Senior Embedded Software Developer — Quantum Control Firmware

Job Description Q-Block Computing is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Developer to join our growing team in Ottawa, Ontario. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of cutting-edge quantum technologies in sensing, communication, and computation. The candidate will join Q-Block Computing to serve as the lead firmware developer on the Qubit Composer platform team, delivering complex subsystems and coordinating the day-to-day development work of the embedded software team under the guidance of the Technical Team Lead.

Job Summary As a Senior Embedded Software Developer on the Quantum Control Firmware team, you will collaborate with other team members and achieve technical milestones under the guidance of the Technical Team Lead. Job duties include the design, architecture, and implementation of firmware libraries and embedded control subsystems for ARM Cortex-M-based platforms. This may include applications such as real-time multi-unit synchronization, deterministic waveform generation, and high-throughput data pipelines for quantum sensing, communication, and computation hardware.

Design, architect, and implement reusable firmware libraries and embedded control subsystems in C/C++ for ARM Cortex-M platforms within the Arduino/PlatformIO ecosystem Analyze system-level requirements and recommend architectural approaches for new firmware features and subsystem modifications Develop and validate DMA-based parallel data transfer s