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Quantum Dice

Solutions Engineer - Government, Defence and Critical Industries

  • Oxford
  • Hybrid
  • Permanent

Customer-facing technical role translating defence and national security challenges into mathematical models, building prototypes on simulators, software stacks and probabilistic hardware. Applies optimisation, probabilistic inference and AI methods such as QUBO, Ising models and Bayesian networks, benchmarking against classical solvers, CPUs and GPUs. Leads projects from requirements capture to pilot within defence constraints including security classification and export control.

CPUs · GPUs

SC clearance 2 weeks ago

University of Strathclyde

Quantum Specialist (KTP Associate)

  • Glasgow
  • On-site
  • £47,389 – £58,225 pa
  • Contract

Lead the commercial development of a compact cold-atom clock physics package, translating university research into a viable product. The role is based at CPI-TMD in Hayes after an initial 8-12 month placement at the University of Strathclyde, working with academic researchers and industrial engineers.

Cold-Atom Clock · Microwave Amplifiers · Power Systems

2 weeks ago
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IonQ · 501–1000 people · Public

Senior Quantum Sales Director - DaaS & Satellite Sales, EMEA

  • Oxford
  • Remote
  • Director

Owns an annual new business and expansion quota selling Capella Data as a Service subscriptions, SAR imagery and analytics, tasking capacity and complete satellite systems to enterprise, defence and civil government accounts across EMEA. Runs long-cycle capital programmes alongside faster data subscriptions, responding to RFIs, RFPs and government tenders and forecasting in CRM.

CRM · AWS

SC clearance Last week
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IonQ · 501–1000 people · Public

Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) Test Manager

  • Oxford
  • Senior · manages people

Build and lead a team owning the hardware test estate for quantum-computer control software, from CI systems to new QA and staging rigs. Define test-system architecture, plan builds with Manufacturing, and shape testing strategy across simulation and hardware-in-the-loop. Act as test architect, driving automation and self-service rig usage.

GitHub Actions

Clearance required Last week

PQShield · 51–200 people · Series B

Senior Sales Engineer (FAE)

  • Remote (within the USA); Ideally Austin or California. Some travel to our offices will be required from time-to-time
  • Remote
  • Senior

Customer-facing technical role supporting sales of post-quantum cryptography software and hardware into large manufacturers, enterprises and semiconductor/security accounts. Involves requirements discovery, demos, statements of work and Q&A documentation, working closely with Sales, Engineering and Management. Open to experienced sales engineers or embedded/hardware engineers moving into sales, with 10-20% travel.

Jira · GitHub · HubSpot +1

Last month

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IonQ · 501–1000 people · Public

Optics Technician

  • 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.

Clearance required Last month
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IonQ · 501–1000 people · Public

Staff Software Engineer, Runtime

  • 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

Clearance required Last month
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IonQ · 501–1000 people · Public

Senior Electronics Engineer

  • 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

Clearance required Last month
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IonQ · 501–1000 people · Public

Staff Software Engineer, Non-Realtime Controllers

  • 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

Clearance required Last month
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IonQ · 501–1000 people · Public

Senior Quantum Physicist

  • 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

Clearance required Last month
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IonQ · 501–1000 people · Public

Senior FPGA Verification Engineer

  • 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

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