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Staff Software Engineer, Photonics

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  • PsiQuantum
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Palo Alto, CA

Responsibilities

  • Own and extend test-sequencing software, measurement methods, sequencer logic, and instrument drivers across the electro-optical test fleet.
  • Design automated electrical, optical, and electro-optical measurement methods, including spectrum sweeps, IV sweeps, and optical alignment.
  • Build and maintain SCPI/VISA-based instrument-control layers for laboratory and production instrumentation.
  • Diagnose fleet-wide sequencing, throughput, alignment, movement, and timing issues using logs, dashboards, and measurement data.
  • Design failure handling that clearly surfaces hardware and measurement failures.
  • Partner with the hardware test automation team to convert new test-station designs into automated test and calibration procedures.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related field plus 8+ years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree plus 6+ years, or a PhD plus 3+ years.
  • Strong Python skills, including asynchronous programming.
  • Hands-on experience building automated test and measurement software with SCPI, VISA, or GPIB instrument control.
  • Working knowledge of electrical, optical, or electro-optical measurement concepts.
  • Experience debugging distributed or fleet-scale systems.
  • Ability to work at the boundary between software and hardware.
  • Experience with photonics, quantum hardware, semiconductor testing, or wafer-level testing.
  • Familiarity with test data platforms and pipelines.

Benefits

  • Competitive health coverage for employees and dependents.
  • 401(k) with company match, equity grants, and financial wellness tools.
  • Wellness benefits, family support programs, life and disability insurance.
  • Paid leave programs, company-designated holidays, discretionary time off, and an end-of-year company shutdown.
  • Benefits may vary based on location, role, employment status, and eligibility requirements.
  • Full-time role with compensation varying by U.S. geographic zone.

Salary: $165k - $277k/yr

PsiQuantum

PsiQuantum builds photonic quantum computers designed to achieve fault-tolerant, million‑qubit scale, and develops algorithms and software for commercial use. The privately held company is headquartered in Palo Alto, and in 2024 announced government-funded projects to build utility-scale systems ...

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