May 26, 2025

Senior Hardware Engineer, Control Electronics, Quantum AI

Senior • On-site

$147,000 - $216,000/yr

Goleta, CA

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
4 years of experience in designing hardware.
Experience in analog, digital, or mixed-signal design.

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
Experience with printed circuit board design tools (e.g., Altium or Allegro).
Experience in analog/mixed-signal/RF system design.
Experience with RF test (e.g., Vector Network Analyzer (VNA), spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope, etc), including calibration.
Experience leading development projects, including system deployments.
Experience with microwave design tools, including electromagnetic simulation.

About the job

In this role, you will be a member of the quantum electronics team, contributing to our implementation of electronics for control and readout of our current and future quantum computers. You will work with a team of FPGA designers and RF/Analog or Mixed-Signal (AMS) hardware engineers, collaborating with adjacent teams in the electronic, software, and quantum engineering areas to implement systems for use in the readout and control of our scaled quantum processors and deploy these systems to our quantum computers.

You will develop an understanding of the electronic control and measurement needs of quantum computers. You will leverage domain-specific expertise to own and implement RF or mixed-signal systems of moderate-complexity and to contribute to implementation of RF or mixed-signal systems of high-complexity. You will participate in the characterization of implemented systems as well as the deployment of these systems into our quantum computers.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $147,000-$216,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the design of control and measurement systems for next generation quantum computers, from architecture through implementation and deployment.
Drive board-level projects of to completion, collaborating with a team of engineers.
Participate in project roadmapping.
Support deployment and operations of electronics to Google’s fleet of quantum computers.

Google

Google LLC started as a PhD project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 at Stanford University. Google LLC has blossomed into a behemoth of the tech world. With its mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful, Google’s search engine is its crown jewel. Online advertising, via AdWords and AdSense, forms the backbone of its financial success. Beyond search, Google has ventured into cloud computing, hardware, and software development. The innovative PageRank algorithm revolutionized search engine technology, and surviving the dot-com bubble burst and going public in 2004 spurred its meteoric growth. Acquiring YouTube stands as a testament to Google’s strategic expansion.