Senior Quantum Engineer

QuEra Computing, Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

QuEra Computing, Inc. is seeking a Senior Quantum Engineer to join the Boston-based team. You will help integrate hardware and software for a commercially oriented quantum service, interfacing with internal and external engineering groups to deliver a scalable QPU foundation.

The role emphasizes ownership from machine builds to product delivery, with collaboration across software, product, and solutions teams to translate user needs into a concrete roadmap and value for customers.

Qualifications

• A Ph.D. in experimental AMO physics or a related field, with 6+ years of hands-on experience building or operating a neutral-atom or trapped-ion system.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, and a real interest in working across multidisciplinary teams — integrating their work into a system and rallying the support it needs.
• Strong interest in working with customers and end users to understand their needs and translate them into features, ultimately delivering value for the market.
• Software skills, including programming languages and a basic understanding of software architectures.
• Familiarity with quantum error correction and fault-tolerant architectures is a plus.
• Familiarity with modern AI workflows for automation is a plus.
• Success in research, evidenced by peer-reviewed publications and/or scientific talks and other contributions.
• A willingness to provide on-call support for machine and service operations.
• Excitement to work at the scientific, technological and commercial frontier of quantum computing, and the drive to grow into increasing ownership of a flagship system.

Responsibilities

• Integrate and test new hardware and software features and subsystems, driven by technological developments, customer needs and market opportunities.
• Take growing responsibility for overall operations — optimizing for performance, reliability, uptime and running cost.
• Build and enable a team of operators so that the machine can serve as the dependable backbone of a commercial service.
• Support users and customers, and translate their needs into the machine’s roadmap.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Customer focus

Software skills

AI workflows

Quantum error correction

System integration

On-call support

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Ph.D. in experimental AMO physics or related field

Job description

QuEra is building its next-generation quantum computer in Boston: the first fault-tolerant, universal quantum computer at a scale where commercially useful applications become possible. This is the scientific,technologicaland commercial frontier — and thisSenior Quantum Engineerrole sits at the center of it.

You will join the Quantum Computing Servicesteamearly in this newmachine’slife,learnQuEra’stechnologyplatformand thespecificsystem from the ground up, and take on increasing ownershipof theQPU, driving it towards a product.You willultimately beinvolved inlaunching the product,andin thecontinued operation of aninternally-facingandexternally-facing(commercial)quantum computing servicewith thesystemat its core.

Yourmandatein the first phase of the machine’s lifecycleis systemintegration: workingonQuEra’smachine build task forceandinterfacing withinternal and externalengineering teams to corral and integrate the subsystemsthey deliver.

In the second phase of the machine’s lifecycle, your mandate isdelivering,then sustaining,a product and service:helping build anoperations team andensuringthe successfuldelivery of value to customers. You will be working closely with software teams to build outand integrate the software stack that enables programmability of the quantum computer,with product and commercial teams to definethe product and service, and with applications and solutions teams to collaborate with go-to-market partners.

Across these phases you will be expected to:

• Integrate and test new hardware and software features and subsystems, driven by technological developments, customerneedsand market opportunities.
• Take growing responsibility for overall operations —optimizing forperformance, reliability,uptimeand runningcost.
• Build and enable a team of operators so that the machine can serve as the dependable backbone of a commercial service.
• Support users andcustomers, andtranslate their needs into the machine’s roadmap.

Qualifications

• A Ph.D. in experimental AMO physics or a related field, with 6+ years of hands-on experience building oroperatinga neutral-atom or trapped-ion system (as part of thePh.D.or otherwise).
• Strong communicationand collaboration skills, and a real interest in working across multidisciplinary teams — integrating their work into a system and rallying the support it needs.
• Strong interest in working with customers and end users to understand their needs and translate them intofeatures,ultimatelydeliveringvaluefor the market.
• Software skills, including programming languages and a basic understanding of softwarearchitectures.
• Familiarity with quantum error correction and fault-tolerant architectures is a plus.
• Familiarity with modern AI workflows for automation is a plus.
• Success in research, asevidencedby peer-reviewed publications and/or scientific talks and other contributions.
• A willingness to provide on-call support for machine and service operations.
• Excitement to work at the scientific,technologicaland commercial frontier of quantum computing, and the drive to grow intoincreasingownership of a flagship system.

QuEra is committed to cultivating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We highly value diversity in our current and future employees and do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As set forth in QuEra Computing, Inc.’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years. Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp .