Field Applications Engineer

The role

You will partner with enterprise clients to architect, build, and deploy technical solutions leveraging Equal1’s silicon spin QPUs. You will serve as the primary technical point of contact for commercial engagements and bridge customers with internal engineering teams.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for commercial engagements.
• Deliver live technical pitches and represent the company at industry events.
• Run on-site or remote hardware and software demonstrations.
• Assess customer infrastructure and technical requirements.
• Act as a bridge between customers and internal engineering teams.
• Support virtualization, system services, and commissioning logistics for on-prem system deployments.
• Provide project management and operational support for client delivery.
• Provide ongoing technical support, system administration, and troubleshooting.
• Support development of whitepapers, use cases, data sheets, and executive presentations.
• Act as the strategic interface between commercial strategy and internal R&D.

Required qualifications

• Degree in a relevant technical discipline or equivalent professional experience.
• 2–4 years of relevant work experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of classical computational theory.
• Advanced knowledge of at least one applicable domain such as classical algorithms, scientific programming / computational mathematics, AI / ML, or HPC.
• Strong software engineering skills.
• Strong knowledge of linear algebra fundamentals.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Proficiency with virtual environments, virtualization, and software packaging.
• Fluency in Linux and Git.
• Exceptional client-facing communication skills.
• Comfortable contributing where roles blend technical execution, relationship building, and public presentation.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Electrical, Computer, or Systems Engineering concepts.
• Experience developing client-focused quantum solutions.
• Proficiency in a high-performance / mathematical programming language or framework (e.g. C/C++, Rust, CUDA, Julia, PyTorch, TensorFlow).

About the company

Equal1 delivers quantum computing to the market by uniting software systems integration, scientific formulation, and compelling technical storytelling. The Field Applications department serves as the bridge between internal R&D teams, business partners, external collaborators, and clients.