Software Engineer - Control Systems
Logiqal · Princeton, NJ
$150,000–$235,000from the description
Jul 19, 2026
Princeton, NJ
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A controls software engineering role at a neutral-atom quantum computing hardware startup. The work centers on building and owning low-level software components for nanosecond-precision laser timing, high-speed camera data acquisition, and distributed system monitoring and diagnostics. Suited to engineers comfortable crossing the software/hardware boundary, with experience in hardware-in-the-loop testing, calibration pipelines, and integrating instrumentation such as RF signal generators and GPUs.
Senior level · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 6,800 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 5,100–8,900
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
What the occupation pays Median $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is based in Princeton, NJ; the nearest large CBSA is New York-Newark-Jersey City (35620). Princeton itself falls within the Trenton, NJ CBSA (45940) — flagged for awareness.
The JD names hardware-in-the-loop testing, data pipelines for calibration/operations, and distributed infrastructure monitoring and control as explicit background requirements ('We are looking for candidates who can work across the software/hardware boundary with strong backgrounds in…'), so these are treated as hard gates.
High-speed cameras, RF signal generators, GPUs, and Linux kernel customizations are framed as beneficial integration experience ('It benefits from experience integrating technologies such as…') rather than hard requirements, so they are marked preferred.
A physics background is explicitly called 'a plus but not essential'; quantum computing knowledge is explicitly stated as not required — neither is captured as a skill.
No specific degree is required; the JD makes no degree mention at all.
The title 'Software Engineer' carries no level modifier; seniority is assessed as Senior based on the breadth of ownership, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and the $150–235k compensation range.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): hardware-in-the-loop testing.
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