Roles
The roles we recruit for
We recruit for leadership and senior technical roles in quantum computing, quantum security, sensing, and communications. When a client builds a new group, we also recruit the wider team.
Executive leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Quantum companies hire a chief executive to raise capital, build a product, and win their first customers. We look for leaders who have taken deep-technology products to market.
Chief Technology Officer
We look for leaders who have taken hardware or software systems from prototype to production. A chief technology officer also has to keep the technical roadmap within the funding plan.
Chief Scientific Officer or Chief Scientist
We look for research leaders with a published record in the relevant physics or computer science. A chief scientist sets the research agenda and recruits the scientists who will pursue it.
Chief Quantum Officer or Head of Quantum
Banks, telecommunications companies, pharmaceutical companies, and other enterprises appoint these leaders to start a quantum program. A head of quantum turns technical options into business decisions. They also plan for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) deadlines.
Operating and commercial leaders
We recruit chief operating officers, chief financial officers, and heads of sales or business development for quantum companies. Many of these companies sell to governments, national labs, and large enterprises with long buying cycles.
Board and advisory roles
We recruit independent directors with quantum technology experience for company boards. We also recruit members for scientific advisory boards.
Research and engineering leadership
- Vice President of Engineering
- Head of Quantum Hardware, including device design, fabrication, and testing
- Head of Quantum Software, including compilers, control software, and cloud access
- Head of Quantum Error Correction
- Director of Research
- Head of Fabrication or Head of Process Engineering
- Head of Quantum Security, or PQC Program Lead
- Head of Product for quantum hardware, software, or services
Senior specialists
- Principal and senior research scientists in device physics, atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics, and quantum information theory
- Quantum architects and systems architects
- Lead engineers for control electronics, RF and microwave systems, cryogenics, lasers and photonics, and fabrication processes
- Error-correction and decoder specialists
- Compiler leads and senior quantum software engineers
- Cryptographers and PQC architects working with ML-KEM (formerly CRYSTALS-Kyber), ML-DSA (formerly CRYSTALS-Dilithium), and SLH-DSA (formerly SPHINCS+)
- Quantum network architects for quantum key distribution (QKD), entanglement distribution, and repeaters
- Senior physicists for magnetometry, gravimetry, atomic clocks, and inertial sensing
Getting the title right
Candidates read job titles closely. If you give a role the wrong title, the people you want may not apply. We help you choose a title that matches the role. Some distinctions we check:
- A quantum software engineer builds and maintains production software. A quantum algorithm researcher designs and analyzes algorithms.
- A PQC migration specialist plans and runs the move to post-quantum cryptography across an organization’s systems. A cryptographer designs and analyzes cryptographic schemes.
- A quantum architect designs how a whole system fits together. A lead engineer owns one subsystem, such as control electronics or cryogenics.
The wider team
We recruit engineers, scientists, and graduates as part of a team build, after you have hired the leader. You can find roles at every level, from internships to the executive team, on the job board.