Quantum Computing Jobs

• Oxford
• Senior

Lead end-to-end delivery of the Systems Software roadmap across five engineering teams (runtime, orchestration, quantum tools, controllers, transport) for concurrent next-generation quantum system programmes. Own planning, dependency management, risk surfacing and status reporting, working with hardware, science and US-based teams to make capacity decisions explicit.

Jira · Confluence · GitHub +1

• 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

• Haywards Heath
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Design, model and test waveforms that transport ions quickly and efficiently on surface ion traps, including inter-module connections via UQConnect. The role also involves contributing to ion trap designs, building accurate physics models and optimisation software, and working with hardware teams to implement transport methods and analyse experimental results against predictions.

UQConnect

• Haywards Heath
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Develop, integrate and test software that operates quantum computing hardware, including benchmarking, profiling and optimising quantum processes and algorithms. Work within a multidisciplinary team of electronic engineers, physicists and hardware designers, taking ownership of major features in the quantum computing software stack.

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior

Builds and runs the Kubernetes-based platform behind IonQ's quantum systems, spanning on-site clusters and cloud infrastructure. The role covers CI/CD pipelines, observability for lasers, cryogenics and vacuum hardware, remote development environments, and infrastructure as code with OpenTofu. It involves leading strategic platform projects and working closely with physicists, lab technicians and SRE colleagues.

Kubernetes · k3s · ArgoCD +7

• 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

• Oxford

Hands-on role supporting the optical manufacturing team building and upgrading quantum computer systems. Day to day involves optical, mechanical and electrical assembly, keeping the lab and workshop tidy and safe, and producing and maintaining technical documentation alongside engineers, scientists and senior technicians.

• 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

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior

Validates and optimises trapped-ion quantum computers, prototyping coherent control and cooling schemes, calibrating and benchmarking qubit gates, and validating emerging trap technologies with integrated electronics and photonics. Involves coding and debugging experiments in Python or Rust and documenting findings within a fast-moving UK science team.

Python · Rust

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior

Hands-on staff engineering role owning the non-realtime control software for quantum computers, integrating supporting hardware such as cryogenic compressors, vacuum pumps, lasers and cameras on general-purpose Linux. You will write Rust controllers and shared frameworks, build simulators and test infrastructure, and diagnose failures that only appear against real hardware in a live lab.

Rust · gRPC · REST +5

• 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

• Oxford
• Hybrid
• Senior

Architect, develop and maintain advanced UVM/SystemVerilog verification environments for complex FPGA designs, defining verification plans with constrained-random testing and functional coverage. Build automated regression suites and CI pipelines, and debug issues with RTL designers to support quantum control systems.

SystemVerilog · UVM · Python

• Haywards Heath
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Designs and simulates quantum error correction protocols, tailoring them to hardware strengths and characterising physical qubit noise profiles. Performs resource estimation for large-scale applications and advises on hardware and software control choices to optimise error correction performance in the near and far term.