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Principal Engineer, Quantum Software Development

Cisco Systems is hiring for Principal Engineer, Quantum Software Development in San Jose, California, US. Staff level, $251k–$363k a year stated. First seen November 5, 2026; open as of November 12, 2026. Jobs taken straight from company career pages — no aggregator in between.

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Company
Cisco Systems
Where
San Jose, California, US
Level
Staff
Pay stated
$251k–$363k a year
First seen
November 5, 2026
Listed via
Workday

What the posting says

Your Impact As a Principal Software Engineer and hands-on technical leader, you will guide a team of engineers while actively contributing to the architecture and development of quantum software and hardware systems. You will develop and implement distributed systems, ensuring flawless hardware-software integration for our quantum networking initiatives. By leveraging your expertise in software architecture and quantum mechanics, you will drive the development of quantum control, orchestration, and error correction solutions. Your leadership will directly influence the technical direction of…

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