Senior FPGA and Firmware Engineer
📌Zürich Metropolitan Area, Switzerland 🇨🇭
⏱︎ full-time
🧙♂️ senior
Zurich Instruments is a technology leader in advanced test and measurement instruments and in control electronics for quantum computing. Our products are used in many challenging research fields by scientists all over the world and by leading high-tech companies worldwide. We help advance science and build the next generation of quantum computers.
For our Research and Development team in Zurich we are looking for a Senior FPGA and Firmware Engineer. Working with electronics, FPGAs, and embedded software is your passion! You feel challenged and enthusiastic at once about building electronic systems setting new performance benchmarks. This is your chance to work in a high-quality R&D team, building best-in-class quantum computing control systems and measurement hardware and software solutions.
Your responsibilities
- Conceptualization and specification of digital systems
- Design, simulation, implementation, and verification of digital systems on FPGA's
- Design, implement and verify SoC based embedded systems running Linux
- Conceptualization, modeling (Python/NumPy), specification and verification of digital signal processing systems
- Bring-up of new hardware
- Close collaboration with software and hardware development teams, and product management
- Design documentation
- Maintain relevant knowledge regarding new developments and trends in FPGAs/tools
Your profile
- MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
- Advanced knowledge of FPGA workflows comprising all stages from modeling to timing closure
- In-depth understanding of digital circuit design and FPGA technology
- Expert understanding of interfaces like PCIe, Ethernet, high-speed data converters, DDR memory, etc.
- Advanced knowledge of digital signal processing
- Experience in debugging hardware, using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers or similar
- Expert in embedded software development
- Expert knowledge of VHDL or Verilog/SystemVerilog, C/C++, Python
- Proficient in English, additional languages are a plus
We offer a diverse work environment with an open and transparent company culture where personal development forms the basis of our success. We thrive on cooperation and support distributed decision-making that allows everyone to take responsibility and generate substantial impact from the start and on many levels.
Now is a great time to join the team.
We look forward to receiving your resume and motivation letter.
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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