PsiQuantum · 1 day ago
Staff Firmware Engineer
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $209K/yr
10+ years expPsiQuantum is focused on building the first useful quantum computers, aiming to revolutionize various industries. The Staff Firmware Engineer will develop scalable firmware solutions integral to quantum computer systems, collaborating with multiple teams to ensure system performance and reliability.
ComputerHardwareQuantum ComputingSemiconductorSoftware
Responsibilities
Collaborate with hardware and system architecture teams to define system-level architectures, board designs, and component selection, with emphasis on timing, signal integrity, and control requirements
Lead cross-functional technical discussions to drive firmware architectural decisions and align implementation choices with system performance, reliability, and scalability goals
Define, implement, and maintain well-specified interfaces between firmware, hardware, and higher-level software, including low-level drivers, communication protocols, and python APIs
Design, implement, and validate embedded firmware across bare-metal, RTOS, and embedded Linux environments, including device drivers, closed-loop control algorithms, calibration routines, and deterministic state machines
Partner closely with controls, hardware, systems, and test engineers to integrate firmware into complex systems and ensure correct end-to-end behavior under nominal and fault conditions
Mentor senior and mid-level firmware engineers
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
Minimum of 10 years hand-on firmware development and architecture experience leading to a successful commercial product
Experience architecting solutions for multiple products and/or sets of control boards
Expert level firmware development in C/C++
Intermediate or advanced Python for control and test interfaces
Familiarity with build systems, version control, and test driven development
Schematic review and hardware debugging tools and techniques
RTOS, bare-metal, linux development experience
Communications protocol development
Benefits
Equity
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Company
PsiQuantum
PsiQuantum focuses on developing a scalable quantum computer using photonic qubits.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.3BKey Investors
OGBC GroupBlackRockAtomico
2026-01-21Series Unknown
2025-09-10Series E· $1B
2025-05-30Series Unknown· $22M
Leadership Team
Peter Shadbolt
Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer
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