Quantum Software Engineer - Telemetry

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Quantum Software Engineer - Telemetry (IoT & Application). Location: Delft, Netherlands

Job Type: Full-time, hybrid (3 days per week in office)

Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end telemetry architecture for quantum systems, including IoT and application-level data streams
• Design and implement data collection from lab instruments and facility equipment used in quantum experiments
• Define telemetry schemas, event structures, and logging standards for reproducible diagnostics
• Build scalable pipelines for ingestion, processing, and storage of high-volume telemetry data
• Develop dashboards, alerts, and automated reporting systems for system observability;
• Enable AI-assisted and automated debugging workflows using structured telemetry data
• Collaborate with physicists, hardware engineers, and control software teams
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and software engineering best practices

Qualifications:

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Physics, or related field
• Strong experience in production-grade software development and system design
• Experience with telemetry systems, logging, metrics, and distributed debugging;
• Strong Python programming skills with maintainable and testable code practices
• Experience working with hardware-integrated software systems or scientific instruments
• Strong communication and documentation skills in collaborative environments

Preferred:

• Experience with observability tools like Grafana or Kusto dashboards
• Familiarity with scientific Python stack (NumPy, pandas, SciPy, visualization tools)
• Experience with lab automation frameworks such as QCoDeS;
• Experience designing time-series data models and experiment metadata systems
• Experience with IoT or edge-to-cloud architectures, especially Azure ecosystem
• Knowledge of security and compliance requirements in scientific or enterprise systems

Benefits and Compensation:

• Work on cutting-edge quantum computing infrastructure
• Collaboration with global research and engineering teams;
• Exposure to AI-driven observability and automation systems
• High-impact role shaping scalable quantum machine operations

Other Information:

• Subject to Microsoft security screening and export control compliance
• Citizenship verification and background checks required;
• AI tools may be used for productivity and automation support
• Applications reviewed on a rolling basis