Native Processing Server Engineer (m/f/d)

Your mission Your profile Why us? The future of AI computing is light, not electrons. At Q.ANT, we are building photonic processing systems that compute with light—delivering a scalable, energy-efficient alternative to transistor-based architectures for next-generation AI and high-performance computing. As our Native Processing Server Engineer (m/f/d), within our Operations team, you will operate at the intersection of deep engineering execution and forward-looking platform architecture. You will take ownership of designing, building, and evolving our Native Processing Server (NPS) platform—from prototype construction and hardware evaluation to scaling strategies and deployment concepts. Hands-on with hardware and systems, you don't just specify architectures, you build, test, and validate them, directly shaping how our photonic technology reaches production and field environments. Your Impact & Responsibilities - Define and own the NPS platform architecture and platform roadmap, driving the evolution of server concepts, hardware selection, and deployment models - Drive end-to-end technical execution, including prototype construction, hardware bring-up, system configuration, thermal/power validation, and maintenance concepts - Optimize system density, performance, and manufactur ability by collaborating closely with teams from hardware engineering, NPU development as well as NPU production, to ensure seamless integration and service ability - Establish scalable installation and deployment processes, collaborating with cloud/hosting partners and enterprise data center environments - Support Field Application Engineering (FAE) with deep architectural expertise during complex customer deployments and integration phases - Drive platform innovation and continuous improvement, translating real-world engineering learnings and market requirements into actionable platform features - Align platform strategy and priorities with the Director of Operations, product management, and cross-functional engineering teams About us Who we are and what we do Q.ANT is a deep-tech scale-up developing photonic processing solutions that compute natively with light and deliver a scalable alternative to transistor-based systems. The analog co-processors are optimised for complex computations and enable energy-efficient performance for next-generation AI and HPC applications. In collaboration with the Institute for Microelectronics Stuttgart IMS CHIPS, Q.ANT operates its own pilot line for photonic chips, based on the material system Thin-Film Lithium Niobate TFLN. Q.ANT was founded by Michael Förtsch in 2018 and is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.