Senior Embedded Platform Engineer – On Prem Hardware

Atom Computing

Senior Embedded Platform Engineer maintaining critical infrastructure for quantum computers. Collaborate on embedded systems in a dynamic team with on-prem and cloud infrastructures.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeBoulder • Colorado • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $140,000 - $175,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleDistributed SystemsDockerGrafanaKubernetesLinuxTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Enhance software development workflows and maintain infrastructure for quantum computers.
Focus on infrastructure engineering to support embedded systems.
Manage embedded computers, sensors, and actuators with innovative approaches.
Collaborate with engineers and physicists to make a lasting impact on computing.

Requirements

What you’ll need

BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent on-the-job experience.
5+ years of post-degree professional experience maintaining large scale distributed systems.
Familiarity with MicroTCA, VPX/OpenVPX, ATCA, CompactPCI Serial, PXIe, or other high-performance embedded systems form factors and interconnect standards.
Experience with on-premise hardware services, including virtualization and containerization management solutions such as Proxmox VE, Docker and Podman.
Experience with OTA update workflows, firmware deployment processes, and secure device update protocols.
Experience with Yocto linux or compiling linux distributions, kernel modules, device drivers, etc.
Solid knowledge of CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD or GitHub Actions.
Ability to optimize and tune on-premise hardware for performance and low latency using tools such as perf, systemd-analyze, iostat, and tuning profiles.
Proficiency in designing and implementing metrics, monitoring, and alerting pipelines using Datadog, Grafana, or other observability tools.
Skilled in architecting infrastructure workflows with tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm, or Kubernetes.

Benefits

Comp & perks

fully paid medical insurance
fully paid dental insurance
fully paid vision insurance
unlimited paid time off
401K company matching
short- and long-term disability
FSA
dependent care benefits
life insurance
drinks
snacks
catered team lunches

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Hard Skills & Tools

infrastructure engineeringembedded systemslarge scale distributed systemsMicroTCAVPX/OpenVPXATCACompactPCI SerialPXIeYocto linuxCI/CD pipelines

Soft Skills

collaborationinnovation