Hands-On Quantum Hardware Operations Engineer - Salt Lake City

Entangled Future; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Quantinuum in Salt Lake City, UT, is seeking a Hardware Operations Engineer to install, operate, and maintain the Helios quantum computer. This mid-level, full-time role sits in the Quantum Computing Hardware team and involves hands-on work with optical, mechanical, and electronic subsystems.

The successful candidate will contribute to reliability, performance optimization, and documentation, with duties spanning installation, commissioning, and standard-operations procedures.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Physics or related field.
• Experience building, validating, and optimizing complex scientific apparatus or quantum hardware.
• Hands-on work with optical, mechanical, and electronic systems; coding.

Responsibilities

• Install, operate, and maintain the Helios quantum computer in Salt Lake City.
• Prepare to receive hardware and participate in installation and commissioning.
• Ensure high reliability and quality system performance through standard operations.
• Develop operations standards and documentation; optimize performance.

Skills

Optical systems

Mechanical systems

Electronic systems

Coding

Education

Ph.D. in Physics or related field

Job description

Quantinuum in Salt Lake City, UT, is seeking a Hardware Operations Engineer to install, operate, and maintain the Helios quantum computer. This mid-level, full-time role sits in the Quantum Computing Hardware team and involves hands-on work with optical, mechanical, and electronic subsystems.

The successful candidate will contribute to reliability, performance optimization, and documentation, with duties spanning installation, commissioning, and standard-operations procedures.