Senior Embedded Systems Engineer – Quantum (RTL/FPGA)

Infleqtion; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 131,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company paid medical, dental, vision

401(k) matching

Unlimited PTO

Life and AD&D insurance

Flexible Healthcare Savings Account

Paid family leave

Student loan repayment

Job summary

Infleqtion, Inc. is hiring engineers to advance atom-based quantum technologies. You will develop scalable RTL with SpinalHDL, collaborate with physicists and engineers across disciplines, and ensure robust, maintainable designs in a fast-paced, results-driven environment.

The role emphasizes HDL in Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL, Linux-based development, and experience with AMD Xilinx Zynq MPSoC. You will lead small technical projects and contribute to state-of-the-art quantum sensing and computing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science or related field.
• Minimum 8 years prior work experience.
• Experience with industry standard HDL languages (Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL).
• Comfortable in Linux development environments and scripting (Python, bash).
• Excellent communication and collaboration in cross-functional teams.
• Experience with AMD Xilinx programmable logic devices (Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC).
• HDL development for RF waveform synthesis, closed-loop control, image processing, or matrix accelerators.
• Experience leading small technical teams or projects.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across physics, electrical, software, and opto-mechanical engineering to deliver embedded system solutions for quantum applications.
• Develop testable, performant RTL using SpinalHDL.
• Support hands-on tuning and troubleshooting in lab environments.
• Architect processing chains with analytical models to meet design requirements.
• Advocate modern software engineering practices including version control, CI, static analysis, and automated builds.
• Participate in design, code, and data reviews.

Skills

RTL design

Embedded Linux

Python

Git & CI pipelines

SystemVerilog

SpinalHDL

Scala

Verilog

VHDL

Debugging

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science or related field

Tools

Verilog

SystemVerilog

VHDL

SpinalHDL

Scala

Job description

Infleqtion, Inc. is hiring engineers to advance atom-based quantum technologies. You will develop scalable RTL with SpinalHDL, collaborate with physicists and engineers across disciplines, and ensure robust, maintainable designs in a fast-paced, results-driven environment.

The role emphasizes HDL in Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL, Linux-based development, and experience with AMD Xilinx Zynq MPSoC. You will lead small technical projects and contribute to state-of-the-art quantum sensing and computing