Software Engineer jobs in West Haven, CT

We are looking for an experienced and ambitious instrument control software engineer to join our instrument software team.  We are developing research instruments that perform high speed data acquisition utilizing our proprietary CMOS sensor technology.  Our software is at the intersection of control systems, high speed data acquisition, hardware communication interfaces, and Linux driver and user space applications.  This complex system requires experienced software engineers to maintain and improve on existing code, as well as enable us to scale up beyond an order of magnitude over the existing system throughput with our upcoming instruments.

As part of our team, your core responsibilities will be:

• Develop and improve control system software for the instrument opto-mechanical, CMOS sensor, and thermal subsystems.
• Data acquisition, motion control, signal processing, data analysis, automated workflow development, and user interface development on a complex scientific instrument
• Collaborate with systems integration and engineering teams to define and implement new instrument functionality.

Qualifications

Baseline skills/experiences/attributes:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering or related discipline and 5 years of industry experience
• Experience with control systems for complex instrumentation
  • Opto-mechanical control system design and implementation
  • Signal processing methods for use in control systems
  • On-instrument measurements and calibration
• Experience with real-time data acquisition and signal processing in C/C
• Experience designing & writing APIs for custom hardware.
• Experience writing diagnostic software for critical instrument functions.
• Skilled in C/C in a multi-threaded Linux environment
• Python experience

Ideally, you also have these skills/experiences/attributes (but it’s ok if you don’t!):

• PCIe and USB communications and drivers
• Familiar with PCIe DMA driver interfaces and kernel modules on Linux
• Microprocessor development experience
• Window C/C# experience

The estimated base salary range for this role based in the United States of America is: $150,000 - $185,000. Compensation decisions are dependent on several factors including, but not limited to, level of the position,  an individual’s skills, knowledge and abilities, location where the role is to be performed, internal equity, and alignment with market data. Additionally, all full-time employees are eligible for our discretionary bonus program and equity as part of the compensation package.

For this role, we provide visa assistance for qualified candidates.

Quantum-Si does not accept agency resumes.

Quantum-Si is an E-Verify and equal opportunity employer regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or Veteran status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.