Senior FPGA Engineer - Systems Team (Quantum Computing)

Location: Cambridge, UK; hybrid

Salary: £70,000–£108,000 per year, depending on experience

Company

hirify.global develops quantum error correction technology and Deltaflow hardware in partnership with quantum hardware providers and government agencies.

What you will do

• Host technical workshops on hirify.global’s quantum error correction interface and evaluate customer control-system and data-communication requirements.
• Write RTL to adapt FPGA hardware to customer control systems and ensure reliable packet reception during end-to-end deployments.
• Work with the Quantum Application Team to design experiments and benchmark hardware latency limitations.
• Investigate customer issues, reproduce system setups with the QA team, and write scripts to debug and trace faults.
• Update verification environments and test vectors using data from quantum-system experiments.
• Communicate customer-system trends and required features to the product team.

Requirements

• Experience with advanced FPGA platforms such as AMD/Xilinx MPSoCs or RFSoCs and Altera Stratix 7 or Stratix 10.
• Experience writing SystemVerilog or VHDL.
• Professional experience with at least one of: classical decoder implementation on FPGA, Ethernet and high-speed protocols, or custom protocols and standards.
• Proven ability to test, debug, and improve UVM verification environments.
• Good knowledge of Python and C++.
• Typically 4–8 years of relevant experience, with strong technical documentation and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with scientific instrumentation.
• PhD in a relevant subject.
• Knowledge of quantum mechanics.

Culture & Benefits

• Annual bonus plan, private medical insurance, life insurance, and contributory pension scheme.
• Equity participation.
• 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave.
• Multidisciplinary environment spanning software and hardware development, quantum information theory, physics, and mathematics.
• Learning events, training, and conference budgets.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV and covering letter explaining the application motivation and relevant skills.
• Applications are reviewed as received, with interviews scheduled for suitable candidates.