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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