Quantum Technologies GmbH

Engineer

• Define and implement a tailored Product Assurance (PA) strategy for space technologies.
• Derive, adapt and manage PA, MMPP and EEE requirements.
• Lead PA activities across the product lifecycle, including quality assurance and participation in validation and verification activities.
• Participate in design reviews and risk analyses.
• Conduct audits and inspections to ensure internal and external quality requirements are met.
• Support the definition and implementation of quality assurance processes for hardware components.

Product Assurance Engineer

Systems Engineer

• Translate system requirements into robust embedded system architectures
• Select suitable components and define interfaces to implement the architecture
• Design and integrate interfaces to digital and analog peripherals and components
• Develop high-throughput digital signal processing units for real-time acquisition
• Develop embedded software (C/C++) including boot, drivers, middleware, and application logic
• Collaborate closely with FPGA, hardware, and optical engineering teams

Senior Embedded Systems Engineer

• Translate system requirements into robust embedded system architectures, including partitioning across MCUs/FPGA/ASIC and software.
• Select appropriate components (MCUs/SoCs, ADC/DACs, clocks, power supplies, memory) and define interfaces to implement the architecture.
• Design and integrate interfaces to digital (e.g., telemetry/telecommand buses) and analog (e.g., photodiodes) peripherals and components.
• Develop high-throughput digital signal processing units for real-time acquisition, filtering, and processing of digital data streams.
• Develop embedded software (C/C++ on bare-metal and/or RTOS), including boot, drivers, middleware, and application logic.
• Collaborate closely with FPGA, hardware, and optical engineering teams to deliver complex quantum cryptography solutions.
• Produce documentation: requirements, interface control documents, design specifications, and verification plans.
• Establish quality practices: code reviews, static analysis, unit/integration tests, and CI for firmware.
• Contribute to system security, reliability, EMC/EMI, and DfX aspects throughout the product lifecycle.

Senior Embedded Systems Engineer – all genders

• Contribute to the design, development, and manufacturing of our Optical Ground Stations for satellite-to-ground QKD links.
• Take ownership of subsystem design choices, including the optical frontend, tracking systems, turbulence mitigation system, time-bin/phase and polarization analysis modules, and single-photon detection modules.
• Work closely with experts in optics, electronics, control systems, and quantum communications to deliver robust, high-performance OGS solutions.
• Integrate and optimize components such as telescopes, tracking cameras, beacon lasers, quantum receivers, polarization optics, and timing/synchronization modules.
• Plan and execute laboratory verification, field testing, and link characterization campaigns for OGS prototypes and deployed systems.
• Contribute to and maintain system requirements, optical budgets, interface definitions, and architecture documentation.
• Perform system-level modeling and analysis of link performance (attenuation, turbulence, pointing/tracking error budgets, synchronization).
• Support on-site installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of OGS systems at customer locations or demonstration sites.
• Prepare technical documentation, test reports, interface specifications, and customer deliverables.
• Collaborate across several mission and technology projects simultaneously, ensuring consistent architectural and performance standards.

System Engineer – Optical Ground Station for Space-Based QKD

Security Engineer

• Operate and protect a high-security ICT system with strict separation of network domains (“red-black separation”).
• Design, implement, and monitor security-relevant network measures, such as firewalls, VLANs, and gateways.
• Execute security monitoring, log analysis, system hardening, and regular audits to ensure compliance.
• Manage user and access control concepts, including implementation of least-privilege and zero-trust principles.
• Ensure smooth 24/7 operation of infrastructure components, including participation in an on-call rotation.
• Provide user support in a strictly regulated IT environment.

IT Administrator – High-Security ICT System

Controller

• Manage and Monitor budgets, costs, and milestones across R&D and operational project
• Conduct cost analyses, forecasts, and variance reports to drive decisions
• Support funding and reporting for national EU research programs
• Help optimize controlling tools and processes and implement new digital solutions
• Collaborate closely with internal teams to ensure efficiency and transparency
• Actively support other financial areas when needed

Project Controller

• Translate system requirements into robust embedded system architectures, including partitioning across MCU/FPGA/ASIC and software.
• Select appropriate components (MCUs/SoCs, ADC/DACs, clocks, power supplies, memories) and define interfaces to implement the architecture.
• Design and integrate interfaces to digital (e.g., telemetry/telecommand buses) and analog (e.g., photodiodes) peripherals and components.
• Develop high-throughput digital signal processing units for real-time acquisition, filtering, and processing of digital data streams.
• Develop embedded software (C/C++ on bare-metal and/or RTOS), including bootloaders, drivers, middleware, and application logic.
• Collaborate closely with FPGA, hardware, and optical engineering teams to deliver complex quantum-cryptography solutions.
• Produce documentation: requirements, interface control documents, design specifications, and verification plans.
• Establish quality practices: code reviews, static analysis, unit/integration testing, and CI for firmware.
• Contribute to system security, reliability, EMC/EMI, and DfX considerations throughout the product lifecycle.

Pre-sales Engineer

• Engage with customers to capture functional, operational, and technical requirements
• Conduct technical discovery meetings to clarify objectives, constraints, and environmental conditions
• Provide technical expertise throughout the sales cycle, including customer meetings, proposal preparation, and the development of technical documentation
• Deliver clear technical presentations, demonstrations, and workshops that showcase system capabilities
• Build and maintain long-term relationships in the photonics, space, and optical communications sectors while identifying new leads and opportunities
• Represent qtlabs at conferences, trade shows, and industry events to engage customers and support market development
• Contribute to the preparation and coordination of bids, providing technical inputs and solution descriptions
• Ensure alignment between technical requirements, system design, and commercial proposals

Product Assurance Engineer

Senior Embedded Systems Engineer

Senior Embedded Systems Engineer – all genders

System Engineer – Optical Ground Station for Space-Based QKD

IT Administrator – High-Security ICT System

Project Controller

Senior Embedded Systems Engineer – all genders

Technical Pre-Sales Engineer – all genders