Application Engineer in FSO-QKD Development (m/f/d)

What can you expect?

• You engage in software development to support FSO-QKD
• You make hardware adjustments and collaborate with the hardware team to make FSO-QKD work
• You research and push the state-of-the-art in FSO-QKD
• You work with partners and customers to develop and test applications
• You travel to project meetings or field tests to make things work on-site
• You attend FSO or QKD conferences

What do we offer?

• Opportunity to work directly with partners and customers across Europe
• A personally and professionally strong team in which you can act independently
• A permanent position
• Flexible, regular working hours (full-time) and six weeks' holiday
• A technically well-equipped workplace on the top floor of the award-winning G528 office building in the heart of Fürth
• Walking distance to the main railway station and an underground station right on our doorstep

What should you bring along?

• You possess rational and logical thinking
• You have experience with free space optics, including Gaussian beams, telescopes, and loss budgets
• You understand the basic workings of QKD
• You have the ability to make modifications to the system, such as coding in Python or handling hardware
• You have communication skills to work with partners and customers

We value a fast, uncomplicated and transparent process:

• ‘Speed dating’ first meeting via video (approx. 15 minutes)
• Talk about the job, your skills and interests via video (approx. 60 minutes)
• A small homework assignment to give you an insight into possible tasks (your feedback requested in approx. 1 - 2 weeks)
• Discussion of the homework assignment via video (approx. 45 minutes)
• Getting to know the team on our premises, coding together (approx. 3 - 4 hours)
• Contract offer