Quantum Computing Jobs

• Fremont, United States
• On-site
• US$170,000 – US$200,000 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

Owns the health and performance of production PVD deposition modules used to fabricate superconducting quantum processors, developing, optimising and qualifying thin-film processes via SPC and data analysis. Works cross-functionally with equipment, facilities, integration and quantum engineering teams, with growing scope to set technical direction and mentor engineers.

Sputtering · E-beam Evaporation · Thermal Evaporation +7

• 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. Also works on cloud infrastructure, schema migrations, observability, and frameworks that let scientists use AI coding agents safely. Small senior team, close to the quantum hardware.

AWS · Kubernetes · Kafka +2

• Haywards Heath
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Design, build and test thermal control systems and electronic enclosure assemblies for ion-trap quantum devices, integrating mechanical designs with laser and electronic systems. Work within a multidisciplinary team of electrical engineers, physicists and quantum engineers, contributing to project planning, risk management and scheduling.

• Haywards Heath
• On-site
• Permanent

Drive HDL system design and realisation for control systems used in quantum computers, documenting circuits and verification tests. Work within a multidisciplinary electronics team alongside mechanical engineers, software engineers and physicists, contributing to proof-of-concept work and project planning. The role sits at the intersection of state-of-the-art electronics and quantum computing hardware.

• Oxford
• Senior

Join the Runtime Software team to build the real-time control system that turns quantum hardware into a working computer. You'll develop Rust libraries and abstractions over real-time control devices, driving ions with nanosecond precision, and work closely with experimental scientists and compiler teams.

Rust

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior

Owns a group of non-realtime device controllers end to end, from API design and implementation to rollout and operational health, for hardware such as cryogenic compressors, vacuum pumps, lasers and cameras. Controllers are written in Rust on Linux, using gRPC/REST and instrument protocols like SCPI, Modbus, serial and Ethernet, working closely with systems teams and quantum scientists.

Rust · Linux · gRPC +5

• Warrington
• Hybrid
• £31,200 – £56,160 pa
• Entry level
• Internship

Interns in the optical architecture group work at the interface of hardware, manufacturing and quantum architecture, prototyping software to control and simulate optical networks inside photonic quantum computers. They apply quantum information theory, network design and optimisation to improve designs, simulate and benchmark protocols, and document results. Placements run 3-6 months on a rolling basis, with a mix of analytical and programming work.

GitHub

• 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.

• Glasgow
• On-site
• £47,389 – £58,225 pa
• Contract

Lead the commercial development of a compact cold-atom clock physics package, translating university research into a viable product. The role is based at CPI-TMD in Hayes after an initial 8-12 month placement at the University of Strathclyde, working with academic researchers and industrial engineers.

Cold-Atom Clock · Microwave Amplifiers · Power Systems

• Warrington
• £73,300 – £86,100 pa
• Senior

Translate computational tasks into abstract quantum-algorithm specifications, analyse asymptotic performance, and define problem instances beyond classical reach. Work with the Compilation team on explicit implementations and resource estimates, and lead research programs with industrial and academic partners across fault-tolerant photonic quantum computing.

Python · C++

• 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

Two postdoctoral research positions at a new institute probing the interface of quantum information theory and gravity, using quantum technologies to investigate the quantum nature of spacetime. The roles sit within a collaborative environment spanning physics, mathematics, computer science and philosophy, working with several theory and experimental groups.

• 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.