Director, Quantum Systems Delivery & Field Readiness

Quantum Motion; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

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Pension scheme

Medical insurance

Life Assurance

Cycle to work

Central London

Job summary

Quantum Motion in London seeks a Director of Systems Delivery to lead the end-to-end lifecycle of its silicon quantum systems, from planning and assembly through handover and deployment at customer sites.

The role requires proven management of physical hardware, HW/SW integration and cross-functional leadership across hardware, software, product and operations. The successful candidate will drive delivery playbooks, risk management, and post-installation support to ensure long-term uptime.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing physical hardware systems with realistic build constraints.
• Background in hardware–software integration, validation, and site-install constraints.
• Experience leading hardware, systems integration, or field delivery teams.
• Track record of taking first‑of‑a‑kind hardware from prototype to repeatable deployment.
• Hands-on facility readiness and running customer acceptance protocols.
• Strong project management across HW/SW schedules, budgets, risks, and exec reporting.
• Experience supervising vendors, supplier selection, and procurement.
• Excellent communication with executives, technical staff, and customers; willing to travel internationally.

Responsibilities

• Lead internal full‑stack system deployments spanning hardware and software from assembly to handover.
• Coordinate across hardware, software, product and operations to align build schedules with releases.
• Oversee site infrastructure readiness for internal and customer deployments.
• Implement delivery schedules, risk management and formal acceptance testing.
• Establish post-delivery support, handovers and field engineering processes.
• Build scalable playbooks, quality standards and repeatable processes for integration and validation.
• Manage technical hardware procurement and vendor relationships to meet delivery timelines.
• Provide technical scoping and planning support for commercial proposals.

Skills

Hardware leadership

HW/SW integration

Project management

Vendor management

Stakeholder comms

Travel internationally

Job description

Quantum Motion in London seeks a Director of Systems Delivery to lead the end-to-end lifecycle of its silicon quantum systems, from planning and assembly through handover and deployment at customer sites.

The role requires proven management of physical hardware, HW/SW integration and cross-functional leadership across hardware, software, product and operations. The successful candidate will drive delivery playbooks, risk management, and post-installation support to ensure long-term uptime.