Lead Quantum Hardware Architect — Trapped-Ion Systems

Entangled Future; Broomfield (CO); On-site; USD 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Quantinuum in Broomfield, CO seeks a Lead Quantum Hardware Physicist to shape the design of next-generation trapped-ion quantum computing systems. You will apply hands-on experience to develop reliable, scalable hardware and contribute to production-ready products within the System Development team.

You will work alongside scientists and engineers across disciplines, guiding hardware decisions, software orchestration, and diagnostics to enable efficient operation, maintenance, and future

Qualifications

• PhD must be completed prior to start date.
• 8+ years’ of directly applicable experience (PhD inclusive).
• U.S. Person status required by contractual requirements.
• Candidates must not be a PRC or Russian national unless a U.S. citizen.

Responsibilities

• Apply operational experience with trapped-ion quantum computers to influence design of next-generation systems.
• Shape system-level design decisions to improve reliability, usability, serviceability, manufacturability and performance.
• Define requirements for system monitoring, diagnostics, automation, and software orchestration.
• Collaborate with software, controls, electrical, mechanical, and quantum hardware engineers to translate experience into robust designs.
• Operate and characterize prototype and production quantum computing systems; design experiments to evaluate performance.
• Analyze experimental data to understand system behavior and guide development.
• Review hardware designs, software implementations, and docs to ensure new capabilities improve performance.
• Support system bring-up, first-article builds, customer deployments, and transition to manufacturing.
• Communicate significant results through reviews, publications, conferences, and customer interactions.

Skills

PhD in Physics

Trapped-ion hardware

Quantum computing hardware

Communication skills

Leadership & collaboration

Customer interaction

Education

PhD in Physics or related field

Tools

Experimental control systems

Signal processing

Data analysis

Job description

Quantinuum in Broomfield, CO seeks a Lead Quantum Hardware Physicist to shape the design of next-generation trapped-ion quantum computing systems. You will apply hands-on experience to develop reliable, scalable hardware and contribute to production-ready products within the System Development team.

You will work alongside scientists and engineers across disciplines, guiding hardware decisions, software orchestration, and diagnostics to enable efficient operation, maintenance, and future