• A trapped-ion experiment is operated through a multitude of electronic and computational devices, including systems-on-chip running embedded Linux or bare-metal software along with custom FPGA gateware, as well as higher-level software services running on Windows or Linux workstations

• Standalone embedded CPUs running bare-metal software or Linux are also used in devices such as the Raspberry Pi

• Together, these components are networked to form a laboratory-wide experimental control system

As a software/embedded systems engineer in our mixed team of physicists and engineers, you will:

• Develop, maintain and debug software across different layers of the control system, from low-level software and firmware on embedded hardware platforms to higher-level control, automation and monitoring software, including hardware drivers, communication APIs, control and monitoring services, specialised libraries for numerical/scientific calculations and shared software infrastructure used across the lab

• Create, improve and maintain software and firmware repositories in line with industry-standard software engineering practices such as version control, unit testing, CI/CD and documentation

• Help shape the architecture of the broader experimental control system, foresee bottlenecks and 'pain points', and prioritise work accordingly

• Support and advise end users of the control system and contribute to documentation, examples and training materials