Staff Software Engineer, Photonics

Palo Alto, California. Posted 5 months ago

The role

The Staff Software Engineer will own software that drives automated testing, calibration, and data acquisition for electro-optical test stations. This includes sequencing, measurement, and instrument-control code for the test fleet.

What you will do

Own and extend test-sequencing software used across the electro-optical test fleet
Design and implement automated measurement methods for electrical, optical, and electro-optical characterization
Build and maintain instrument control layers for lab and production instrumentation
Diagnose and fix fleet-wide test-sequencing issues
Design failure handling for hardware and measurement failures
Partner with the hardware test automation team to translate designs into automated procedures

Required qualifications

BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or related field with 8+ years of relevant experience
MS with 6+ years of relevant experience
PhD with 3+ years of relevant experience
Strong Python skills, including asynchronous programming
Hands-on experience building automated test/measurement software with instrument control (SCPI/VISA/GPIB)
Working knowledge of electrical, optical, or electro-optical measurement concepts
Experience debugging distributed or fleet-scale systems
Comfortable working at the boundary between software and hardware

Nice to have

Experience with photonics, quantum hardware, or semiconductor/wafer-level test
Familiarity with test data platforms and pipelines

Benefits

competitive health coverage for you and your dependents
401(k) with company match
equity grants
access to financial wellness tools and planning resources
wellness benefits
family support programs
life and disability insurance
paid leave programs
company-designated paid holidays
discretionary time off (DTO)
end-of-year company shutdown

About the company

PsiQuantum's mission is to build the first useful quantum computers using silicon photonics. The company develops algorithms and software to make these systems commercially valuable.