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Science Led, Enterprise Driven – Accelerating Quantum Computing
Quantinuum is the world’s largest integrated quantum company, pioneering powerful quantum computers and advanced software solutions. Quantinuum’s technology drives breakthroughs in materials discovery, cybersecurity, and next-gen quantum AI. With approximately 500 employees, including 370+ scientists and engineers, Quantinuum leads the quantum computing revolution across continents.
We unite best-in-class software with high-fidelity hardware to accelerate quantum computing. With integrated full-stack technology, our world-class team is rapidly scaling quantum computing.
Quantinuum recently secured $300M in funding, visit our news pages to learn more about this and other Quantinuum scientific breakthroughs and achievements:https://www.quantinuum.com/news
We are seeking aSenior Advanced Photonic Fabrication Research Scientistto work atNIST Gaithersburg, MDas a full time Quantinuum employee.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Participate in a team of physicists and optical engineers supporting the development of commercial and research photonic components for quantum computing 
  • Develop and refine novel fabrication methods for the production of unique and deployable photonic devices
  • Fabricate photonic components for manipulation of light across the spectrum
  • Gather technical requirements, turn them into action plans, and ensure the components and systems meet the requirements 
  • Participate in metrology and optical testing to optimize fabrication processes and device designs.

You Must Have:

  • PhD Degree minimum
  • Minimum4+ years’ experience (advanced degree inclusive) in nano/micro-fabrication
  • Due to Contractual requirements, must be a U.S. Person. defined as, U.S. citizen permanent resident or green card holder, workers granted asylum or refugee status
  • Due to national security requirements imposed by the U.S. Government, candidates for this position must not be a People's Republic of China national or Russian national unless the candidate is also a U.S. citizen.

We Value:

  • Ph.D. in Optics, Physics, Applied Physics, or a related field 
  • 3+ years of experience after PhD (postdoc, industry research or manufacturing, etc.)
  • Experience with fabrication of photonic devices, with an emphasis onmetasurfaces or other highaspect ratio structures.
  • Experience with fabrication process development including film deposition, etching (wet and dry), lithographic techniques (especially EBL), and metrology (e.g. FIB/SEM, AFM, profilometry, ellipsometry, microscopy, etc.)
  • Experience with photonic simulation tools (Lumerical, RSoft, or similar tools for guided mode solvers, FDTD, FEM, or RCWA)
  • Experience with optical testing of photonic devices
  • Experience with scientific coding and data analysis and visualization, and familiarity with software tools like MATLAB, Python, Mathematica, Origin, Igor, etc.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills, ability to concisely and accurately convey complex information to team members with diverse technical experience, published results within your field of research.
  • Experience in micro-optical systems directing and manipulating visible coherent light
  • Experience working remotely with a development team
  • Broad understanding of optical principles and practices and intimate knowledge and experience applying this knowledge to projects 
  • Experience with engineering change documentation; ability to work from assembly drawings, schematics, wiring diagrams, sketches and other written, visual and oral instructions 
Compensation & Benefits:
Non-Incentive Eligible
Estimated Salary Wage: $133,000 - $166,000 Annually
What is in it for you?
-A competitive salary and innovative, game-changing work
-Flexible work schedule
-Employer subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
-401(k) match for student loan repayment benefit
-Equity, 401k retirement savings plan + 12 Paid holidays and generous vacation + sick time
-Paid parental leave
-Employee discounts

Quantinuum is an equal opportunity employer. You will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status.



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