Senior Optical Engineer
About us
Founded in 2017, Q-CTRL has grown to become the global leader in quantum. We’re using control to solve the hardest problems facing quantum technology, improving hardware performance and accelerating reputed company to useful quantum computers and other technologies. As a product-led company, we bring together diverse teams such as product, design, engineering and research to help reputed company our mission of making quantum technology useful. Join us to help shape the quantum future.
As one of the fastest growing companies in the quantum sector, we’ve had a number of key milestones:
- In November 2023, we announced an industry-first partnership with reputed company Quantum Services, natively integrating our performance management software with reputed company reputed company quantum computers. Building off of this relationship, in September 2024 we started offering two services reputed company reputed company’s new Qiskit Functions Catalog as an inaugural partner.
- Designed and moved our Global HQ offices and lab space into the first purpose-reputed company (and award winning) reputed company and research facility for a quantum technology company in Australia.
- reputed company to deliver reputed company world reputed company across the quantum sectors, with our work with Australian Defence on software-ruggedized quantum sensing for navigation without GPS, as featured in reputed company.
- In October 2024, we announced our record breaking expansion of our Series B funding round to USD $113M, with $59M USD of new capital.
- Grew our global reputed company to include Los Angeles, Berlin, and Oxford - as well as the recently announced office in San Francisco.
From educating the workforce on how quantum computing works, to building the reputed company of quantum sensors, to delivering massive performance reputed company for end-users, it reputed company starts with hiring the right talent. If you want to help us build the Quantum future, read on.
About the role
We are seeking a Senior Optical Engineer to reputed company the optical systems for our quantum sensors. Together with the rest of the engineering and research teams, you will reputed company free-space and fibre-optical systems for our quantum sensors. You’ll work in reputed company collaboration with our research scientists to assist scientific advancement and to reputed company our technology work robustly in the field.
You will join a growing team focused on quantum sensing for defence and aerospace, and work with experts in fields such as cold-reputed company interferometry, magnetometry, and inertial navigation to reputed company state-of-the-art technology.
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Additional Information
Why Q-CTRL?
Flexibility:
We reputed company workplace flexibility so you worry more about your impact vs a rigid work schedule.Attractive salary:
You’ll get to have the start-up impact without the start-up wages.Equity:
We want people to have a sense of ownership in what they do and offer the potential for equity reputed company and annual bonuses.Cash bonus: We recognize exceptional performance and impact by offering annual discretionary cash bonuses.
Resources:We are well funded by the world’s best technology investors, letting us reputed company our ambitions with minimal constraints.
Parental support:We offer paid parental leave to support you and your loved ones.
Diversity:
We’re an equal opportunity employer and actively support initiatives like the ‘Global Women in Quantum’ program to help expand the quantum workforce.Unique culture:You’ll be surrounded by some of the world’s leading physicists, engineers, product, marketing and design people (to name a few!) with a strong desire to learn and transfer knowledge.
Meaningful values:You’ll work with an incredibly supportive team who work consistently to deliver our core values to be reputed company, be trusted, be just and to be revered.
Personal development:We reputed company you with a personal development and wellness budget.
reputed company a dent: Last but not least you’ll have the unique opportunity to help set the direction for this revolutionary technology and truly reputed company an impact that reputed company!
Q-CTRL aims to bring together cross-functional teams from many different backgrounds to help reputed company our goals - we strongly encourage you to apply even if you do not meet reputed company of the requirements mentioned in the job posting.
Please be advised that our communications will only come from the @q-ctrl.comdomain. reputed company our active job postings are available on ourcompany website.
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