About the role

Senior Field Application Engineer leading FPGA integration for Riverlane’s quantum error correction stack. Collaborating with engineering teams to optimize deployment and supporting customer installations.

Responsibilities

Leverage your expertise on FPGA platforms (e.g. AMD/Xilinx MPSoCs/RFSoCs, Altera Stratix 7 or Stratix 10), and associated IP integration workflows to our customers and scientists.
Drive the integration of our solution into our customers’ existing systems, leading on-site and remote customer support
Guide customers through RTL-based design, synthesis, implementation, timing closure, and bitstream generation
Provide technical support, reference designs, and custom example projects to support customer ramp-up
Work on customizations of our RTL to meet the needs of early-customers/prototypes.
Act as the technical bridge between customers and internal engineering teams, ensuring that field feedback helps shape product improvements
Collaborate with Business Development to support pre-sales technical evaluations, proof-of-concepts, and customer benchmarks
In performing the above, you will (often from scratch) design, modify or integrate novel IPs and develop tests, collaborating closely with our software, verification and testing experts to deliver an outstanding product.

Experience with state-of-the-art AMD/Xilinx FPGA platforms ideally in a Technical Sales and /or customer facing industry role
Proven professional experience in at least one of the following areas:
Architecture of System on Chip solutions, with at least one CPU and custom accelerators;
High-speed interfaces (preference for transceiver-based interfaces);
Large-scale, complex systems on FPGA
Proven capability to test, debug and improve complex systems, both in the field and remotely
Ability to convert product requirements into technical specifications to document and share your work
Desire and ability to support customers with the installation
Ability and willingness to travel to customer sites within the US and North America (around 20%)
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team
A curious nature and a passion for learning and continuous improvement
No Quantum / QEC experience required...we will train.

A comprehensive benefits package, including annual bonus scheme, private medical insurance, life insurance, a contributory retirement fund (and much more)
Equity so that our team can share in the long-term success of Riverlane
Generous annual leave (plus federal holidays) and enhanced family leave
A diverse work environment that brings together experts in many fields (including software and hardware development, quantum information theory, physics, maths and many more) and over 20 different nationalities
A learning environment that encourages individual, team and company growth and learning, including training and conference budgets