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Americas, United States, Brooklyn Park

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Posted 45 days ago

Lab Software Engineer - 615

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Role Type

🛠️ Engineer / Developer

Role Focus

🏗️ Build Systems

Seniority

🌿 Experienced

Employer Type

🏢 Industry

Visa / Relocation Details

Must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, green card holder, or a worker granted asylum or refugee status.
Candidates must not be a People's Republic of China national or Russian national unless they are also a U.S. citizen, due to national security requirements.

This role involves developing and maintaining software systems critical for the day-to-day operations of labs creating key quantum computing components. The Lab Software Engineer works closely with physicists and hardware engineers to automate experiments, manage lab systems, and enhance operational reliability and speed in a fast-moving research and development environment. This position requires experience interacting directly with physical hardware and experimental setups.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain software systems to automate experimental processes and coordinate interactions between lab instruments, control systems, and data pipelines.

Collaborate with physicists and hardware engineers to identify laboratory needs and implement customized software solutions.

Develop internal tools and dashboards for real-time visualization, logging, and monitoring of equipment status and system health.

Improve system observability to facilitate rapid debugging and reduce operational interruptions through clear error reporting.

Deploy and support lab software throughout its lifecycle on operational systems, including maintenance, updates, and troubleshooting.

Required Skills

Software development experience (4+ years) in a laboratory or research environment.

Experience (2+ years) with Python, C++, or another object-oriented programming language.

Experience (1+ year) developing software that communicates with physical hardware using device interfaces, control protocols, or instrumentation libraries.

Possession of a Bachelor's degree minimum.

Nice-to-have Skills

Holding a Masters or PhD degree in Computer Science or a field related to Quantum Computing.

Familiarity with experiment automation frameworks or lab control systems.

Experience with hardware-in-the-loop testing or real-time systems.

Proficiency with Docker and experience managing containerized environments.

Knowledge of instrumentation APIs, messaging systems, or device protocols (e.g., serial, GPIB, TCP/IP).

Experience automating laboratory equipment like oscilloscopes, waveform generators, motorized stages, and data acquisition systems.

Technology Tags

Control software

The core responsibility is designing and maintaining software systems to automate experiments and orchestrate interactions between lab instruments and control systems.

Python

Python is explicitly required as a key programming language for software development in this role.

C++

C++ is explicitly required as a key programming language, alongside Python, for software development in this role.

Pulse-Level Control

The job focuses on developing software that orchestrates lab systems and instruments essential for fine-grained control over quantum experiments.

IT infrastructure

The role involves deploying and supporting software to operational systems, troubleshooting issues across the software stack, and improving system observability.

FPGA controllers

The role requires developing software that communicates with physical hardware, often involving high-speed digital controllers like FPGAs used in quantum control systems.

Noise & benchmarking

The engineer must create tools to monitor system health, log experimental runs, and enable rapid debugging, which contributes to noise assessment and performance benchmarking.

Source Job Description

We are seeking a Lab Software Engineer for our Brooklyn Park, MN location.

Join a cross-functional team developing new technologies that are key to advancing our quantum computers. This role focuses on building and supporting software that runs day-to-day operations in the labs developing key quantum computing components. You will work closely with physicists and hardware engineers to develop tools that automate experiments, coordinate lab systems, and improve reliability, visibility, and throughput in a fast-moving R&D environment.

This role is particularly well-suited for engineers who have worked in experimental labs, R&D test environments, or research settings where software interacts directly with physical systems.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, build, and maintain software systems that automate key experimental processes and orchestrate interactions between lab instruments, control systems, and data pipelines.

Collaborate with physicists and hardware engineers to understand laboratory needs and implement tailored software tools.

Create internal tools and dashboards to visualize equipment status, log experimental runs, monitor system health, and track laboratory status in real time.

Improve system observability to enable rapid debugging of issues and reduce operational interruptions, including clear and actionable error reporting for end users.

Write clear, maintainable, testable code in a fast-paced R&D environment.

Deploy lab software to operational systems and support its use throughout its lifecycle, including maintenance, updates, and troubleshooting.

Improve CI/CD workflows supporting automated testing and build.

Diagnose various software issues across the entire software stack, bringing in appropriate support from the broader software team.

Help define and evolve development best practices, including version control standards, code review processes, and issue tracking conventions.

YOU MUST HAVE:

Bachelor's degree minimum.

4+ years of graduate and/or industry experience developing software in a laboratory or research environment.

2+ years of experience with Python, C++, or object-oriented programming language.

1+ years of experience developing software that communicates with physical hardware via device interfaces, control protocols, and/or instrumentation libraries.

Due to Contractual requirements, must be a U.S. Person defined as, U.S. citizen permanent resident or green card holder, workers granted asylum or refugee status.

Due to national security requirements imposed by the U.S. Government, candidates for this position must not be a People's Republic of China national or Russian national unless the candidate is also a U.S. citizen.

WE VALUE:

Masters/PhD degree in Computer Science or field related to Quantum Computing preferred

Familiarity with experiment automation frameworks or lab control systems.

Experience with hardware-in-the-loop testing and/or real-time systems.

Proficiency with Docker and experience managing containerized environments.

Comfort working in Linux and Windows development environments.

Knowledge of instrumentation APIs, messaging systems, or device protocols (e.g., serial, GPIB, TCP/IP).

Experience working with or automating laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, waveform generators, motorized stages, and data acquisition systems.