Senior FPGA Team Leader

Quantum Source is building a fault-tolerant, compound photon-atom quantum computer. We are a multidisciplinary team combining quantum physics, optics, electronics, FPGA, firmware, and software.

We are looking for a Senior FPGA Team Leader to lead our FPGA and electronics development. This is a hands-on leadership role covering FPGA architecture and implementation, PCB development, system integration, and laboratory debugging.

The role owns delivery from system requirements through design, manufacturing, bring-up, validation, and integration into the quantum computing platform.

Responsibilities

• Lead the FPGA and electronics development activities, set priorities, review designs, mentor engineers, and ensure high-quality execution.
• Own the FPGA and electronics architecture, including system partitioning, device selection, HW and SW interfaces, clocking, synchronization, power architecture, and signal integrity.
• Remain hands-on in RTL design, FPGA SoC and IP integration, simulation, synthesis, implementation, timing closure, and on-chip debugging.
• Own the complete electronics development lifecycle, including requirements, specifications, components selection, schematic, Layout, and PCB stack-up reviews, manufacturing support, board bring-up, validation, and release.
• Lead board development by defining the scope of work and technical requirements, selecting and managing design partners, reviewing their deliverables, and ensuring compliance with performance, quality, and schedule requirements.
• Plan and track milestones, identify technical risks and dependencies, and coordinate FPGA and electronics delivery with the overall system development plan.
• Lead system integration and root-cause analysis across FPGA, digital, analog, RF, power, and communication electronics.
• Work closely with real-time software, PC software, system architecture, optics, and experimental physics teams to translate system needs into reliable control electronics.

Requirements

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of hands-on FPGA development experience across complex multidisciplinary systems.
• At least 2 years of experience as an FPGA team leader or technical lead, including mentoring and reviewing the work of other engineers.
• Strong command of System Verilog, Verilog, or VHDL and the complete FPGA development flow.
• Proven experience with FPGA architecture, timing constraints and closure, clock-domain crossing, reset design, resource optimization, and third-party IP integration.
• Strong board-level electronics experience, including digital and mixed-signal design, power, clocking, high-speed interfaces, signal integrity, and board bring-up.
• Strong simulation, verification, and laboratory debugging skills using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and embedded debug tools.
• System-level thinking and the ability to convert multidisciplinary requirements into technical decisions and executable work plans.
• Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills, combined with a hands-on working style.

Advantages

• Experience with Xilinx devices and the Vivado toolchain, including Zynq or Versal platforms.
• Experience developing deterministic, low-latency, or high-rate real-time control systems.
• Experience integrating high-speed ADCs, DACs, RF electronics, precision clocking, or synchronized distributed hardware.
• Embedded C or C++ and embedded Linux experience.
• Experience with electro-optical systems, photonics, scientific instrumentation, or quantum systems.
• Experience taking FPGA and electronics systems from prototype through productization and manufacturing.