Embedded DevOps Engineer

Infleqtion is a global quantum technology company solving the world’s most challenging problems. The company harnesses quantum mechanics to build and integrate quantum computers, sensors, and networks. From fundamental physics to leading edge commercial products, Infleqtion enables “quantum everywhere” through our ecosystem of devices and platforms.

Location

Infleqtion has offices in the USA, United Kingdom and Australia. This is a full-time position split between our Kidlington, Oxford office and the National Quantum Computing Centre, Harwell. Work from home permitted up to 2 days per week based on business needs and manager approval.

Candidate will need to be able to travel independently to these locations, as required.

Position Summary

As part of our strategy for growth at Infleqtion UK, we are expanding our engineering team and recruiting an Embedded Dev Opsengineer .

For this role, you will bring a mix of technical skills, problem-solvingabilityand effective communication, playing a pivotal role indevelopmentvelocityand reliabilityfor our quantum research, sensordevelopmentandproductionisationofcutting-edge systems.

This role involves a combination of development and maintenance of robust testing and deployment processes including hardware-in-the-loop testing andbuild pipelines for integrated software, firmware andgateware.

The role will be instrumental in defining our version control, auditingand engineering procedures around delivering production software for deployed systems.

Additionally, the role will involve somemaintenanceof physical on-site hardware, network management, server administrationto support our in-house research labs.

The successful candidate will ideallypossessa solid technical background in both systems engineering and software development.

Job Responsibilities

• Software Deployment:
  
  Manage containers and orchestrate CI/CD pipelines for efficient software deployment, robusttestingandtraceableupdates.
• Hardware-in-the-loop configuration:
  Support both the hardware and software teams by managingconfigurations of multiple networked systemsbeing used for development, testing &commissioning.
• Infrastructure as code:
  Design, develop, and maintain
  
  IaCsolutions and implement CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment processes.
• Software security:
  
  Define and own software security procedures that govern secure code development and deployment for software, firmware andgateware.
• 'System-down'planning and response. Ownlab systemmanagement and coordinate response to efficientlymaintainhigh up-times. Plan and implement system backup policies to ensure swift recovery.
• Collaboration and Documentation:
  
  Collaborate with both software developers and hardware engineers in a lab environment, documentingprocessesand system configurations for ongoing projects.

• Embedded Dev Ops experience:
  Demonstrable experience developing andmaintainingCI/CD, build,testand release processes for systems that combine software with embedded hardware,firmwareor FPGAgateware.
• Linux and automationexpertise:
  Strong Linux systems administration skills, including networking, permissions, servicemanagementand troubleshooting, together withproficiencyin automation and scripting using Python,Bashor similar languages.
• Configuration and release management:
  Practical experience with Git-based development workflows, automated testing, artifactrepositoriesand versioned releases, with an understanding of how tomaintaintraceability between source code, build environments, deployedsoftwareand physical hardware configurations.
• Infrastructure and deployment tooling:
  Hands-on experience with container technologies and infrastructure or configuration management tools, such as Docker,Podman, Ansible, Terraform or Nix, and the ability to apply these tools to both server infrastructure and networked laboratory systems.

Desirable

• Experience designing or operating hardware-in-the-loop test environments and automated test rigs.
• Familiarity with embedded Linux, cross-compilation tool chains, RTOS environments or FPGA development and deployment workflows.
• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms such asOpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana or Loki.
• Knowledge of secure…