14 days ago
Base Salary
$120k - $261k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain userspace C++ services controlling quantum readout instruments.
- Build and optimize near-real-time data pipelines between FPGA/SoC hardware and client software using DMA, buffering, and latency-sensitive execution.
- Implement and debug FPGA and SoC interfaces using MMIO, interrupts, and driver APIs.
- Develop networked C++ services supporting concurrent clients, versioned binary protocols, and service discovery.
- Design logging, telemetry, health monitoring, and crash diagnostics for remotely operated instruments.
- Develop simulation and mock modes, contribute to CI and hardware-in-the-loop testing, and validate software and FPGA changes.
- Collaborate with experimentalists, control/readout engineers, FPGA teams, and client developers.
Requirements
- Doctorate in Physics, Engineering, or a related field plus at least 1 year of industry or research and development experience; or a master’s degree plus at least 4 years; or a bachelor’s degree plus at least 6 years; or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
- Eligibility for access to potentially export-controlled information under regulations such as ITAR and EAR.
- Ability to use AI tools for performance modeling, research, automation, and development efficiency.
- Familiarity with designing and building AI agents or copilots for engineering, experimentation, documentation, log triage, and knowledge retrieval.
- Preferred: 5 or more years of C++ development experience, including C++17 or later, modern C++ design, and memory management.
- Preferred: experience developing userspace software on Linux, working with device drivers and system services, and building concurrent systems.
- Preferred: experience with memory-mapped I/O, DMA, TCP/IP, binary protocols, CMake, gdb, core dumps, embedded Linux on ARM, Yocto, PetaLinux, or Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+.
- Preferred: experience with scientific, RF, signal-processing-adjacent instrumentation, ADC/DAC, data acquisition, timing systems, telemetry, health checks, watchdogs, simulation, mock layers, CI, and Python.
- Preferred: exposure to quantum computing, quantum control systems, or advanced research instrumentation.
Benefits
- Typical U.S. base pay range is $119,800–$234,700 per year, with a separate $160,200–$261,000 per year range for specified San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan locations.
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
- The position is open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.
About Microsoft
Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.