Senior Software Engineer (Measurement and Bring-up)
Microsoft - Redmond, Washington, United States - Salary not disclosed
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Job description
Microsoft Quantum is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to work on the control, measurement, and bring-up software stack for topological qubit chips and quantum computing systems. The role involves building reliable software workflows for testing, characterization, calibration, and tuning routines used in quantum labs.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain measurement, characterization, and bring-up routines for qubit devices. - Develop Python software to control and coordinate complex instrument racks. - Work with scientists and engineers to convert experimental requirements into software workflows. - Build reusable software components such as drivers, experiment templates, calibration tools, analysis utilities, and configuration models. - Improve measurement data quality through metadata, validation, versioning, and reproducible analysis pipelines. - Follow software engineering best practices including code reviews, testing, CI/CD, packaging, and documentation. - Troubleshoot software and hardware integration issues related to instruments, timing, triggering, and data reliability.
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctorate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, or related field. - 4+ years of programming experience in relevant programming languages. - 4+ years of collaborative software development experience. - Strong Python software engineering skills. - Experience with scientific Python tools such as NumPy, SciPy, pandas, and xarray. - Experience with CI/CD, GitHub, Azure DevOps, packaging, and documentation. - Experience with instrumentation control, lab automation, hardware-interfacing software, or quantum measurement workflows is preferred. - Ability to meet Microsoft security screening and citizenship verification requirements.
About company
Microsoft is hiring early-career talent for practical, growth-oriented roles.