# Firmware Engineer

Vector Atomic is building quantum hardware to transform navigation, timing, geophysical exploration, and telecommunications. In 2025, we joined IonQ [NYSE: IONQ], the world’s leading quantum platform and merchant supplier - delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. Our scientists, engineers, software developers, and operations professionals collaborate to deliver real-world solutions. We value ingenuity, diverse skillsets, and teamwork. Every team member can make an immediate impact while growing professionally. Join us to build breakthrough technology in a fast-paced, hands-on environment. We are looking for a skilled Firmware Engineer to join a cross-functional team of physicists, electronics engineers, and firmware developers building next-generation quantum sensing instruments. In this role, you will design, implement, and verify embedded software for ST microcontrollers - including COTS devices and MCUs on custom ASICs - and develop the low-level control algorithms that make precision measurement possible. You will work closely with hardware engineers throughout the full product development cycle, from schematic review to boar

- **Id**: 4210558
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/vector-atomic-firmware-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Pleasanton, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T00:53:16Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5212
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Sensors & Transducers, Test & Measurement Instruments

## Company

- **Id**: 8424
- **Name**: Vector Atomic
- **Domain**: vectoratomic.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/vectoratomic>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 11
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 155
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 110000
- **Max**: 135000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 135000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **GitHub** — Optional: no
- **IonQ** — Optional: no
- **Perl** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Assembly** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

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

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T00:53:16Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 155
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T03:24:10Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 135000
- **Is top pay**: no

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