Director of System Integration

Entangled Future; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

8% holiday allowance

Generous pension plan

Hybrid work setup

L&D budget

Job summary

QuantWare in Delft is seeking a Director of System Integration for its Product Development team within hardware engineering. The role is full-time and hybrid, offering a competitive salary, a pension plan, and an emphasis on personal growth.

You will lead system engineering teams, own end-to-end delivery of complex quantum hardware integration projects, and manage relationships with customers and partners. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of leadership and deep HPC or packaging expertise.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical leadership experience managing multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience delivering complex, multi-year hardware integration projects.
• Deep domain expertise in HPC systems integration or advanced semiconductor packaging.
• Excellent cross-functional communication to executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of senior technical leads and engineers across Systems Engineering, HPC Integration, Ecosystem Management, Advanced Packaging, and RF Engineering.
• Own end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-year, commercial quantum hardware integration projects with partner co-design.
• Build and maintain relationships with senior engineering leadership at customers and partners.
• Identify and mitigate technical, timeline and cost mismatches with third-party suppliers and integration partners.
• Establish, mature, and scale standardized engagement frameworks for integration projects and partner training programs.
• Partner with Business Development to evaluate technical feasibility, resource allocation, and timelines on strategic proposals.

Skills

Senior leadership

Program ownership

Cross-functional communication

People management

Education

Master’s or PhD in Systems Eng./Electrical Eng./Applied Physics/Microelectronics/Computer Eng.

Job description

Director of System Integration at QuantWare, Delft. A director-level full time position in the Product Development team, listed under hardware engineering.

At QuantWare, you’ll be part of a high-performing team of world-class experts in an ambitious, fast-moving environment. From day one, you’ll have the trust, tools, and support to do your best work. Here’s what you can expect: Competitive salary - A salary that reflects the impact and importance of the role (and of course 8% holiday allowance) Pension that’s built to last - A generous and future-proof pension plan that includes partner and dependent coverage.

Flexibility built on trust - We focus on outcomes. Work flexibly, in a hybrid setup, with an open vacation policy that lets you manage your time Personal growth - We invest in your L&D, with a budget available to each team member, dependent on their individual ambitions, development needs, and performance A connected team - We make space to celebrate wins together, with team events, offsites, and spontaneous moments that bring us closer

Responsibilities

• Lead & Scale System Engineering Teams: Recruit, manage, and mentor a small team of senior technical leads and engineers across Systems Engineering, HPC Integration, Ecosystem Management, Advanced Packaging, and RF Engineering.
• Program Ownership: Own end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-year, commercial quantum hardware integration projects involving partner co-design.
• Engineering Leadership Relations: Build, maintain, and manage relationships with senior engineering leadership at customer and partner organizations.
• Ecosystem Readiness: Identify and de-risk technical, timeline and cost mismatches across third-party hardware suppliers and integration partners to ensure compatibility with our QPUs.
• Process optimisation: Establish, mature and scale standardized engagement frameworks and processes for integration projects, partner training programs, logistics, etc.
• Commercial Interface: Partner closely with Business Development teams to evaluate technical feasibility, resource allocation, and timeline alignment on strategic commercial proposals.

Requirements

• Master’s or PhD in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Microelectronics, or Computer Engineering.
• 10+ years of technical leadership experience with direct people management of multi-disciplinary engineering teams in complex hardware environments.
• Customer facing delivery of complex, multi-disciplinary, projects involving close technology integration, co-design, and high-capital equipment deployment.
• Deep domain expertise in HPC systems integration, advanced semiconductor packaging, or supercomputing infrastructure (e.g., thermal budgets, high-density RF signal routing, cryogenics, or compute scaling).
• Exceptional cross-functional communicator capable of bridging strategic business goals with physical hardware engineering constraints and presenting to executive leadership.
• A proactive, detail-oriented leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and excels at building high-performing engineering teams.