Quantum Computing Jobs

• Berkeley, United States
• Hybrid
• US$220,000 – US$250,000 pa
• Senior · manages people
• Permanent

Lead a cross-functional software engineering team building platforms for quantum device design, chip fabrication workflows, physics-informed data analysis, and QPU characterization. The role is hands-on, spanning team management, architecture, and data pipeline work with Python, AWS, and streaming tools, while partnering closely with quantum hardware, fabrication, and research teams.

Kafka · Kinesis · Spark Streaming +7

• Berkeley, United States
• Hybrid
• US$240,000 – US$275,000 pa
• Director · manages people

Lead the global deployment, integration and commissioning of on-premise quantum computing systems, building and scaling a Field Engineering organisation. Own site readiness, installation, acceptance and lifecycle support for superconducting processors, dilution refrigerators and RF/microwave hardware, acting as senior technical escalation point and travelling globally around 30-40%.

Superconducting Quantum Processors · Dilution Refrigerators · RF/Microwave Hardware +1

• Haywards Heath
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Take technical ownership of systems engineering for complex quantum computing systems, from requirements definition through integration, verification and deployment. Work across electronic, mechanical, cryogenic, vacuum, optical, software and control domains, applying MBSE, traceability and configuration control while driving technical risks and trade-offs to resolution with cross-functional teams.

• 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.

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior

Join the Runtime Software team to build the real-time control system that turns a collection of hardware into a quantum computer. You'll develop Rust libraries and execution environments, write drivers for real-time devices, and work closely with experimental scientists, FPGA and compiler teams to drive ions with nanosecond precision.

Rust · FPGA · Linux

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Owns the full lifecycle of electrical reliability fixes on operational trapped-ion quantum computers, from triaging and root-causing control and drive-electronics faults to designing, prototyping and retrofitting permanent solutions. Works across Operations, Science and Manufacturing on fleet-wide upgrades, standardising hardware and building telemetry to cut downtime.

Altium · ADC · DAC +2

• 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

• Nottingham
• On-site
• £35,608 – £38,784 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Conducts original research in quantum information and entanglement theory on an EPSRC/NSF-funded project studying entanglement in heterogeneous chemical reactions, combining quantum information theory, nanoscale sensing and open quantum systems modelling. Involves developing methods to quantify entanglement from experimental measurements, publishing in leading journals, contributing to grant bids, and coordinating meetings across UK and US teams.

• 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.

• Bristol
• On-site
• £40,704 – £51,258 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

Develop next-generation entanglement-based quantum networks over fibre infrastructure, designing and demonstrating systems across lab, metropolitan and national testbeds. Research spans entangled-photon sources, single-photon detection, optical switching, wavelength routing, timing and synchronisation, and network control, with Grade J roles adding research leadership and mentoring.

Fibre Optics · Entangled-Photon Sources · Bell-State Measurements +2

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

A computational PhD project unifying open quantum spin dynamics simulations with deep-learning protein generation to build an in silico directed evolution pipeline. The candidate will design biological qubits that transduce spin-dependent events into functional effector signals, using tools such as ColabDesign, ProteinMPNN, molecular dynamics and DFT, with co-supervision from NPL and collaboration with Orion Life.

ColabDesign · ProteinMPNN · Stochastic Liouville Solvers

• 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.

Bose-Einstein Condensate

• Kidlington
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Integrate RF, optical, electronic and third-party devices into complex quantum computing systems, translating system requirements into practical architectures, interconnects and control schemes. Perform bring-up, commissioning, fault isolation and EMI/EMC troubleshooting, and define verification and validation test plans. Work within multi-disciplinary teams of physicists, engineers and technicians.