111 jobs
Owns mechanical design of ion-trap quantum computer hardware, from first requirements through manufacture and integration. Produces CAD assemblies, drawings and BOMs for cryostat, vacuum and cooling systems, routes cabling and optical fibre, and supports lab technicians. Works with scientists and hardware teams on complex multidisciplinary systems.
SolidWorks
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
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.
QuTiP · Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services
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
Universal Quantum · 51–200 people · Series A
Lead testing of integrated electronic circuits and subsystems, designing and building analogue and digital electronics using CAD tools and test equipment. Document circuits and verification tests while collaborating with mechanical, software and physics teams to build test systems for quantum computers.
Universal Quantum · 51–200 people · Series A
Hands-on electronics role focused on the hardware system design and realisation of a large-scale control system for quantum computers. Involves analogue and digital circuit design, CAD and test equipment, documentation and verification, plus close collaboration with mechanical engineers, software engineers and physicists on proof-of-concept work.
CAD
PsiQuantum · 501–1000 people · Late stage
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
PsiQuantum · 501–1000 people · Late stage
Designs RF and high-speed electronics for controlling and reading out quantum photonic hardware, including electro-optic modulator drivers, SNSPD readout and low-latency control systems. Works alongside photonics and quantum teams, with FPGA-based design, debugging and lab measurement of complex cryogenic hardware.
FPGA · ASIC · SNSPD
Infleqtion · 51–200 people · Public
Lead scientist role focused on quantum radio frequency (QRF) research within a global quantum technology company. Involves driving experimental work on atom-based quantum sensors and platforms, bridging fundamental physics with commercial product development. Based in Kidlington, Oxford, with up to two days remote working per week.
Quantinuum · 201–500 people · Series B
Acts as technical authority for a quantum software developer platform, owning the design of access portals, hybrid workflow orchestration, tooling, documentation and security. Works with hardware-software co-design leaders to keep the platform scalable, mentors senior engineers, sets coding standards and drives the technical roadmap.
AWS · Azure · GCP +1
Quantinuum · 201–500 people · Series B
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
University of Exeter
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
Pasqal
Develops and benchmarks quantum error-correcting codes and fault-tolerant protocols tailored to neutral-atom hardware, including decoder design, logical error models and error budgets. Builds and maintains QEC simulation and emulation tools, analyses experimental data, and provides QEC-driven inputs to future QPU architecture design. Involves writing technical reports and scientific articles and representing the company at international conferences.
Python
University of Oxford
Builds machine learning models and digital twins of quantum devices to study how scaling affects the control and stability of quantum operations. Models the physical and control architecture to identify design bottlenecks and optimisation strategies, using simulators as a testbed for engineering trade-offs. Works with academic teams, industrial partners and national labs within the QCI3 initiative.
University of Exeter
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
