Lead Physicist – Apollo Integration and Verification - 790

Key Responsibilities

• Apply extensive operational experience with trapped-ion quantum computers to influence the design of next-generation commercial systems.
• Shape system-level design decisions that improve reliability, usability, serviceability, manufacturability, and overall system performance.
• Define requirements for system monitoring, diagnostics, automation, and software orchestration to enable efficient operation and maintenance of complex quantum computing hardware.
• Collaborate closely with software, controls, electrical, mechanical, and quantum hardware engineers to translate operational experience into robust product designs.
• Operate and characterize prototype and production quantum computing systems, designing experiments to evaluate performance and identify opportunities for design improvements.
• Analyze experimental data to understand system behavior, identify performance limitations, and guide future hardware and software development.
• Review hardware designs, software implementations, and engineering documentation to ensure new capabilities improve system performance and operational efficiency.
• Support system bring-up, first-article builds, customer deployments, and the transition of new technologies into manufacturing and operations.
• Communicate significant technical results through internal design reviews, technical publications, conference presentations, and interactions with customers and collaborators.

Requirements

• PhD must be completed prior to start date
• 8+ years’ of directly applicable experience (PhD inclusive)

Qualifications

• Completed PhD in Physics or related field with background in cold atom physics
• Experience building trapped-ion or cold atom hardware systems
• Experience working with quantum computing hardware, including experience programming experimental control systems for data collection, signal processing, and data analysis
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with published results within their field of research
• Strong organizational and leadership skills, and good at working with customers and partners

Benefits

• A competitive salary and innovative, game-changing work
• Flexible work schedule
• Employer subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) match for student loan repayment benefit
• Equity, 401k retirement savings plan + 12 Paid holidays and generous vacation + sick time
• Paid parental leave
• Employee discounts

Compensation & Benefits

• Incentive Eligible - Range posted is inclusive of bonus target
• The pay range for this role is $164,000 - $205,000 annually