Senior Electronics Systems Integration & Validation Engineer - Milpitas, California, United States
Originally posted 30 September 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on photonic quantum computing platforms.
About the role
This role involves leading the integration, system-level verification and validation, and deployment of complex electronic, embedded software, firmware, FPGA, and control systems for photonic quantum computing platforms. You will develop integration strategies, test methodologies, and validation processes.
What you'll do
- Lead the integration, bring-up, verification, and validation of complex electronic, embedded software, firmware, FPGA, and control subsystems for photonic quantum computing platforms.
- Define and execute system integration, verification, and test strategies, including acceptance criteria, validation methodologies, and automated test frameworks.
- Develop and execute system-level test plans in collaboration with Optical, Software, and Quantum Engineering teams.
- Drive root-cause investigations and technical problem resolution through structured, data-driven debugging across hardware, firmware, software, and control interfaces.
- Validate hardware, firmware, and embedded software releases, and develop diagnostics, health-monitoring tools, and automation.
- Develop and maintain integration procedures, validation protocols, work instructions, and technical documentation.
What you'll need
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field with 5+ years of relevant industry experience; or B.S. with 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Demonstrated experience integrating, verifying, validating, and troubleshooting complex electronic systems, including embedded software, firmware, FPGA-based systems, instrumentation, and control systems.
- Experience developing and executing system integration, verification, validation, factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), production bring-up, and structured root-cause analysis.
- Hands-on experience with high-speed digitizers, detector readout systems, data-acquisition systems, timing and synchronization electronics, FPGA-based instrumentation, or comparable high-performance electronic measurement and test platforms.
- Strong understanding of hardware/software interfaces, communication protocols, and system-level debugging across hardware, firmware, software, and control systems.
- Proficiency in Python or similar scripting languages for test automation, diagnostics, instrumentation control, and data analysis.
- Ability to interpret electrical schematics, FPGA interface documentation, system architecture diagrams, and engineering specifications.
Skills: system-level verification, validation, integration strategies, automated test frameworks, root-cause investigations
This role has been open 9 days — well below the 41-day median for Post-Silicon Validation roles.
Post-Silicon Validation · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
401
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Median days open
41 d
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Median salary
$174k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | PsiQuantum | All employers we track in this specialty (401 roles · 63 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 401 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 7 | 2209 · 111 employers |
| Median days open | 9 d | 41 d (−32 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $174k |
Skills observed across this category: system-level verification, validation, integration strategies, automated test frameworks, root-cause investigations
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 56 open roles · median 51 d
- Micron Technology · 41 open roles · median 35 d
- Qualcomm · 33 open roles · median 28 d
- Graphcore · 22 open roles · median 113 d
- NVIDIA · 21 open roles · median 28 d
- Microchip Technology · 20 open roles · median 66 d
How we counted: 401 open Post-Silicon Validation (Silicon Validation) roles from 63 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family row. Figures refresh nightly.