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Staff Software Engineer – Control
| Company | PsiQuantum |
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| Location | Palo Alto, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $186500 – $240000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 15+ years experience with Rust or C++ in a system software context.
- Architecture and implementation of system software for HPC, robotics, AI, quantum computing, semiconductor fabrication, or control systems.
- Proven track record of developing and shipping reliable, performant software in a high scale or mission critical context.
- Bachelors degree in a technical discipline preferred, or equivalent experience.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement software for control of photonic quantum computers in Rust.
- Design and architecture of system software.
- Participate in design and code reviews.
- Collaborate across software, hardware, and research teams at PsiQuantum.
- Testing and maintenance of control software.
- Champion and serve as an exemplar of good software development practices at PsiQuantum.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in high performance computing.
- Experience in computer architecture.
- Experience in high performance networking.
- Experience building operating systems, compilers, or kernels.
- Experience interfacing with ASICs and/or FPGAs in complex/high-performance systems or an edge-computing context.
- Experience with Nix.
- Experience with highly scalable distributed systems in a reliability and up-time critical environment.
- Familiarity with quantum control.
- PhD in a related technical discipline is a plus, but not required.
