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Senior Digital System Designer

PsiQuantum · Palo Alto, California, United States

Posted about 3 months ago

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This role has been open
81 days
PsiQuantum's roles stay open a median of 81 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of PsiQuantum's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at PsiQuantum
high
72 stale, 3 reposted of 81 open
Hiring momentum
108 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

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About this role

As a Senior Digital System Designer at PsiQuantum, you will be part of the System Architecture team, focusing on the design of digital-logic systems for photonic quantum computers. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include translating high-level requirements into hardware specifications, implementing low-latency algorithms, collaborating with physicists and digital designers, and developing Python models and SystemVerilog implementations.

Our read on this posting2.8out of 5
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5/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related discipline
  • 5+ years of relevant work in digital design
  • Knowledge of SystemVerilog (or VHDL) for design and simulation
  • Experience working with FPGAs (Xilinx preferred) and associated tooling
  • Strong critical thinking skills to devise creative and analytical approaches to solving novel, loosely-defined complex problems
  • Team player with an ability to work effectively across departments and time-zones

Nice to have

  • Distributed system experience: involving event correlation from multiple sources, under real-time constraints
  • Experience with High Level Synthesis tools (e.g. Xilinx Vitis)
  • Experience with Python for verification (Cocotb)
  • Knowledge of photonics and linear optics is a plus

What you get

  • competitive health coverage for you and your dependents
  • 401(k) with company match
  • equity grants
  • access to financial wellness tools and planning resources
  • wellness benefits
  • family support programs

Worth weighing

  • no salary listed for specific geographic zones
  • role involves working in a fast-moving start-up environment which may require adaptability
  • the technology stack includes advanced concepts in quantum computing which may be niche

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Listed by PsiQuantum on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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