Senior Embedded Software Engineer

D-Wave (NYSE: QBTS), D-Wave is a leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software, and services. We are the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, and the only company building both annealing and gate-model quantum computers. Our mission is to help customers realize the value of quantum, today. Our quantum computers — the world’s largest — feature QPUs with sub-second response times and can be deployed on-premises or accessed through our quantum cloud service, which offers 99.9% availability and uptime. More than 100 organizations trust D-Wave with their toughest computational challenges. With over 200 million problems submitted to our quantum systems to date, our customers apply our technology to address use cases spanning optimization, artificial intelligence, research and more. Learn more about realizing the value of quantum computing today and how we’re shaping the quantum-driven industrial and societal advancements of tomorrow: www.dwavequantum.com.

You can read more about our company and our innovations in the pages of The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, Fast Company, MIT Technology Review, Forbes, Inc. Magazine, Wired and across many whitepapers. 

At D-Wave, we’re helping customers realize the value of quantum computing today and are shaping the quantum-driven industrial and societal advancements of tomorrow.

About the role

• We are seeking an experienced Senior Embedded Engineer to design, develop, and optimize FPGA-accelerated systems using the AMD/Xilinx PYNQ framework.  This role bridges FPGA development, Python‑driven hardware control, and embedded software, enabling rapid prototyping and deployment of hardware‑accelerated algorithms on Zynq SoC platforms. Additionally, it is important to be able to go up-stack to interface with databases and other software systems in the context of a distributed computing environment. 

What you'll do

• Building and optimizing embedded Linux systems, including device drivers and low-level interfaces  

• Developing FPGA-accelerated workflows using Python and PYNQ  

• Collaborating across hardware, firmware, and compiler teams to shape system architecture  

• Owning parts of the toolchain, test infrastructure, and system validation processes  

• Debugging complex issues across hardware/software boundaries and driving them to resolution  

• Contributing to scalable, maintainable systems that support rapid iteration  
• Delivering reliable, high-performance embedded systems that integrate cleanly with broader platforms  

• Navigating ambiguity and making sound technical decisions with incomplete information  

• Taking ownership of problems end-to-end, from root cause to validated solution  

• Raising the bar on code quality, testing, and system design  

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

• 5+ years of experience in embedded systems, including FPGA-based development  

• Strong Python skills, particularly in performance-sensitive environments  

• Experience with AMD/Xilinx PYNQ and Zynq SoC platforms  

• Background in device driver development and embedded Linux systems  

• Familiarity with system-level design and hardware/software co-design  

• Experience with modern development workflows (Git, build systems, CI/CD)  

• Proficiency in C/C++ and scripting (e.g., bash)  

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