Quantum Computing Jobs

• Warrington
• On-site
• £64,000 – £76,500 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

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.

BeamPROP · FDTD · BPM +1

• Oxford
• Senior · manages people

Lead a team of three electronics engineers within the Systems team, acting as a player-coach with roughly 60% leadership and 40% hands-on design. Own the electronics roadmap for quantum systems, covering schematic capture, PCB layout, mixed-signal and high-speed digital design, and the transition from prototypes to rack-ready production hardware.

Altium · Jira · Smartsheet +7

• Oxford
• Mid-level

Lead end-to-end delivery of quantum computing systems to customer sites across Europe and Asia, owning deployment and commissioning from early planning and export through installation and handover. Coordinate engineering, legal, trade compliance, logistics, facilities and customer teams, defining delivery processes from scratch in a fast-growing environment.

AWS · IonQ Tempo

• 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. Work spans schema migrations, testing, CI, performance and observability, plus frameworks that let scientists use AI coding agents safely. Small senior team, no quantum background required.

AWS · Kubernetes · Kafka +2

• Berkeley, United States
• Hybrid
• US$165,000 – US$190,000 pa
• Senior

Owns the mechanical architecture of quantum hardware systems, from room-temperature infrastructure down to the millikelvin core of dilution refrigerators. Leads the cryogenic signal chain design, thermal interface definition, simulation in COMSOL or ANSYS, prototype builds and qualification, working alongside quantum physicists and RF engineers.

SolidWorks · COMSOL · ANSYS +3

• London
• Entry level
• Internship

Registering interest for ad-hoc internship positions lasting 3-6 months, mostly focused on specific projects or client collaborations rather than a formal summer programme. Work areas span quantum software development, chemistry, machine learning, algorithms, cybersecurity/encryption and hardware, with candidates ideally holding or pursuing a Master's or PhD.

Quantum Computing

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior

Hands-on staff engineering role building and operating the control plane that schedules, calibrates and records work across a fleet of trapped-ion quantum computers. You'll write Rust services handling scheduling, exclusive hardware access, result streaming and data durability, working with runtime, systems and operations teams. Deep diagnosis of live-system failures and setting service boundaries are central.

Rust · gRPC · REST +6

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior

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.

Rust · gRPC · REST +6

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Mid-level

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.

Rust · PostgreSQL · gRPC +7

• 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$190,000 – US$240,000 pa
• Senior

Hands-on role owning networking and physical infrastructure across Berkeley labs and a Fremont fabrication facility, including routing, racking, cabling, switches, firewalls and storage, while also supporting AWS cloud environments and infrastructure-as-code. The engineer flexes between data center work and cloud/DevOps tasks such as Terraform, Kubernetes and CI/CD, building new infrastructure as lab and fab space expands.

AWS · Terraform · Ansible +7

• 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

• 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