Principal Quantum Systems Engineer: Coherence & Integration

QuEra Computing Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

QuEra Computing Inc. in Boston, MA seeks a Principal Systems Engineer to lead the Systems Engineering team for quantum computing systems.

The role interfaces with quantum scientists, hardware engineers, and control software, aiming to make the system coherent, buildable, and integrable as discoveries advance. The ideal candidate has deep experience in building complex hardware–software systems and thrives in a learning-driven R&D environment, collaborating across disciplines to drive structured

Qualifications

• Translate scientific goals into actionable engineering requirements while preserving necessary flexibility.
• Explicitly document uncertainty, assumptions, and open questions.
• Refine requirements as experimental results and understanding improve.

Responsibilities

• Bridge the gap between engineering tasks and quantum machine milestones.
• Make system architecture, integration status, and technical risk visible and actionable.
• Enable scientists and engineers to move faster together by reducing ambiguity, friction, and rework.
• Work closely with quantum scientists to understand how the machine is operated, tuned, and debugged in practice.

Skills

System engineering leadership

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Requirements tracing

Hardware–software integration

Scientific/experimental collaboration

Job description

QuEra Computing Inc. in Boston, MA seeks a Principal Systems Engineer to lead the Systems Engineering team for quantum computing systems.

The role interfaces with quantum scientists, hardware engineers, and control software, aiming to make the system coherent, buildable, and integrable as discoveries advance. The ideal candidate has deep experience in building complex hardware–software systems and thrives in a learning-driven R&D environment, collaborating across disciplines to drive structured