Entry Level Quantum Firmware Developer
📌Rochester, United States 🇺🇸
⏱︎ full-time
🧙♂️ entry-level
Do you want to grow your career and challenge yourself? Are you interested in designing high-impact solutions to solve complex problems? Do you want to be part of an agile, cross-disciplinary team that collaborates to develop end-to-end solutions in the exciting field of Quantum computing? As a member of the Quantum Instrumentation Control firmware team, you will have the opportunity to work with world-class talent to develop our next-generation of Quantum computers. Our team works in a fast-paced, highly visible, matrixed environment where the opportunities for technical growth and leadership are extensive.
As a Firmware Developer, you will be responsible for writing code to interact with and control Quantum systems, and/or for creating testing scripts and regression framework to validate firmware. The Firmware team provides low level software that bridges Quantum Control System Hardware through the Hardware Abstraction Layer which interfaces with the Quantum Cloud based software stack. Additionally, the Quantum Firmware team provides support to the Lab Validation (early user hardware) and delivery of Quantum Control Systems. A background in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering with strong programming skills is required.
Your Role And Responsibilities
- Firmware Development: Write firmware/drivers in C/C++/python to control room-temperature electronics for Quantum computer systems. Continuously innovate and improve firmware designs for new generations of Quantum hardware.
- Collaboration and Communication: Effectively communicate and collaborate with worldwide multidisciplinary teams, including Quantum hardware, Quantum software/QuOS, and IBM Research.
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Testing and Failure Analysis: Debug failures to find firmware or hardware bugs. Improve the team’s testing capabilities using scripting languages like python and DevOps practices.
Master's Degree
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical Engineering.
- Strong programming skills: Proficiency in Python/C/C++ or similar object-oriented languages.
- Knowledge of GitHub, Unix, and test driven development/automation.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
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Growth mindset; Motivated self learner able to thrive in fast-paced environments.
- 2+ years of experience in the tech/computing industry
- Experience working with interdisciplinary teams - hardware and software development
- Understanding of Agile development and DevOps processes
- Proficiency in Python/pytest or other scripting languages
- Familiarity with IBM Quantum architecture
- Understanding of ASIC or FPGA development engineering processes
- Experience working in a lab environment and hands-on with electronics hardware or ASICs
- Knowledge of Jenkins CI automation, YOCTO/petalinux, or digital signal processing
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
@ Embedd 
What we're looking for
At embedd.it, we power hardware-software integration in embedded devices. We turn fragmented semiconductor chip data into configurable digital twins, then deterministically generate code, tests, and documentation – making integration faster, cheaper, and resilient to supply chain shocks.
We’re looking for a true legend – someone with abstract thinking and deep expertise in low-level software development. You’ll build vendor-agnostic tooling for MCU and peripheral integration to solve hardware-software integration once and for all. We work at the intersection of embedded systems, code generation, compilers, and machine learning. It’s your chance to help redefine how low-level development is done.
Responsibilities
- Drive the architecture of the driver structures and system layout
- Define scalable patterns for cross-architectural integration across bare-metal, Zephyr, Linux, and other environments
- Deconstruct complex SoC device trees and translate hardware descriptions into structured internal models for automated reasoning
- Partner with the ML team to shape data and annotation models for AI-driven data-extraction tooling
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in embedded systems development, including bare-metal and RTOS-based systems
- Proficiency in C/C++
- Familiarity with firmware configuration, SoC bring-up, and system-level debugging
- Hands-on experience with code generation tools, or low-level compiler/decompiler/emulator technologies
- Strong background in embedded toolchains: compilers, linkers, debuggers, and build systems
- Python or scripting for automation and tooling is a plus
- Experience with functional-safety standards is a plus
Why embedd.it?
- Dynamic, venture-backed team of engineers challenging the status quo 🚀
- Work at the intersection of embedded systems, code generators, compilers, and ML 🤖
- Unusual challenges requiring out-of-the-box abstract thinking 🧠
- Competitive compensation: cash + equity 💰
- Remote work possible 🌍
About Us
embedd.it is a UK-based startup reinventing embedded development. Our platform transforms unstructured semiconductor data into structured digital twins, enabling automatic generation of drivers, tests, and documentation. We're building a single, traceable source of truth to make integration fast, vendor-agnostic, and future-proof.
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