Infleqtion
Software Engineer, Quantum Systems & Digital Engineering
$145K–$170K
Chicago, Illinois · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Education
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a closely related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- An employment offer may be conditioned on authorization to receive technology controlled under U.S. export control laws and regulations without sponsorship for an export license.
About the job
Builds integrated scientific software platforms and digital-twin and design-automation tools for simulating, optimizing, and developing quantum systems.
What you'll do
- Develop modular platforms and interfaces connecting engineering models, data, simulations, and workflows.
- Build HPC- and GPU-enabled workflows for simulation, analysis, optimization, and design automation.
- Apply modeling, optimization, and machine-learning methods; validate models with domain experts and experimental data.
What they ask for
- Strong scientific or engineering software-development experience, including high proficiency in Python.
- Experience integrating multiple simulation, modeling, engineering, or scientific-computing tools.
- Strong understanding of numerical methods, optimization, simulation, data analysis, or computational modeling.
- BS or MS in a listed or closely related field; professional software-engineering practices and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree in a related computational discipline.
- Experience with MBSE, digital twins, multiphysics tools, ML, quantum technologies, HPC/GPU, or AI-enabled engineering workflows.
Pay
$145,000 to $170,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, Ansys, Zemax OpticStudio, SolidWorks, COMSOL, MATLAB/Simulink, SysML
AI focus
Use AI-assisted software-engineering tools to support development, testing, documentation, debugging, code review, and engineering analysis; generative AI and coding agents are preferred experience.
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