdisciplinary team in the Netherlands and in the United States.
• Work alongside a global team of highly skilled physicists, engineers, and scientists in a flexible and open working culture.
• Enjoy a high-curiosity, high-performance team dynamic.
• Take advantage of highly attractive compensation plans, equity, and opportunities for growth.
• Represent Qblox at international conferences, partner engagements, and customer visits.