Latest research scientist Jobs

Senior Software Engineer, System Orchestration

Owns a service or subsystem of the control plane that schedules and arbitrates access to trapped-ion quantum computers, keeping them calibrated and productive. Involves Rust, async programming, gRPC/REST services, PostgreSQL state machines, concurrency and failure handling, plus moving live systems onto new behaviour. Works closely with runtime, systems and operator teams.

IonQ Oxford

Hybrid Clearance Required

Software Engineer, System Orchestration

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.

IonQ Oxford

Hybrid Clearance Required

Senior Quantum Engineer, Gate Calibration

Lead experimental programs to characterize, calibrate and optimize two-qubit gates on tunable-coupler superconducting processors, isolating error sources such as leakage, crosstalk and decoherence. Develop pulse shaping, dynamical decoupling and automated calibration methods that scale across hundreds of qubit pairs, feeding findings back into device design and fabrication.

Rigetti Berkeley, United States US$175,000 – US$200,000 pa

Hybrid

Field Engineer: Cryogenics & RF Hardware

Hands-on field role operating, maintaining and debugging RF and cryogenic systems for quantum processors deployed at customer sites worldwide. Owns dilution refrigerator cooldowns, vacuum and helium leak detection, RF hardware validation, and on-call support, with 35%+ international travel.

Rigetti Berkeley, United States US$115,000 – US$140,000 pa

PhD Studentship: Quantum Information with Mechanical Systems (QuIMS): Modelling Nonlinear Quantum Optomechanical Devices

A 3.5-year PhD modelling nonlinear quantum optomechanical devices, focusing on suspended graphene resonators coupled to superconducting microwave cavities. The student develops analytical and numerical models of device dynamics, examines limitations like parasitic coupling and decoherence, and designs protocols for non-classical mechanical states, working with theorists and experimentalists.

University of Exeter Exeter £21,805 pa

Contract

Senior Manager - Quantum Software Development Tools - 929

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.

Quantinuum Cambridge

Hybrid

PhD Studentship: Building Heterogenous Quantum-Dot–Atom Repeaters: Photon Generation, Storage and Conversion for Quantum Networks

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.

The University of Manchester Manchester £21,805 pa

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Quantum Specialist KTP Associate

Lead a Knowledge Transfer Partnership project to commercialise an optical atomic clock, working across CPI TMD Technologies and the University of Sussex. Day to day involves reviewing and redesigning atomic clock subsystems, sourcing components and suppliers, and testing, characterising and integrating the full system through a gate-stage new product introduction process.

University of Sussex Brighton £51,753 – £56,535 pa

Contract Clearance Required

Head of Systems Engineering

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.

Universal Quantum Haywards Heath

Hybrid Permanent

Embedded DevOps Engineer

Builds and maintains CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration and infrastructure-as-code for integrated software, firmware and gateware, including hardware-in-the-loop testing rigs. Also owns lab system management, network and server administration, backup and recovery planning, and software security procedures for production systems. Split between Kidlington and the National Quantum Computing Centre at Harwell, with up to two days remote.

Infleqtion Kidlington

Hybrid Permanent

Senior Optical Fibre Engineer

Develops and evaluates advanced optical fibre for high-performance optical systems, combining simulation of modal properties, loss, dispersion and coupling with hands-on experimental measurement and verification. Works with internal photonics, systems and experimental teams plus external development partners to translate system requirements into fibre performance targets and steer design tradeoffs.

PsiQuantum Warrington £64,000 – £76,500 pa

On-site Permanent

Senior Photonics Engineer, Optical Interfaces

Develops ultra-low-loss optical interfaces between dissimilar waveguiding platforms, combining device concept design, optical simulation with BeamPROP or FDTD, and hands-on experimental validation of coupling and mode conversion. Works with internal photonics, systems and experimental teams plus external partners to mature practical, manufacturable interface solutions.

PsiQuantum Warrington £64,000 – £76,500 pa

On-site Permanent

FPGA Engineer

Develops FPGA-based digital control hardware for photonic quantum computing systems, owning architecture, RTL design, simulation, synthesis, timing closure and hardware bring-up. Works in a multidisciplinary R&D team with electronics engineers, physicists and software developers on high-speed, low-latency control and signal processing using ADCs, DACs and high-speed interfaces.

Anonymous London

Hybrid Permanent