Control System Engineer/Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
QuEra Computing, Inc.19 hours ago
Boston, MA, USASenior / Staff+
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$160k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Implement, maintain, and test software and hardware controlling heterogeneous computer-system devices.
- Define, document, implement, and test operational procedures for quantum computers.
- Manage development and testing infrastructure, including hardware-in-the-loop setups, Kubernetes services, routers, switches, and test systems.
- Automate provisioning, configuration, and orchestration of local and remote compute systems used for control, testing, and simulation.
- Integrate DevOps tools with custom hardware and quantum-specific workflows in collaboration with software and test engineers.
- Maintain artifact repositories, test-result dashboards, and infrastructure for regression and system-health tracking.
- Establish best practices for access control, system configuration, and laboratory operations.
- Support incident response, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis for CI/CD failures and system anomalies.
- Implement monitoring and alerting that integrates logs and metrics from embedded systems, test benches, and orchestration layers.
- Build, test, and deploy software and firmware through CI/CD pipelines across the quantum control stack.
Requirements
- Practical experience implementing LAN and WAN technologies on switches and routers, including VLAN configuration, DNS, DHCP, and TCP/IP services.
- Practical Linux administration with Ubuntu, Debian, or Red Hat and Windows administration, including network operations, application installation, and debugging.
- Proficiency in Python, Bash, or Go and familiarity with Docker, Git, and Kubernetes.
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI or Jenkins and infrastructure-as-code platforms such as Ansible or Terraform.
- Familiarity with Grafana, Prometheus, the ELK stack, and logging systems for real-time monitoring.
- Hands-on experience with rack-mounted servers.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5–8 years of experience in Network SQA, systems engineering, SRE, or infrastructure engineering roles.
- Preferred experience with embedded devices, custom hardware, real-time control systems, hardware-in-the-loop pipelines, or distributed laboratory and test automation.
- Preferred exposure to scientific computing, HPC, or quantum software stacks and knowledge of secure software deployment and product life cycles.
Benefits
- Equity grants are provided to all new hires.
- Base salary ranges are regularly updated using external market data.
Tech Stack
Categories
DevOpsSite Reliability
About QuEra Computing, Inc.
QuEra Computing builds neutral-atom quantum computers and supporting software, offering access via its Aquila system on Amazon Braket and selling on-premise machines to research and enterprise users. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Boston, the privately held company delivered a large-scale system to Japan’s AIST and has been selected for DARPA quantum benchmarking efforts.