Senior Director, U.S. Government Quantum Hardware Strategy - 1060

Entangled Future; Broomfield (CO); On-site; USD 230,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Quantinuum in Broomfield, CO seeks a Senior Director of U.S. Government Quantum Hardware Strategy to lead hardware-focused engagement with U.S. federal agencies and labs.

The role drives a multi-year hardware roadmap, prioritizes opportunities across DOE, NIST, DoD, and other national labs, and coordinates with engineering, product, and security teams to turn strategy into deployed hardware programs. The position requires deep understanding of quantum hardware, federal procurement, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree minimum.
• 12+ years of post-education experience in quantum computing, advanced computing, semiconductor systems, electronics, cryogenics, hardware engineering, technical strategy, product leadership, or government program development.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a U.S.-focused quantum hardware strategy informed by federal priorities, product plans, hardware roadmaps, and acquisition pathways.
• Translate enterprise priorities into a portfolio of hardware engagements with clear technical hypotheses and milestones.
• Prioritize opportunities across DOE, NIST, DoD, and other federal organizations to diversify the portfolio.
• Establish portfolio KPIs covering hardware performance, reliability, and deployment progress.
• Coordinate with product and technical leaders to align federal requirements and investment priorities.
• Provide regular portfolio recommendations to senior leadership on actions to advance or adjust initiatives.
• Map priority hardware gaps to capabilities across DOE and DoD labs, national laboratories, and partner ecosystems.
• Lead engagements with government technical leaders, program offices, and research laboratories.
• Shape joint hardware programs covering processor architecture, qubit modalities, control systems, cryogenics, packaging, and integration.
• Develop joint technical scopes, hardware requirements, interface definitions, and transition pathways.

Skills

Leadership

Education

Master’s degree or PhD

Job description

Senior Director, U.S. Government Quantum Hardware Strategy - 1060 at Quantinuum, US Broomfield, CO. A senior-level full time position in the Quantum Product Management team, listed under business operations.

We are seeking a Senior Director, U.S. Government Quantum Hardware Strategy in our Broomfield, CO Location.

The Senior Director will lead U.S. government strategy for quantum computing hardware within the Compute Products business. This hands-on role will translate product and technology priorities into a focused portfolio of hardware development, integration, validation, benchmarking, and deployment initiatives across DOE, NIST, DoD, the national laboratories, defense laboratories, federally funded research and development centers, and other U.S. government organizations.

The role will align internal hardware engineering, systems architecture, product, manufacturing, supply-chain, business development, government affairs, legal, intellectual property, contracts, security, and program-management teams. Success requires deep understanding of quantum computing hardware, federal research and acquisition ecosystems, and the ability to shape technical requirements and move programs from concept through prototype, test, demonstration, and adoption.

Key Areas of Focus

• Develop and execute a U.S. government quantum hardware strategy aligned with Compute Products technology, product, and business priorities.
• Build a multi-year hardware roadmap spanning quantum processors, control electronics, cryogenic systems, interconnects, packaging, test infrastructure, and integration with classical computing.
• Expand the government portfolio across DOE, NIST, DoD, national laboratories, service laboratories, and other federal research and mission organizations.
• Lead a focused portfolio of hardware development, validation, benchmarking, demonstration, and deployment initiatives.

WE VALUE

• Master’s degree or PhD in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, quantum information science, or a related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a U.S.-focused quantum hardware strategy informed by federal mission priorities, product plans, hardware roadmaps, agency research agendas, laboratory capabilities, acquisition pathways, and competitive dynamics.
• Translate enterprise and Compute Products priorities into a portfolio of hardware engagements with clear technical hypotheses, architecture targets, milestones, decision gates, resource needs, and expected business impact.
• Prioritize opportunities across DOE, NIST, DoD, the military services, national and defense laboratories, and other federal organizations to diversify the portfolio beyond a single-agency focus.
• Establish portfolio KPIs covering hardware performance, reliability, manufacturability, integration readiness, benchmark adoption, external funding leverage, demonstration progress, and pathways to procurement or deployment.
• Coordinate with product and technical leaders to align federal requirements, hardware roadmaps, capital investments, and partnership priorities.
• Provide regular portfolio recommendations to senior leadership, including decisions to advance, reshape, pause, or exit initiatives.
• Map priority quantum hardware gaps to differentiated capabilities across DOE and DoD laboratories, NIST, federally funded research centers, university partners, user facilities, and specialized test and fabrication infrastructure.
• Lead engagements with government technical leaders, program offices, research laboratories, test organizations, acquisition stakeholders, standards bodies, and mission owners.
• Shape joint hardware programs covering processor architecture, qubit modalities, control systems, cryogenics, packaging, interconnects, calibration, error characterization, modularity, scalability, reliability, and hybrid quantum-classical integration.
• Develop joint technical scopes, hardware requirements, interface definitions, test plans, milestone structures, intellectual-property positions, and transition pathways.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree minimum
• Minimum 12+ years of post-education experience in quantum computing, advanced computing, semiconductor systems, electronics, cryogenics, hardware engineering, technical strategy, product leadership, or government program development.
• Ability and willingness to travel within the United States as business needs require.
• Due to Contractual requirements, must be a U.S. Person defined as, U.S. citizen permanent resident or green card holder, workers granted asylum or refugee status
• Due to national security requirements imposed by the U.S. Government, candidates for this position must not be a People's Republic of China national or Russian national unless the candidate is also a U.S. citizen.