Quantum Computing Jobs in Oxford

• Oxford
• Senior · manages people

Build and lead a team owning the hardware test estate for quantum-computer control software, from CI systems to new QA and staging rigs. Define test-system architecture, plan builds with Manufacturing, and shape testing strategy across simulation and hardware-in-the-loop. Act as test architect, driving automation and self-service rig usage.

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• 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

• 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

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Mid-level

Builds the control plane that schedules quantum programs, calibration routines and customer workloads onto trapped-ion hardware, arbitrating exclusive access and streaming results. Owns persistence, data models and migrations, plus tests and harnesses run against real machines and simulators. Works in Rust, PostgreSQL and gRPC alongside runtime, systems and operator teams.

Rust · PostgreSQL · gRPC +7

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior

Validates and optimises trapped-ion quantum computers, prototyping coherent control and cooling schemes, calibrating and benchmarking qubit gates, and validating emerging trap technologies with integrated electronics and photonics. Involves coding and debugging experiments in Python or Rust and documenting findings within a fast-moving UK science team.

Python · Rust

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior

Architect, develop and maintain advanced UVM/SystemVerilog verification environments for complex FPGA designs, defining verification plans with constrained-random testing and functional coverage. Build automated regression suites and CI pipelines, and debug issues with RTL designers to support quantum control systems.

SystemVerilog · UVM · Python

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior

Lead validation and characterisation of analogue and mixed-signal ASICs for trapped-ion quantum processors, from test planning and platform development through first-silicon bring-up, debug and system integration. The role spans room-temperature and cryogenic (around 4 K) measurements on packaged parts, chip-on-board assemblies and bare die, with heavy Python automation and test PCB work.

Python · Git · SPI +7

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior

Owns supplier quality end to end, from auditing and qualifying new suppliers through incoming inspection, first article inspection and source release decisions. Leads the Supplier Corrective Action Request process, chairs the supplier quality position at review boards, and flows UK export-control and Cyber Essentials requirements down to suppliers. Around 25-50% travel for supplier visits and audits.

Oracle NetSuite · ERP · MRP +5

• Oxford
• Senior

Keeps a fleet of quantum computers running by root-causing mechanical, vacuum, cryogenic and thermal faults on live systems and prioritising fixes by uptime impact. Designs, prototypes and tests solutions to recurring failures, then writes assembly and upgrade instructions to roll changes into existing fleets, maintaining PLM records and ECRs so fixes carry into future builds.

SolidWorks

• Oxford
• Senior

Owns mechanical design of ion-trap quantum computer hardware, from first requirements through manufacture and integration. Produces CAD assemblies, drawings and BOMs for cryostat, vacuum and cooling systems, routes cabling and optical fibre, and supports lab technicians. Works with scientists and hardware teams on complex multidisciplinary systems.

SolidWorks

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Mid-level

Build and operate the software controlling the supporting hardware of trapped-ion quantum computers, from cryogenic compressors to lasers, wavemeters and sensors. You'll own device controllers end to end — API design, implementation, fleet rollout and operational health — working in a Rust codebase with hardware protocols like SCPI, serial, TCP/IP and USB alongside software, systems and quantum science teams.

Rust · SCPI · TCP/IP +1

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior

Hands-on staff engineering role building and operating the control plane that schedules, calibrates and records work across a fleet of trapped-ion quantum computers. You'll write Rust services handling scheduling, exclusive hardware access, result streaming and data durability, working with runtime, systems and operations teams. Deep diagnosis of live-system failures and setting service boundaries are central.

Rust · gRPC · REST +6

• Kidlington
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Develops embedded Linux software, firmware and board-support packages for Xilinx FPGA SoC platforms, using C/C++, Rust, Yocto or Buildroot, plus device-tree configs and low-level drivers. Works with physicists and electronics, FPGA and software engineers on control, acquisition, timing and communications systems for quantum RF sensors, covering board bring-up, integration, automated test and validation.

Xilinx FPGA SoC · Yocto · Buildroot +3

• Kidlington
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Experimental AMO physicist role focused on inertial sensing, contributing to continuous beam atom sensors for navigation and a Bose-Einstein Condensate gravimetry platform. Day to day involves translating product requirements into atomic system designs, modelling and simulation, building and testing opto-mechanical, electronic and software systems, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of physicists and engineers.

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