Quantum Computer Project/Program Engineer - 856
Quantinuum ↗
📍 Brooklyn Park, United States 🇺🇸
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We are seeking a Quantum Computer Project Engineer in our Brooklyn Park, MN Location.
This engineering role will collaborate with program management, subsystem manufacturing, and system production teams to develop and coordinate project plans aligned with subsystem production as well as higher-level program schedules. The Project Engineer (PE) will be accountable for the on-time delivery of quantum computer hardware and functionality to meet program needs. This role is primarily responsible for planning, tracking, and coordinating system integration and validation activities across multiple units. To do so, the ideal candidate will bring technical depth in multiple subsystems and develop it at the system level such that they can ask good questions, spot risks early, and earn the trust of the engineering team.
\n- Develop and manage detailed schedules and weekly workflows for subsystem receipt, system integration, system verification & validation, and system delivery for a complex quantum computer product
- Track and manage milestones, including assembly, integration, and test, to measure technical progress and risk
- Track and deconflict staffing resources across multiple projects within the optics teams’ product realization phases and units
- Perform day-to-day coordination of deliverables to/from other groups (such as Software, Mechanical, Electrical, Optical, etc., and Physicists) on cross-functional teams
- Support program-level Rolling Action Item Logs (RAIL), Risk registers, and other tracking tools to keep sight of tasks and organize activities.
- Coordinate with subsystem teams, materials management, program management PMO office, and major subcontractors and suppliers support teams to get on-time delivery of needed technologies or hardware and technical resources
- Support regular project reviews and status meetings to determine progress and address any questions or challenges regarding projects
- Work closely with the development and production teams to understand current and future demands, and integrate them into short-term and long-term forecasts
- Manage execution of Optics Production plans through the year by working with technical teams, asset management, materials management, and the company PMO office.
- Capture daily regular lessons learned from throughout the product realization process Optics production projects and collaborate with technical/programmatic leadership to inform future project cost/schedule estimates and process improvements
- Up to 10% of domestic travel to support internal meetings and coordinate with remote teams
- Bachelor's degree minimum
- Minimum 4+ years of experience in milestone-driven technical program management or project engineering and coordination for delivery of research and development hardware and low-volume production hardware to internal technical customers
- 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.
- Bachelor’s degree in physics, Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or an associated STEM field, augmented with knowledge of optical design and manufacturing processes
- Experience delivering high-complexity, low-volume integrated hardware systems Experience with optical engineering design processes to external customers
- Experience with delivering first-of-a-kind projects and products atomic-physics-based or quantum information projects, including R&D, production, operations, and/or sustainment
- Comfortable applying project management practices to the ambiguity of deployable R&D low-volume products and balancing competing priorities projects
- Strong bias to action, attention to detail, and continuous improvement mindset
- Experience interfacing with internal and external production/manufacturing resources
- Strong familiarity with project management, development, and collaboration tools, including JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, Slack, MS365 suite, Smartsheet, JIRA, Slack, and Microsoft Project.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification or Scrum Master Certification
- Prior experience using waterfall, lean, agile, or Kanban program management methodologies and tailoring practices to get the best results.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality
- Ability to operate in ambiguity and changing priorities
- Experience working with remote and global teams
Quantinuum is the world leader in quantum computing. The company’s quantum systems deliver the highest performance across all industry benchmarks. Quantinuum’s over 650 employees, including 400+ scientists and engineers, across the US, UK, Germany, and Japan, are driving the quantum computing revolution.
By uniting best-in-class software with high-fidelity hardware, our integrated full-stack approach is accelerating the path to practical quantum computing and scaling its impact across multiple industries.
By joining Quantinuum, you’ll be at the forefront of this transformative revolution, shaping the future of quantum computing, pushing the limits of technology, and making the impossible possible.
What’s in it for you?
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
Quantinuum is an equal opportunity employer. You will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status. Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis, there is no application deadline for this position.
