Software Engineering Manager - Control System
Full-time
Permanent employee
As Software Engineering Manager – Control System at planqc, you will lead and support a growing team of engineers working closely with the hardware development of our neutral-atom quantum computer. You will ensure their personal growth, technical excellence, and delivery impact while driving the development of the control system software stack. In close collaboration with cross-functional teams, particularly hardware engineers and senior leadership, you will align technical execution with company strategy and product priorities, while fostering a healthy and collaborative engineering culture.
People Management
Lead and support a team of engineers.
Hire, onboard, and retain top engineering talent.
Technical & Project Management
Ensure engineering quality standards (testing, reviews, documentation).
Coordinate dependencies with hardware and software teams and proactively remove blockers.
Support preparation and submission of new project and funding applications.
3–5 years of experience in engineering leadership, or strong track record as senior engineer with team coordination experience.
~ Solid technical background in embedded systems, control software, software architecture, distributed systems, and industry experience in hardware-related development.
~ Experience with hardware-in-the-loop tests and integration with experimental hardware.
~ Experience with project management practices and agile workflows.
~ Fluent in English (spoken and written); German is a plus.
~ Valid work permit for Germany or the EU.
Background in electronics, FPGA programming, or real-time systems.
Prior experience in a startup or research-driven environment.
Experience working with funding applications or R&D projects.
Our platform combines technologies from optical lattice clocks, quantum gas microscopes and fast Rydberg gates into a scalable computing architecture.
Founded in 2022 as a spin-off from MPQ and LMU Munich, we translate more than a decade of AMO research into deployable quantum systems. Our work spans vacuum and laser hardware, control electronics, firmware, system software and algorithm integration. We focus on turning complex experimental setups into stable, reproducible systems that operate in real computing environments.
Physicists, engineers, software developers and business specialists work closely together, often across disciplinary limits. We believe progress comes from combining deep expertise with practical engineering and from giving people the responsibility and trust to shape their domain.