Electronics Engineer (1 year fixed-term employment contract)

At Universal Quantum we are creating the impossible. Together we are creating truly impactful quantum computers. We are looking to hire an Electronics Engineer within the electronics team for one year to enable Quantum technologies. Passionate about helping create technologies which can change the world? We may be the right place for you so get in touch!

What You’ll Accomplish

• Take responsibility for the hardware system design, and realisation of a complex large scale electronics control system.
• Design, build and test electronics products using your skills of analogue and digital circuit design together with industry standard CAD packages and test equipment.
• Write the documentation of your electronics circuits and verification tests.
• Develop your experience in a broad range of electronics engineering subject areas.
• Maintain the multidisciplinary collaboration with mechanical engineers, software engineers, physicists, working towards a common goal.
• Play a key role in building control systems for quantum computers.
• Maintain UQs’ position of using state of the art electronics solutions.
• Help in the planning and scheduling of projects, reporting progress and issues.
• Engage with project planning activities, risk management and scheduling requirements.
• Help with fast turn-around proof of concepts and feasibility discussions.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the firmware and software used to control quantum computers.

The 3 Most Critical Attributes We’ll Use to Compare Candidates

Must-have Skills

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in high-performance Electronics Design including Digital, Analog and Embedded.
• Experience of PCB Design using ECAD (e.g., Altium, or similar).
• Use of spectrum analysers, oscilloscopes and VNA.
• Experience of FPGAs and embedded software engineering for real time systems.
• Experience with designing and application of wire harnesses.
• Experience of working with suppliers and contractors.
• Demonstrate a strong discipline for thorough documentation.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Team Player.
• At least 2.1 BEng/BSc Degree in Electronics Engineering or a related discipline.

Nice-to-have Skills

• A background in one of RF engineering, Research, Metrology and instrumentation.
• Understanding of signal integrity, high speed digital and EMC.
• Experience of C and/or scripting languages e.g., python and Matlab.
• Experience of Labview.
• Pragmatic approach to decision-making and design choices.
• Team and/or project management experience.

Competitive salary, unlimited holiday allowance, flexible working options, 10% matching pension, generous parental support policy, private health/dental insurance.

We are committed to nurturing diversity and inclusion
At Universal Quantum, we're passionate about working with and for all kinds of minds. As a proud signatory of the Tech Talent Charter (TTC), we have made a number of formal commitments to help to hold ourselves accountable to both our team and peers. This includes pledging to collaborate and share best practices with others, to continuously develop plans to drive inclusion across our business, and to collect and share our diversity data annually. We welcome team members from all backgrounds, and work to create an environment where everyone can flourish freely.