Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

IQM is a global leader in designing, building, and selling superconducting quantum computers. IQM provides both on-premises full-stack quantum computers and a cloud platform to access its computers anywhere in the world. IQM customers include the leading high-performance computing centres, research labs, universities and enterprises which have full access to IQM's software and hardware.  IQM has over 280 employees with offices in Finland, Germany, France, Spain, Poland, Singapore and the US.

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Our Control Software and Cloud teams are seeking for 2 talented Senior Software Quality Engineers, to join our development team. In this role, you will contribute directly to the evolution of our cloud platform Resonance and to our control software installed to our Spark and Radiance quantum computers.

Our products are empowering exploration, research, and innovation at the forefront of quantum computing.

What Will I Be Doing?

• Work as part of the development team elevating the software quality in long term.
• Identify and help to resolve software quality issues, acting on improvements that need attention on a daily basis.
• Help the team to develop and maintain a SW QA Strategy, including test plans (regression testing, alignment with requirements, automation vs manual, unit vs integration vs E2E)
• Collaborate across teams to support and nurture knowledge in effective software practices.
• Participate in developing and maintaining our automation and integrated tooling for cyber security testing.
• Contribute to process development and clear documentation.
• Strive to maintain fast feedback loops through automation.
• Help the teams to identify useful and meaningful SW Quality Metrics.
• Participate in design and code reviews.
  
  

What Skills Do I Need?

• Hands on experience with development tools and languages such as Python, Rust, TypeScript, and React (no prior experience is required).
• Strong communication, collaboration and teamwork skills.
• Previous experience with contributing to software quality assurance at system level.
• Understanding and experience of how to build in quality early in development flow of software products.
• Experience in software development and testing for SaaS on Cloud or software solutions that are depending on hardware layer.
• Strong skills in both automated and manual testing.
• A proactive, problem-solving approach and drive for continuous learning.
  
  

Great to have

• Knowledge of cyber security related standards like IEC62443 or ISO27001.
• Experience and deeper knowledge about advanced cyber security practices.
• Interest within collaboration with Product designer on UI/UX domain.
• Interest and experience towards scientific applications and high performance computing.
• Experience about simulating the hardware layer to speed up and parallelise software testing.
  
  

What can I expect from IQM?

• An opportunity to work with a passionate and diverse team on an important mission
• A unique opportunity to make a real impact on the future of quantum
• Growth and progress in a creative and open start-up environment
  
  

Meet our people and hear more about IQM by visiting our Youtube channel here >>

We'll proceed with the interviews immediately, so please submit your application soon.

Please note that only applications submitted through the website will be processed.

At our company, we're on a mission to change the world through quantum computing. With over 300 colleagues across 5 locations in 5 different countries, we're collaborating across disciplines and borders to make it happen. Our team includes scientists, quantum engineers, software developers, business professionals, and more, all working together to make a difference.