Automation Engineer (m/f/d) in an Emerging Startup Metropolitan Area Hannover-Braunschweig

QUDORA Technologies is a quantum technology start-up from Lower Saxony (Germany) developing full-stack quantum computers based on ion trap technology. Quantum computers hold the promise of outperforming today’s supercomputers within the next decade and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems by unleashing the power of quantum mechanics. 

QUDORA and its patented technology belong to the spearhead of the German quantum computing landscape. We have won multiple projects and signed a contract to develop a quantum computer prototype for the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in context of the German Quantum Computing Initiative. 

To realize our vision of building Germany's best quantum computer, we need exceptional talents for our interdisciplinary and international team. We maintain a friendly working atmosphere with flat hierarchies and a high degree of individual flexibility. We celebrate our successes with team events!

Does this spark your interest? Are you motivated to advance a technology that will soon change the world? Then we look forward to welcoming you as a full-time or part-time member of our team as soon as possible.

Improving the reliability and up-time of our cloud-accessed quantum computers by

• Automating electrical and optomechanical components to perform adjustment routines
• Identifying components and defining procedures for time-efficient calibrations of sub-systems
• Readout and log diverse sensors for system status
• Creating a system-level status dashboard and calibration workflow for trapped-ion quantum computers
• Programming and optimizing calibration pulse sequences on a trapped-ion quantum computer

• A master’s degree in information science, physics or a related engineering degree with focus on automation and closed-loop control of complex hardware systems
• At least 2 years of practical experience of automation in an R&D environment
• Experience with hardware-oriented programming
• Experience with object-oriented programming in Python
• Experience with real-time electronic control systems
• Proficiency in English (written and spoken)

Nice to have:

• Experience with either the open-source software ARTIQ, InfluxDB or Grafana
• Experience with version control software Git and GitLab
• Automation experience in context of trapped-atom/ion experiments

• Financial compensation: We value industrial and/or academic experience with a competitive salary and offer you a mobility allowance for public transport in the form of the German Jobticket.
• Relocation support: If you are moving to join us for this position, we will provide financial support.
• Flexible working models: You can organize your weekly working hours flexibly and are allowed to work two days per week from home. We look forward to meeting you in person at our office location in Hamburg or Braunschweig.
• Rest periods: You will receive 30 days of vacation (based on a 5-day work week). Additionally, you will get the 24th and 31st of December off.
• Professional development: We will support your growth through personalized training opportunities.

Apply now! We look forward to meeting you!