Lead Systems Engineer - 680

The role

You will lead the delivery of complex infrastructure systems across cryogenic, fluid-handling, and precision facility environments. You will act as technical authority for system integration, reliability, and safety, and mentor engineers.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership and architectural oversight for cryogenic distribution, industrial gas, environmental control, and mission-critical facility infrastructure programs
• Define system architectures, technology roadmaps, engineering standards, and long-term infrastructure strategies
• Lead requirements development, trade studies, design reviews, and system acceptance activities
• Serve as technical authority for integration, reliability, safety, and scalability of complex cryogenic, fluid-handling, controls, and power systems
• Lead resolution of the most complex technical and operational challenges across multiple projects
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with engineering, operations, safety, contractors, vendors, and partners
• Lead commissioning, operational readiness, and lifecycle performance initiatives
• Guide transition of new technologies and prototype concepts into production-ready infrastructure
• Mentor and develop engineers and establish engineering best practices and documentation standards
• Support strategic planning and capital infrastructure initiatives

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree minimum
• 10+ years of experience delivering complex facility or infrastructure systems, preferably involving cryogenics, fluids, or industrial gases
• 5+ years of experience with engineering design and analysis software such as ASPEN, EcoSim, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Onshape, or similar tools
• Must be a U.S. Person: U.S. citizen, permanent resident or green card holder, or granted asylum or refugee status, due to contractual requirements
• Subject to a pre-employment drug test for safety-sensitive positions

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary engineering efforts through design, integration, commissioning, and handover
• Strong understanding of cryogenic safety practices, hazard analysis, regulatory compliance, and operational risk mitigation
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical decisions across organizations
• Experience leading design and deployment of major facility upgrades, pilot plants, data-center-class infrastructure, or large-scale cryogenic installations
• Deep expertise in systems engineering methodologies, including requirements management, interface control, verification and validation, configuration management, and lifecycle engineering
• Experience developing technical strategies, roadmaps, standards, and governance processes across multiple projects or sites
• Demonstrated success in mentoring and developing engineers
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence senior leadership

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and the opportunity to work on groundbreaking technology
• Flexible work arrangements that support work-life balance
• Employer-subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match and student loan repayment benefit
• Equity opportunities
• Generous paid time off, sick leave, and 12 paid holidays annually
• Paid parental leave
• Employee discount programs

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. Person due to contractual requirements
• Pre-employment drug test required for safety-sensitive positions
• Some positions may require U.S. government export authorization for candidates who are not U.S. persons

About the company

Quantinuum is a quantum computing company delivering a full stack platform for real-world deployment, with more than 800 employees across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, and Singapore. It is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.