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Vice President, Deputy CLO - IP & Privacy - 944

This role involves leading and scaling Quantinuum’s global intellectual property, privacy, and data protection legal function, with a focus on advising across product development, hardware and software innovation, open source, patents, trademarks, and data governance. The individual will build scalable legal frameworks, partner closely with technical and executive teams, and provide actionable guidance on global privacy regulations, AI governance, and quantum computing-related legal challenges. A key responsibility is embedding privacy-by-design and IP strategy into R&D and commercialization efforts across a highly technical, fast-paced environment.

Quantinuum United Kingdom

Chief Platform Architect - 801

Lead the technical vision and architecture of a high-performance quantum software developer platform, focusing on scalable access portals, hybrid workflow orchestration, and secure cloud-based application delivery. Mentor senior engineers, define coding standards, and drive the technical roadmap in close collaboration with hardware teams. The role involves shaping platform engineering practices and enabling both internal and external developers through reusable components and robust APIs.

Quantinuum United States US$208,000 – US$260,000 pa

Hybrid Permanent

Photonics Technical Lead

The role involves leading the development and execution of integrated photonics technologies for quantum applications, including photonic integrated circuits, laser systems, and subsystems. The technical lead will oversee project delivery, mentor a team, and collaborate across global teams and external partners. Key activities include design, fabrication, testing, and commercialisation of photonics solutions within a quantum technology ecosystem.

Infleqtion Kidlington, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Lead Quantum Engineer, Systems Performance

Leads cross-functional teams in advancing superconducting qubit systems through experimental design and technical innovation. Focuses on identifying performance bottlenecks and driving hardware improvements for scalable quantum computing. Involves hands-on experimentation, technical leadership, and shaping long-term quantum hardware roadmaps.

Rigetti United States US$190,000 – US$225,000 pa

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Leads a team building software systems for quantum computer design, fabrication, and characterization, integrating scientific computing with hardware engineering workflows. Focuses on developing scalable data platforms, tooling, and infrastructure to support quantum device development. Works closely with physicists, fabrication engineers, and hardware teams to operationalize research-driven systems.

Rigetti United States US$220,000 – US$250,000 pa

On-site Permanent

Technical Team Lead

This role involves leading a distributed UK-based engineering team while maintaining a strong hands-on contribution to the development of post-quantum cryptography systems. The Technical Team Lead will bridge technical delivery and people management, driving component design, full-stack implementation, and deployment within an Agile environment. Success requires balancing mentorship, code quality, and architectural execution in a high-performance, security-critical domain.

Arqit United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Senior Optical Engineer

This role involves leading the design, analysis, and integration of complex optical systems for quantum computing and sensing applications, from concept through to testing. The engineer will work across multidisciplinary teams to develop high-precision optical systems involving laser delivery, modulation, and imaging, with responsibilities spanning component-level work to large-scale subsystems. The position emphasizes hands-on development, simulation-driven design optimization, and rigorous validation in a cutting-edge quantum technology environment.

Infleqtion Kidlington, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Lead Software Engineer

Leads a cryptographic software IP team, overseeing the full software development lifecycle from design to customer delivery. Responsible for technical leadership, architectural decision-making, mentoring engineers, and ensuring high-quality implementation of embedded security solutions. Works closely with hardware teams and customers, with a strong focus on post-quantum cryptography and secure software design.

PQShield United Kingdom

Remote Permanent

Senior FPGA Verification Engineer

This role involves designing and implementing advanced UVM/SystemVerilog verification environments for FPGA-based quantum control systems. The engineer will develop simulation infrastructure, define verification plans with functional and code coverage, and collaborate with RTL teams to debug and ensure design quality. The position is central to ensuring the reliability of hardware supporting cutting-edge quantum computing systems.

IonQ Oxford, United Kingdom

Senior Electronics Engineer

This role involves diagnosing and resolving electronics and control hardware issues in trapped-ion quantum computers, from root cause analysis to permanent design fixes. The engineer will lead reliability upgrades, standardize electronics across systems, and work closely with cross-functional teams to improve uptime and reduce operational costs. Key activities include PCB design, system-level testing, retrofitting live systems, and ensuring all improvements are documented and integrated into future builds.

IonQ Oxford, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Hardware Verification Engineer (Sponsorship available)

This role involves verifying security-critical hardware designs using UVM and formal methods, with a focus on cryptographic IPs and subsystems. You'll build testbenches, develop Python automation tools, debug across multiple levels, and collaborate with design and software teams. The position requires a 'break it to make it' mindset, leadership in verification planning, and experience in secure hardware development.

PQShield United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

IT Engineer

This role provides frontline IT support in a high-stakes quantum R&D and semiconductor fabrication environment, serving a technically diverse workforce. The engineer ensures uninterrupted operations by managing endpoints, user provisioning, and critical IT systems across Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms, with responsibilities spanning from onboarding to incident response in controlled environments. The position demands strong triage skills, familiarity with lab and cleanroom protocols, and the ability to support specialized research infrastructure.

Rigetti United States US$80,000 – US$120,000 pa

Senior Quantum Engineer, Gate Calibration

Designs and executes experiments to improve two-qubit gate fidelity on superconducting quantum processors, identifying error sources and implementing pulse engineering and calibration solutions. Develops robust, scalable calibration methods and provides feedback to hardware teams. Works across device physics, control systems, and software to advance quantum processor performance toward error correction.

Rigetti United States US$175,000 – US$200,000 pa

Systems Integration Engineer (Field, Quantum Systems)

This role involves deploying and commissioning quantum computing systems at customer sites globally, ensuring hardware and software performance meet specifications. The engineer will lead technical bring-up, troubleshooting, and calibration of superconducting qubit systems, either focusing on cryogenic hardware integration or gate-level calibration and cloud deployment. Collaboration with R&D teams and customer personnel is central, with significant international travel required.

Rigetti United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Senior Process Engineer - Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD)

This role involves owning the development, optimization, and qualification of physical vapor deposition (PVD) processes used in fabricating superconducting quantum processors. The engineer will monitor process health, lead root-cause investigations, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve device performance and scalability. It offers growing responsibility in setting technical direction and mentoring within a quantum computing hardware environment.

Rigetti United States US$170,000 – US$200,000 pa

On-site Permanent