Drimva

Microsoft

Senior Quantum Systems Electrical Engineer

$120K–$261K

Redmond, WA · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026

Experience
Doctorate plus 1+ year; or master’s plus 3+ years; or bachelor’s plus 4+ years in software industry experience, including research and/or development of commercial software, compilers, scientific computing applications, or multi-component systems; or equivalent experience. Preferred: 3+ years delivering custom electronics designs.
Education
Doctorate, master’s, or bachelor’s degree in Physics, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related field; or equivalent experience.

About the job

Designs and validates FPGA-based, low-latency electronic subsystems for Microsoft’s topological quantum computer, including custom circuits, RF and mixed-signal electronics, and system-level testing.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement prototype circuits and PCBs, including high-speed digital, FPGA-based, RF, and mixed-signal designs.
  • Develop and document component- and system-level validation tests, and support lab bring-up using scopes, VNAs, logic analyzers, and RF instruments.
  • Support CI and test development, produce design documentation, and participate in design reviews.

What they ask for

  • Doctorate in Physics, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of software industry experience; or master’s and 3+ years; or bachelor’s and 4+ years; or equivalent experience.
  • Meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
  • Provide citizenship or qualifying status documentation for export-control eligibility assessment.
  • Ability to work in an AI-first environment using modern AI tools; familiarity with designing and building AI agents/copilots for engineering workflows.

Nice to have

  • 3+ years delivering custom electronics designs.
  • Familiarity with RFSoC architectures, RF and high-speed digital designs, HW/SW interfaces, instrumentation, RTL/FPGA design, or signal processing/control.

Pay

USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary)

Tools

FPGA, RFSoC, GPIO, SPI, Serial, USB, Windows, Linux

AI focus

Use modern AI tools to accelerate discovery through hardware development, and build AI agents/copilots to assist with experiment setup, log triage, measurement report generation, protocol templating, and knowledge retrieval.

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First seen Oct 23, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)