R&D Site Lead: Build Quantum-HPC Lab & Teams

Entangled Future; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 150.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

IQM Quantum Computers is establishing an R&D site in Edinburgh, the UK, and seeks a site lead to build and run the Engineering program from the ground up. You will recruit, set up facilities, and establish the culture that shapes the team’s way of working as the first hires join.

You will lead the technical integration of IQM systems with HPC environments, drive real-time decoding and control-stack strategies, and manage collaborations with the UK HPC centre and QEC partner to align on

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of leading R&D teams, including building from scratch and scaling.
• Strong quantum computing background with depth in quantum error correction and/or quantum hardware and control systems.
• Experience on collaborative R&D projects including budgets, milestone reporting, cost compliance and resource planning.
• PhD in physics, electrical engineering, computer science or related field, or equivalent depth.
• Ability to explain complex work clearly to technical partners, funding bodies, IQM leadership, and the quantum community.

Aufgaben

• Build the site from zero: set up ways of working, tools, facilities, IT, compute and partner access.
• Recruit and line-manage first engineers and scientists, then team leads; establish site culture.
• Lead the technical work, integrate IQM systems with HPC environments, and set technical direction.
• Run the partnership day-to-day with the HPC centre and QEC partner; manage IP and data agreements.

Kenntnisse

R&D leadership

Quantum computing

HPC integration

Real-time decoding

Budget planning

Cross-organisation collaboration

Technical problem solving

Ausbildung

PhD in physics/EE/CS

Jobbeschreibung

IQM Quantum Computers is establishing an R&D site in Edinburgh, the UK, and seeks a site lead to build and run the Engineering program from the ground up. You will recruit, set up facilities, and establish the culture that shapes the team’s way of working as the first hires join.

You will lead the technical integration of IQM systems with HPC environments, drive real-time decoding and control-stack strategies, and manage collaborations with the UK HPC centre and QEC partner to align on