Director, Quantum Systems Delivery & Field Readiness

Quantum Motion

Greater London

On-site

GBP 110,000 - 170,000

Full time

14 days+
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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.

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