Electronics Engineering Manager, Quantum Hardware

NightDragon Acquisition Corp.; Oxford; On-site; GBP 141,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision

401(k) Matching

Unlimited PTO

Parental Leave

Home Technology Stipend

Job summary

IonQ in the United States is seeking an Electronics Engineering Manager to lead the electronics function within the Systems team. You will head a team of engineers and grow it as our programmes scale, setting the technical direction for electronics and delivering across prototypes to production.

This player-coach role blends 60% people leadership with 40% hands-on design work, spanning high-speed and mixed-signal domains and collaboration with physics, firmware, mechanical and systems teams to

Qualifications

• Approximately ten years of electronics design experience with a strong background in high-speed and mixed-signal electronics.
• Proven record of leading engineers and delivering hardware from concept through prototype to production on schedule.
• Ability to guide technical direction while maintaining attention to detail and quality.
• Able to operate in fast-moving environments with both waterfall and agile hardware delivery approaches.

Responsibilities

• Team leadership: Lead and develop a team of electronics engineers and help grow the team through hiring.
• Technical direction: Own electronics architecture, mixed-signal design, and high-speed digital design; lead design reviews.
• Delivery and planning: Plan and track workstreams against milestones; manage resourcing, schedules, risks and dependencies.
• Quality and process: Improve design standards, verification, testing, and documentation practices.
• Productisation: Move from prototypes to robust, rack-ready production systems with suppliers as needed.

Skills

Team Leadership

Electronics Architecture

High-Speed Design

Mixed-Signal Design

FPGA Experience

PCB/Layout

Vendor Management

Python Test Automation

Tools

Altium

Vivado

Quartus

Schematic Capture

Job description

IonQ in the United States is seeking an Electronics Engineering Manager to lead the electronics function within the Systems team. You will head a team of engineers and grow it as our programmes scale, setting the technical direction for electronics and delivering across prototypes to production.

This player-coach role blends 60% people leadership with 40% hands-on design work, spanning high-speed and mixed-signal domains and collaboration with physics, firmware, mechanical and systems teams to