Advanced Experimental Physicist

Job Description

Job Title: Advanced Experimental Physicist. Location: London, Cambridge, or Oxford, UK

You will help design, test, and refine next-generation quantum systems while contributing to ongoing research, publications and scientific outreach.

Responsibilities:

• Provide remote support for commercial trapped-ion quantum computers.
• Use prior laboratory experience to design, build, verify, and improve systems that manipulate trapped ions as qubits.
• Work closely with scientists and engineers to develop and test new hardware concepts;
• Operate in a research lab environment to collect data, analyze performance, and characterize device behavior.
• Perform design trade studies and technical analysis to guide hardware decisions;
• Present scientific work at conferences or through peer-reviewed publications.

Qualifications:

• PhD completed before starting.
• Minimum 4 years of experience (PhD inclusive) in one or more areas such as quantum information, qubits, atomic physics, precision spectroscopy, optics, vacuum systems, electronics, cryogenics, or laser work;
• Experience building, operating, or modeling experimental systems.
• Skill in programming control systems for data collection, signal processing, and analysis.
• Strong written and oral communication, with published research in relevant fields;
• Experience in post-doctoral or mentorship roles and proven organizational or leadership ability.

Additional Valued Experience:

• Hands-on work with devices for quantum information processing.
• Background in laser cooling and trapping of ions or neutral atoms;
• Experience running simulations or modelling to guide experiments.

Benefits and Instructions:

• Work with a highly skilled team that includes leaders in the quantum computing industry.
• Competitive compensation package, equity, pension, 28 paid holidays plus public holidays, flexible working, and enhanced parental and adoption benefits.
• Employment is subject to pre-employment screening;
• Quantinuum is an inclusive employer and considers all applicants without discrimination;
• AI tools may assist in the application review process, but final hiring decisions are made by humans.
• Visit Quantinuum’s news pages for updates on scientific progress and breakthroughs.