Quantum Computing Jobs

• US or UK Locations
• Hybrid
• Senior

Deploys and operates Rigetti quantum systems at customer sites, owning technical work from initial bring-up through sustained cloud operation. Specialises in either systems integration (cryogenic hardware, qubit and fridge characterisation) or gate calibration (1Q/2Q gate performance, automated recalibration, production monitoring). Requires up to 25% international travel and close collaboration with internal R&D teams.

AWS · Azure · Kubernetes +3

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior

Hands-on staff engineering role owning the non-realtime control software for quantum computers, integrating supporting hardware such as cryogenic compressors, vacuum pumps, lasers and cameras on general-purpose Linux. You will write Rust controllers and shared frameworks, build simulators and test infrastructure, and diagnose failures that only appear against real hardware in a live lab.

Rust · gRPC · REST +5

• Haywards Heath
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Design, model and test high-fidelity quantum operations, developing control methods and accurate physics models based on real hardware specifications. Work closely with hardware teams to implement new methods on quantum devices, build benchmarking procedures and compare experimental results against theoretical predictions.

• Oxford
• Remote
• Director

Owns an annual new business and expansion quota selling Capella Data as a Service subscriptions, SAR imagery and analytics, tasking capacity and complete satellite systems to enterprise, defence and civil government accounts across EMEA. Runs long-cycle capital programmes alongside faster data subscriptions, responding to RFIs, RFPs and government tenders and forecasting in CRM.

CRM · AWS

• 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

• Haywards Heath
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Lead the operation, calibration and characterisation of ion-trap quantum computing hardware, owning experimental performance. Develop methods for quantum measurement and control, applying AMO physics to laser cooling, trapping and detection, and build models to guide optimisation. Mentors junior scientists within a multidisciplinary team.

• Kidlington
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Experimental AMO physicist role focused on translating product requirements into atomic system designs for quantum RF sensor systems. Involves modelling, simulation, testing and integrating opto-mechanical systems, electronics and software into quantum devices, working closely with a multidisciplinary team of physicists and engineers.

• 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

• London
• On-site
• £50,733 – £62,001 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Designs optimised driving schemes for noise-resilient entangling gates with trapped ions, supporting an experimental partner in Innsbruck and a theory partner in Sofia. Combines analytical and numerical optimal control methods to identify and overcome imperfections limiting gate fidelities at finite temperature and without accurate calibration.

• Birmingham
• Entry level
• Contract

A theoretical physics PhD project studying out-of-equilibrium quantum many-body dynamics and how thermodynamics emerges from it. The work combines analytical and numerical methods from quantum many-body physics, quantum information, quantum integrability and quantum many-body chaos, supervised by Dr Bruno Bertini.

• Cambridge
• Hybrid
• Senior · manages people

Leads engineering teams building core quantum languages, compilers and toolkits such as Selene, TKET, HUGR and Guppy, balancing people management with technical roadmap execution. Stays hands-on through design discussions, architectural reviews and code problem-solving, and guides tooling from research prototypes to production-grade software. Collaborates with hardware, theory and product teams across global sites, with occasional international travel.

Selene · TKET · HUGR +1

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

Builds hybrid quantum-dot–rubidium interfaces for frequency conversion and storage of single photons in warm alkali vapour, combining device fabrication, cryogenic QD optics and atomic-vapour experiments. The work spans optical-setup design, III–V semiconductor and atomic physics, quantum optics and numerical modelling of EIT and four-wave mixing, with links to metro-link quantum network trials.

Quantum-Dot Sources · Rubidium Vapour Memories · Optical Fibre

• 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

• London
• £26,022 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Theoretical PhD project exploring how terahertz photons can control quantum matter, from Landau polaritons in high magnetic fields to topological qubits. Combines quantum optics, condensed-matter theory and numerical modelling of driven open quantum systems, with close links to experimentally achievable THz cavities.