Senior Electronics Engineer

About us Founded in 2017, Q-CTRL has grown to become the global leader in quantum. We’re using control to solve the hardest problems facing quantum technology, improving hardware performance and accelerating pathways to useful quantum computers and other technologies. As a product-led company, we bring together diverse teams such as product, design, engineering and research to help achieve our mission of making quantum technology useful. Join us to help shape the quantum future. About the role We are seeking a Senior Electronics Engineers to join the growing Quantum Sensing division at our laboratories in Sydney, Australia. This role will support the development of new quantum sensor prototypes designed for magnetic and inertial navigation. As a Senior Electronics Engineer, you will provide technical leadership over hardware projects, taking responsibility for technical deliverables from the initial architecture, through field trials, all the way to product certification. The ideal candidate will be an accomplished analogue/mixed signal design engineer. Experience with RF and optoelectronic devices is also highly desirable, though not essential. As a senior member of the hardware team, you will be expected to mentor engineers and technicians and drive continuous improvement of our hardware development practices. Reporting to the Lead Engineer (Hardware), the Senior Electronics Engineer will contribute to our rapidly growing efforts to deploy software-ruggedised quantum gravimeters, accelerometers, and magnetometers. What you\'ll be doing Your role will focus on demonstrating quantum sensing for Aerospace, Defence, geophysical exploration and Earth observation. Your primary goal will be architecting, miniaturising, and ruggedising bench-top prototypes for operation in the field and eventual productisation. You will manage the delivery of complex hardware prototypes, taking responsibility for the technical quality, performance, and reliability of the hardware. As an individual contributor, you will be a domain expert in analogue and mixed signal design. As a senior member of the sensing hardware team, you will be leading and mentoring hardware engineers and technicians. Other duties within the Employee\'s skills and experience, or with reasonable training. Ideally you\'ll have A Bachelors, Masters or PhD in Physics, Engineering or equivalent industry experience. A demonstrated track-record of delivering high-quality analogue and mixed signal designs at a Staff level. Note that as we have several open roles, we will also consider applicants at a Senior level. RF and optoelectronic experience is highly desirable, though not essential. R&D experience working concurrently with scientists and engineers. Experience taking designs from prototype to production, including design for manufacture and product certification. A strong desire to work with a world-leading team and a company that is fundamentally building the future of the quantum technology industry. Why Q-CTRL? Flexibility: We embrace workplace flexibility so you worry more about your impact vs a rigid work schedule. Attractive salary: You’ll get to have the start-up impact without the start-up wages. Equity: We want people to have a sense of ownership in what they do and offer the potential for equity share and annual bonuses. Cash bonus: We recognize exceptional performance and impact by offering annual discretionary cash bonuses. Resources: We are well funded by the world’s best technology investors, letting us chase our ambitions with minimal constraints. Parental support: We offer paid parental leave to support you and your loved ones. Diversity: We’re an equal opportunity employer and actively support initiatives like the ‘Global Women in Quantum’ program to help expand the quantum workforce. Unique culture: You’ll be surrounded by some of the world’s leading physicists, engineers, product, marketing and design people (to name a few) with a strong desire to learn and transfer knowledge. Meaningful values: You’ll work with an incredibly supportive team who work consistently to deliver our core values to be real, be trusted, be just and to be revered. Personal development: We provide you with a personal development and wellness budget. Make a dent: Last but not least you’ll have the unique opportunity to help set the direction for this revolutionary technology and truly make an impact that matters Q-CTRL aims to bring together cross-functional teams from many different backgrounds to help achieve our goals - we strongly encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all of the requirements mentioned in the job posting. To recruitment agencies, we do not accept unsolicited branded profiles and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. #J-18808-Ljbffr