Quantum Hardware Control Team Lead

Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 110.000 - 140.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Cobee flexible compensation

Flexible working hours

Descripción de la vacante

Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech in Barcelona seeks a Team Lead to manage software engineers building the control layer for our superconducting quantum hardware. You’ll fuse people management with hands-on expertise in quantum hardware and the software used to control and operate it.

You will also lead teams developing with AI coding agents, ensuring delivery quality and technical integrity. You will report to the Head of Software Division and collaborate with a dedicated Tech Lead.

Formación

• Proven direct people-management experience with performance reviews.
• Hands-on expertise in quantum hardware, control and measurement.
• Strong software engineering knowledge with hardware/software integration.
• Experience leading AI-assisted engineering adoption.
• Familiarity with Qilimanjaro libraries and control stack.

Responsabilidades

• Set expectations, run regular one-to-ones, and support performance reviews.
• Build the team’s capacity plan, coordinate execution and remove blockers.
• Agree feasible delivery plans with Product Owners, managing dependencies and scope.
• Partner with the Tech Lead on risk, architecture and backlog, with ownership.
• Contribute quantum hardware expertise to control and measurement workflows and mentor engineers.
• Coordinate interfaces with SDKs, firmware, hardware and infrastructure teams.
• Ensure delivery plans include software verification and hardware validation with named owners.
• Lead the team’s use of AI coding agents and ensure verifiability of outputs.
• Support hiring and onboarding with Head of Division and People.
• Explain technical risk clearly to engineers and stakeholders.

Conocimientos

People management

Quantum hardware

Software development

Low-level control

AI coding agents

AI-assisted engineering

Team leadership

Quantum control

Experimentation & validation

Educación

Scientific or Engineering degree

Herramientas

Control stack libraries

Instrumentation & timing

Quantum hardware instrumentation

Descripción del empleo

Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech is a Barcelona-based quantum computing company building full-stack analog quantum computers on superconducting fluxonium qubits. Founded in 2019 as a spin-off from the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Institute of High-Energy Physics (IFAE), the company exists to make quantum computing useful in the near term, rather than in a distant error-corrected future.

Qilimanjaro designs, builds and operates the complete stack: the quantum hardware, the control layer, and the software that orchestrates it.

What we are looking for

We are looking for a Team Lead to manage and develop the software engineers who build the control layer for our quantum hardware. You will combine direct people management and delivery planning with hands‑on expertise in quantum hardware and the software used to control and operate it. You are also comfortable leading a team that develops with AI coding agents or similar tools.

You will report to the Head of Software Division and work alongside a dedicated Tech Lead. You will own the team’s people management; capacity and execution. The Tech Lead retains responsibility for department technical direction and architecture. The role includes technical contribution, with time allocated according to the management load.

• Set clear expectations, run regular one-to-ones, give actionable feedback and support performance and career reviews with People.
• Build the team’s capacity plan, coordinate execution and remove blockers across product development and research work.
• Agree feasible delivery plans with the relevant Product Owners, making dependencies, scope choices and resource constraints explicit.
• Partner with the Tech Lead on technical risk, architecture and the research backlog, ensuring difficult decisions have clear ownership and time for validation.
• Contribute your quantum hardware expertise to control and measurement workflows, and coach engineers on the relationship between software behavior, physical systems and experimental evidence.
• Coordinate interfaces and handovers with engineers developing software development kits, firmware, quantum hardware and operating infrastructure.
• Ensure delivery plans include software verification and the appropriate hardware and scientific validation, with named acceptance owners.
• Lead the team's use of AI coding agents and similar tools. Make sure that what the team builds with AI is verified.
• Support hiring and onboarding with the Head of Division and People, and distribute knowledge across the team.
• Proven direct people-management experience, including feedback, development, performance conversations and team planning.
• Demonstrated hands‑on expertise in quantum hardware, including its control, operation or measurement, and the ability to connect software and control choices to physical behavior and experimental validation.
• Strong software engineering knowledge and practical experience with low-level control or hardware/software integration.
• Evidence of delivering complex technical work while managing capacity, dependencies and uncertainty.
• Ability to collaborate with an established Tech Lead and distinguish technical authority, line management and product ownership.
• Ability to explain technical risk and give clear, constructive feedback to engineers and stakeholders.
• Hands‑on experience developing software with AI coding agents in your own work, with the judgment to verify what they produce, and the commitment to lead a team that develops this way.
• Experience with superconducting quantum systems and their control or calibration workflows.
• Experience with instrumentation, timing and synchronization constraints, reproducibility or experimental automation.
• Experience leading a small technical team with both product delivery and R&D responsibilities.
• Experience leading a team's adoption of AI‑assisted engineering, with measured effects on quality and delivery.
• Familiarity with Qilimanjaro's libraries and control stack. Product‑specific knowledge can be learned on the job.
• A relevant scientific or engineering education, or equivalent applied experience. A particular degree title is not a substitute for demonstrated competence.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Qilimanjaro, inclusion and equal opportunities are part of our people‑centric value. We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute, learn, and belong.

We offer:

• A unique opportunity to work on real superconducting quantum hardware
• Strong mentorship and technical growth
• Cobee flexible compensation (transportation, meals, and childcare support)
• Flexible working hours

You will:

Get the opportunity to build something amazing and unique, something that hasn't been done before

Work on ground-breaking projects and possibly solve massive challenges on a global scale

Be at the intersection of research and industry, where biggest innovations happen

Make an enormous impact in a dynamic scale‑up rather than being a small cog in a big machine

Work with super smart, knowledgeable and yet, very friendly people in Barcelona, one of the best cities in the world (picture a lot of sun, amazing food and friendly locals)

Get to be part of a start-up where growth on a company and individual level is the default

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation):

DATA CONTROLLER: QILIMANJARO QUANTUM TECH S.L., B67429670, Carrer de Veneçuela, 74, 08019 Barcelona (BARCELONA), Data Protection Officer: qilimanjaro@delegado- datos.com.PURPOSES: Participation in recruitment processes and reference verification.LEGAL BASIS: Implementation of pre-contractual measures.DISCLOSURES: None are an ticipated.DATA RETENTION: For the duration of the selection process.RIGHTS: You may exercise your rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, and data portability with the data controller. In case of any disputes, you may contact the AEPD (www.aepd.es).