# Senior Embedded Software Engineer

About the role We are seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to develop firmware for our control, sensing, and actuation systems that automate the operation of our quantum sensors. You’ll primarily be developing new applications for our SoC platforms based on requirements developed in collaboration with our research scientists to assist scientific advancement and to demonstrate our technology in the field. Our firmware is characterised by real-time constraints, data acquisition, signal processing, sequence execution, network communication, and hardware/FPGA interfacing. You will join a growing team focused on quantum sensing for defence and aerospace, and work with experts in fields such as magnetometry, and inertial navigation to develop state-of-the-art technology. What you'll be doing: Own the development, integration, and support of embedded systems employed in Q-CTRL’s quantum sensing magnetometry controller targeting AMD SoC Platforms Responsible for the design, implementation, and testing of control, sensing, and data acquisition firmware needed to autonomously operate next generation quantum sensors. Work in cross-functional teams of scientists and engineers to solve novel i

- **Id**: 3851324
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/q-ctrl-senior-embedded-software-engineer-2>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Sydney, Australia
- **Countries**: AU
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T00:33:06Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T12:02:02Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2167
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Quantum Science & Computing, Custom Software Development

## Company

- **Id**: 6563
- **Name**: Q-CTRL
- **Domain**: q-ctrl.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/q-ctrl>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Inertial Navigation** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **PetaLinux** — Optional: no
- **RTOS** — Optional: no
- **Rust** — Optional: no
- **Verilog** — Optional: no
- **VHDL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T03:28:40Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 33
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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