Hybrid Hardware Integration Engineer

at Q-CTRL

• Job title: Hardware Integration Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Assembly
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Huntsville, United States

About the role

• Hardware Integration Engineer integrating Q-CTRL's quantum sensing solutions on UAS platforms. Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure systems are flight-ready and operational.

Responsibilities

• We are seeking a Hardware Integration Engineer to own the mechanical and electrical integration of Q-CTRL’s navigation and quantum sensing solutions onto UAS platforms
• You will collaborate with systems, software, hardware engineers across the US and HQ to integrate Q-CTRL sensors, controllers, auxiliary equipment, and other sensing systems onto operational platforms.
• You will bring up integrated hardware systems in laboratory environments and support field and flight testing.
• The role involves hands-on build, debug, and modification work across mechanical and electrical domains.
• As Q-CTRL’s sensing platforms mature, you will contribute to improving integration practices, documentation, and repeatability to support more efficient testing, field operations, and eventual scaling.
• You will join a growing global engineering team, working as part of a small US-based group supporting defense and aerospace programs, and operating at the intersection of software, hardware, and field operations.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field
• Proven hands-on experience integrating complex electro-mechanical systems in aerospace, UAS, robotics, or advanced R&D environments.
• Strong practical skills in prototype assembly, wiring, cable harness fabrication, and electro-mechanical build and rework.
• Experience developing mechanical and electrical components using a variety of CAD tools
• Proficiency with tools, test and measurement equipment, basic fabrication, and experience with rapid prototyping
• Experience working closely with systems and software engineers to implement defined interfaces and integration requirements.
• Exposure to low-level embedded software or driver development, and the ability to support or oversee minor driver modifications where required is advantageous but not essential.
• Comfort operating autonomously in lab and field environments, including supporting time critical test and flight activities.
• Experience supporting field trials or flight testing is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with documentation, configuration management, and quality practices that support reproducible builds.

Benefits

• flexibility
• equity potential
• competitive benefits that reflect our high-performance culture