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# Associate Firmware Engineer

- **Company:** Ionq, Inc.
- **Location:** Pleasanton, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $107,458.0 - $154,089.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Assembly Language, C++ (Programming Language), Code Review, Communications Protocols, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Perl (Programming Language), Embedded Software, Ethernet, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Github, Python (Programming Language), Real-Time Operating Systems, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, Multithreading, Scripting, Serial Peripheral Interface, Information Technology, Bare Metal, Crud
- **Published:** August 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/ec7ba3b6-4978-46c8-825b-f134f0849f0d

## About the Role

* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science from an accredited program, we're targeting graduates from highly rated programs with strong fundamentals
 * Demonstrated ability to write production-quality C/C++ for small embedded processors
 * Experience writing interrupt service routines, peripheral drivers, and multi-threaded firmware using RTOSs and/or bare-metal environments
 * Scripting experience in Python, Perl, or similar languages
 * Hands-on experience with lab test equipment (oscilloscopes, function generators, voltmeters)
 * Strong debugging instincts, able to isolate and resolve bugs using debuggers and simulation tools
 * Comfort working in a laboratory setting, * Experience designing PID or other control algorithms
 * Familiarity with fixed-point arithmetic and digital filter design
 * Experience with communication protocols: TCP, UDP, UART, SPI, I2C, or similar
 * Assembly language programming for embedded targets
 * Experience with lightweight Ethernet stacks (e.g., lwIP)
 * Background with SoC or FPGA devices

## Description

We're looking for exceptional early-career engineers to grow with us. As an Associate Firmware Engineer, you'll work alongside world-class physicists and hardware engineers to build embedded software for next-generation quantum sensing instruments. This is a hands-on, high-impact role where your code directly enables precision measurement at the frontier of quantum technology.

If you've just completed a degree from a top engineering program and want to do work that matters, not CRUD apps, but real-time control systems running inside instruments that measure the universe, this is your role., * Write and verify embedded firmware for ST microcontrollers, including COTS devices and MCUs integrated into custom ASICs

 * Implement control algorithms critical to the operation of high-precision quantum sensing instruments
 * Develop peripheral drivers for mixed-signal devices, working directly from electronic schematics
 * Partner with hardware engineers on board testing and bring-up activities
 * Contribute to a rigorous engineering culture through code reviews, GitHub task tickets, and retrospectives
 * Clearly document and communicate your work in a highly collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment


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