Quantum Computing Jobs

• 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

• Oxford
• On-site
• Senior

Builds and commissions precision optical and laser assemblies for quantum computing hardware, covering free-space alignment, fibre coupling and testing delicate components under microscopes. Works alongside technicians, engineers and scientists on system builds, maintenance and upgrades, documenting work and maintaining a safe laser laboratory.

Class 4 Lasers · Microscopes · PPE

• Berkeley, United States
• US$115,000 – US$140,000 pa
• Mid-level

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.

Dilution Refrigerators · Network Analyzers · Oscilloscopes +7

• Berkeley, United States
• Hybrid
• US$180,000 – US$230,000 pa
• Mid-level

Owns end-to-end deployment of quantum computing systems both on-premises at customer and partner sites and on the cloud platform, acting as the technical point of contact from site requirements through installation, validation and handoff. Combines DevOps work — Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, CI/CD, observability — with on-site commissioning, SRE support and root-cause analysis, with international travel and on-call during installations.

Kubernetes · Karpenter · EKS +7

• 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.

• Warrington
• On-site
• Senior

Develops scalable fibre-to-chip alignment schemes and opto-electronic packaging workflows for chip-based photonic integrated circuits at the UK R&D facility in Daresbury. Involves prototyping packaging flows, reviewing BOMs, sourcing materials with supply chain and external vendors, and transferring designs to manufacturing partners.

Silicon Photonics · FAU · Optical Connectors +1

• 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.

• 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
• 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

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

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.

Graphene Resonators · Superconducting Microwave Cavities · Phononic Crystals

• 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.