Hardware Operations Engineer - 957

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

Hardware Operations Engineer - 957 at Quantinuum, US Salt Lake City, UT. A mid-level full time position in the Quantum Computing Hardware team, listed under software engineering.

We are seeking a Hardware Operations Engineer in our Salt Lake City, UT location to install, operate, and maintain a Helios quantum computer. This system is part of our partnership (Quantinuum and Oracle Partner to Accelerate Hybrid Quantum Compute Adoption on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure ) with Oracle to accelerate hybrid quantum compute adoption on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. in Physics, or related field, and deep experience building, validating, optimizing, and using a complex scientific apparatus or commercial product based on atomic or similar quantum building blocks. You will be first on the ground preparing to receive hardware, working as part of a team to install and commission, and then ensuring high-reliability and high-quality system performance through standard operations and maintenance processes. Day-to-day work will involve complex problem solving; hands-on work with optical, mechanical, and electronic systems; coding; developing operations standards and documentation; and optimizing performance and reliability. We are looking for a candidate with world-class expertise and drive to deliver for the customer in this exciting partnership. All applicants for placement in safety-sensitive positions will be required to submit to a pre-employment drug test.