Lead Quantum Hardware Physicist - 790

The role

This role leads the design of next-generation trapped-ion quantum computing systems in Broomfield, CO. The work covers hardware design decisions, system monitoring and orchestration, and taking a design from concept to first product and into production.

What you will do

• Apply operational experience with trapped-ion quantum computers to influence commercial system design.
• Shape system-level design decisions for reliability, usability, serviceability, manufacturability and performance.
• Define requirements for monitoring, diagnostics, automation and software orchestration.
• Collaborate with software, controls, electrical, mechanical and quantum hardware engineers.
• Operate and characterize prototype and production systems, designing experiments to find design improvements.
• Analyze experimental data to find performance limits and guide future hardware and software work.
• Review hardware designs, software and engineering documentation.
• Support system bring-up, first-article builds, customer deployments and transition to manufacturing.
• Communicate technical results through design reviews, publications, conferences and customer interactions.

Required qualifications

• PhD completed before start date
• 8+ years of directly applicable experience (PhD inclusive)
• U.S. person: U.S. citizen, permanent resident or green card holder, or granted asylum or refugee status, due to contractual requirements
• Must submit to a pre-employment drug test (safety-sensitive position)

Nice to have

• PhD in Physics or related field with background in cold atom physics
• Experience building trapped-ion or cold atom hardware systems
• Experience with quantum computing hardware, including programming experimental control systems for data collection, signal processing and analysis
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with published results in their field
• Strong organizational and leadership skills, and good at working with customers and partners

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Flexible work arrangements
• Employer-subsidized medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match and student loan repayment benefit
• Equity opportunities
• Generous paid time off, sick leave and 12 paid holidays a year
• Paid parental leave
• Employee discount programs

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, green card holder, or granted asylum or refugee status)
• Pre-employment drug test required
• Some U.S. positions may need government export authorization for candidates who are not U.S. persons

About the company

Quantinuum is a quantum computing company with a full stack platform, more than 800 employees and operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and Singapore. It is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.