Your mission
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Type: Permanent employment, full-time, onsite with max. 1 day remote work per week
The future of AI computing builds on light. Q.ANT is building photonic processing systems that compute with light - delivering a scalable, energy-efficient alternative to transistor-based architectures for next-generation AI and HPC applications. The electronics that drive, control, and integrate these systems are mission-critical - and this role owns them end to end.
As Head of Electronics & Bring-Up, you will architect, realize, and bring up the complex electronic systems at the core of Q.ANT's photonic-ASIC-based AI accelerators. You will lead a small, high-caliber team of electronics engineers, own the full development lifecycle from first concept through production handover, and define the architecture, methods, and supplier base that determine whether Q.ANT's hardware reaches the market on time, on spec, and at cost. You report directly to the SVP Hardware, operate with high autonomy, and work at the intersection of photonics, electronics, and AI compute - a genuinely first-of-kind engineering challenge.
What You Will Do
Type: Permanent employment, full-time, onsite with max. 1 day remote work per week
The future of AI computing builds on light. Q.ANT is building photonic processing systems that compute with light - delivering a scalable, energy-efficient alternative to transistor-based architectures for next-generation AI and HPC applications. The electronics that drive, control, and integrate these systems are mission-critical - and this role owns them end to end.
As Head of Electronics & Bring-Up, you will architect, realize, and bring up the complex electronic systems at the core of Q.ANT's photonic-ASIC-based AI accelerators. You will lead a small, high-caliber team of electronics engineers, own the full development lifecycle from first concept through production handover, and define the architecture, methods, and supplier base that determine whether Q.ANT's hardware reaches the market on time, on spec, and at cost. You report directly to the SVP Hardware, operate with high autonomy, and work at the intersection of photonics, electronics, and AI compute - a genuinely first-of-kind engineering challenge.
What You Will Do
- Define and own the architecture of complex electronic systems for photonic-ASIC-based AI accelerators - spanning circuit design, PCB architecture, external manufacturing, bring-up, verification, and system integration
- Own bring-up end to end: create bring-up plans, lead lab bring-up and system integration hands-on, perform prototype validation, and drive root-cause analysis until systems are stable
- Lead design reviews with internal teams (PIC, ASIC, systems, production) and external electronics development partners; manage partner performance and conduct supplier audits
- Drive industrialization and production handover - ensure designs meet cost targets (electronics <50% of sales price at module level) and are production-ready; bring decision proposals forward independently
- Build, lead, and develop the Electronics & Bring-Up team; establish clear subsystem ownership, close skill gaps proactively, and develop senior engineers into technical leads
- Develop the team's working methodology: bring-up rituals, design standards, reusable platforms, and lean decision-making structures
- Align with ASIC, PIC, systems, software, and operations via specifications and expert exchange; coordinate with production for industrialization
- Track and report KPIs - bring-up success rate, time-to-first-system, system yield, cost vs. target, team productivity (cycle time and re-use), and retention and development progress of key experts - in weekly alignment with SVP Hardware and CEO reporting cadence