Lead Electrical Engineer - 1116

The role

Lead the electrical design of major programs and product lines for quantum computers. Define system architecture across subsystems, coordinate engineering teams, and mentor junior and senior engineers.

What you will do

• Lead electrical design for major programs or product lines.
• Define system architecture across multiple subsystems.
• Coordinate work across engineering teams and disciplines with a focus on on-time program execution.
• Drive technical direction and ensure alignment with product goals.
• Resolve complex cross-functional technical challenges.
• Establish design standards, best practices, and review rigor.
• Mentor junior and senior engineers, serving as a technical escalation point.

Required qualifications

• Minimum bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 8+ years of experience in the specification, development, and test of analog electronic products
• Extensive knowledge in RF design requiring high stability and low noise
• Experience designing control systems
• Extensive knowledge in analog design
• U.S. Person status: U.S. citizen, permanent resident or green card holder, or workers granted asylum or refugee status

Nice to have

• Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering or related field
• 12+ years of industry experience in an engineering or R&D environment
• Proven system-level ownership of complex products
• Strong leadership in multi-disciplinary environments
• Expertise in integrating advanced technologies (FPGA, analog, RF, controls)
• Expert schematic entry and board layout experience (Altium PCB software preferred)
• Expert FPGA design and verification experience, including Xilinx software and IP, and VHDL, Verilog, and/or System Verilog
• Ability to balance performance, cost, manufacturability, and schedule
• Ability to model and simulate complex circuitry and validate the model with hardware measurements
• Exceptional problem-solving in ambiguous or high-risk scenarios

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
• Applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test
• Some positions may require U.S. government export license authorization for non-U.S. persons

About the company

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