Quantum Computing Jobs

• Oxford
• Senior · manages people

Lead a team of three electronics engineers within the Systems team, acting as a player-coach with roughly 60% leadership and 40% hands-on design. Own the electronics roadmap for quantum systems, covering schematic capture, PCB layout, mixed-signal and high-speed digital design, and the transition from prototypes to rack-ready production hardware.

Altium · Jira · Smartsheet +7

• Oxford
• Lead

Leads the evolution of the system software architecture for a quantum computer, spanning real-time hardware control, low-level orchestration and developer-facing interfaces across a family of products. Coaches technical leads in architectural principles and coordinates with infrastructure, firmware and compiler teams in the UK and US, working at system level rather than designing through code.

Rust · AWS

• Berkeley, United States
• Hybrid
• US$180,000 – US$250,000 pa
• Senior

Builds and maintains data-intensive Python backend services for Rigetti's internal software team, supporting quantum engineers and fab engineers with measurement, characterization and fabrication tooling. Work spans schema migrations, testing, CI, performance and observability, plus frameworks that let scientists use AI coding agents safely. Small senior team, no quantum background required.

AWS · Kubernetes · Kafka +2

• Berkeley, United States
• Hybrid
• US$190,000 – US$225,000 pa
• Lead · manages people

Lead a cross-functional team building next-generation superconducting quantum hardware, proposing new technical directions and designing experiments to improve performance and scalability. Own delivery of key quantum technologies, using cryogenic systems, RF and time-domain measurement, and Python to close performance gaps.

Python · cQED Simulation Tools

• Kidlington
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Designs, analyses and implements fault-tolerant architectures for scalable quantum computation, developing error-correcting codes, decoders and fault-tolerant gate constructions tailored to neutral atom hardware. Works with hardware, control and compiler teams to model noise, optimise syndrome extraction and define logical performance metrics, bridging QEC theory and experimental implementation.

• Kidlington
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Designs, implements and optimises quantum algorithms for simulation, optimisation and hybrid quantum-classical workloads, working with hardware, control and research teams to turn theory into executable applications. Deploys software optimisations to the Superstaq cloud platform using industry-grade engineering practices, supports customers, and contributes to research publications and commercial proposals.

Superstaq

• Remote (within the USA); Ideally Austin or California. Some travel to our offices will be required from time-to-time
• Remote
• Senior

Customer-facing technical role supporting sales of post-quantum cryptography software and hardware into large manufacturers, enterprises and semiconductor/security accounts. Involves requirements discovery, demos, statements of work and Q&A documentation, working closely with Sales, Engineering and Management. Open to experienced sales engineers or embedded/hardware engineers moving into sales, with 10-20% travel.

Jira · GitHub · HubSpot +1

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior

Hands-on staff engineering role building the control plane that schedules and prioritises quantum programs, arbitrates exclusive hardware access, streams results and records everything that ran across a fleet of trapped-ion quantum computers. Work spans Rust services, PostgreSQL persistence, crash recovery and scheduling frameworks, with deep diagnosis of live-system failures.

Rust · gRPC · REST +6

• Remote (within the countries we operate from); UK, France, Netherlands, Spain, or Belgium. Some travel to our offices will be required from time-to-time
• Remote
• Lead · manages people

Lead a cryptographic software IP team, owning the full development lifecycle from architecture and planning to testing and customer delivery. Combines hands-on embedded C expertise with line management, hiring, mentoring and cross-team strategy, working on post-quantum cryptography and RISC-V with hardware and vulnerability teams.

GitLab CI · NIST PQC · RISC-V +1

• London
• £44,861 – £55,099 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Two postdoctoral Research Fellow positions at the newly established David Potter Institute for Quantum Information and Spacetime, working at the interface of quantum information theory and gravity to probe the quantum nature of spacetime. The roles sit within a highly collaborative environment spanning Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Philosophy and Science and Technology Studies, involving several theory groups plus an experimental group. Posts are initially funded for two years, starting October 2027 or earlier by arrangement.

• Haywards Heath
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Take technical ownership of systems engineering for complex quantum computing systems, from requirements definition through integration, verification and deployment. Work across electronic, mechanical, cryogenic, vacuum, optical, software and control domains, applying MBSE, traceability and configuration control while driving technical risks and trade-offs to resolution with cross-functional teams.

• Haywards Heath
• Hybrid
• Director · manages people
• Permanent

Lead multidisciplinary systems engineering across electronic, mechanical, cryogenic, vacuum, optical, software and control domains, owning system-level rigour from concept to customer deployment. Define the systems engineering strategy, lifecycle, standards and toolset including requirements management, MBSE, modelling and configuration control, while chairing design, readiness, test and acceptance reviews. Build and mentor engineering teams across UK and international locations, maintaining system-level plans, dependencies and technical risks to meet programme objectives.

• London
• £44,861 – £55,099 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Postdoctoral role developing and applying tensor network methods to quantum and classical systems, deploying them on both classical and quantum hardware. Based in Prof Andrew Green's group at the London Centre for Nano and Quantum, with collaboration across UK institutions and international partners, plus research secondments. Fixed-term for two years.

• Cambridge
• Hybrid
• Senior

Maintain and extend a Rust-based quantum compiler codebase, implementing optimisations for quantum-classical programs and new language features. Work across the full development lifecycle with a small team on the TKET compiler and Guppy language, at the intersection of compiler design and quantum computing research.

TKET · Guppy · LLVM +1

• Manchester
• £21,805 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

A four-year PhD studentship developing molecular-scale quantum sensors that detect cancer biomarkers via their magnetic rather than fluorescent signatures, aiming to map molecular markers on cancer cells at high resolution. The project addresses how biomarker location and distribution influence cancer cell behaviour, working with supervisor Dr Keerthi.

Molecular-Scale Quantum Sensors