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Posted 87 days ago

R&D Manager - Ion Technologies - 566

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Role Type

🧑‍💼 Manager / Lead

Role Focus

🏗️ Build Systems

Seniority

🌳 Senior / Lead

Employer Type

🏢 Industry

Visa / Relocation Details

Must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, green card holder, or worker granted asylum or refugee status.
Candidates who are nationals of the People's Republic of China or Russia are prohibited unless they are also U.S. citizens, due to national security requirements.

This R&D Manager position leads the experimental ion transport and magnetic field calibration testbeds essential for quantum computing development. The role is structured as a player-coach, requiring a balance of hands-on technical contribution, technical leadership, and people management skills. Responsibilities include setting strategic plans, managing programmatic execution, and guiding teams to conceptualize and demonstrate transport and calibration methods for commercial quantum systems.

Key Responsibilities

Establish strategic plans for the team, defining technical scope, milestones, and key decision points.

Manage programmatic execution of plans, including tracking progress, allocating resources, and identifying risks and opportunities.

Lead teams of experimental scientists pushing the frontier of ion transport methods in surface ion traps.

Collaborate with quantum computer architects to derive requirements for ion transport and magnetic field calibration in current and future systems.

Conceptualize, develop, simulate, and demonstrate transport and calibration methods to meet system requirements.

Own the technology portfolio for these technical areas, including intellectual property development and long-term roadmap planning.

Identify staffing needs and provide mentorship, coaching, and career development for direct-report engineers and scientists.

Required Skills

Minimum 8 years of experience in technical research and development.

Minimum 2 years of experience developing or operating atomic, molecular, optical (AMO), or quantum computing (QC) systems.

Minimum 1 year of experience leading an advanced technical team (task leadership or personnel management).

Broad and deep understanding of ion transport.

Broad and deep understanding of atomic, molecular, optical (AMO) physics, or quantum computing.

Nice-to-have Skills

Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

12 or more years of experience in a related technical field.

Direct experience with people management in a technical industry.

Proven expertise in AMO physics or quantum computing.

Experience in complex task management including cost, schedule, and risk management.

Strong organizational and leadership skills.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Technology Tags

Trapped ions

The job explicitly involves leading teams developing ion transport methods in surface ion traps.

Quantum Computing

The role supports current and future commercial quantum computing systems and requires QC systems experience.

Atomic Physics

The candidate must possess a broad and deep understanding of atomic/molecular/optical (AMO) physics.

Quantum Optics

Expertise in AMO physics is required, covering the light-matter interaction necessary for ion control systems.

Magnetometry

Key responsibilities include leading teams developing new methods for in-situ magnetic field calibration.

State Control

The role focuses on conceptualizing and demonstrating ion transport methods essential for qubit state manipulation.

Lab Techniques

The R&D Manager oversees and runs experimental ion transport and magnetic field calibration testbeds.

Source Job Description

We are seeking a highly qualified R&D Manager - Ion Technologies for our Broomfield, Colorado location to manage our experimental ion transport and magnetic field calibration testbeds. This role is a player-coach position, with individual technical contribution, technical leadership, and people management in roughly equal parts. As such, successful candidates will possess a broad and deep understanding of ion transport, atomic/molecular/optical (AMO) physics, and/or quantum computing.

Key Responsibilities:

Establish strategic plans for your team, including:

Technical scope: milestones, inchstones, and key decision points.

Developing test plans and identifying key handoffs with technical partners.

Recognizing critical interdependencies with peer groups and adjacent disciplines.

Own and manage programmatic execution of the above plans, including:

Tracking and reporting progress against the plan.

Allocating resources and prioritizing to meet milestones.

Identifying and managing risks and opportunities.

Lead a team of experimental scientists pushing the frontier of ion transport methods in surface ion traps.

Lead a team of experimental scientists and engineers developing new methods for in-situ magnetic field calibration.

Collaborate with quantum computer system architects and engineers to derive ion transport and magnetic field calibration requirements for current and future systems.

Guide and perform efforts to conceptualize, develop, simulate, and demonstrate transport and calibration methods to meet these requirements.

Support experimental transport functionality in current and future commercial quantum computing systems.

Own the technology portfolio for these technical areas, including IP development and capture, procurement planning, long-term development strategy, and roadmap planning.

Identify team-level staffing needs and fill key gaps via:

Mentoring, coaching, and training direct-report engineers and scientists.

Meeting project objectives by hiring and developing staff with the right skills for success.

Planning and nurturing career development of direct-report engineers & scientists.

Performing technical goal setting, employee performance assessments, and compensation adjustments.

YOU MUST HAVE:

Bachelor’s Degree minimum

Minimum 8+ years of experience in technical research and development (graduate school inclusive).

Minimum 2+ years of experience in the development and/or operation of AMO and/or QC systems.

Minimum 1+ year of experience serving as the leader of an advanced technical team (either task leadership or personnel management, or both).

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.

WE VALUE:

Advanced degree—Master’s or PhD—in Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

12+ years of experience in a related technical field.

Direct experience with people management in a technical industry.

Proven expertise in AMO physics and/or quantum computing.

3+ years of industry experience.

Experience in complex task management (cost, schedule, risk/opportunity, etc.).

A track record of high-technology (engineering or physical science) development.

A strong and active network of professional relationships.

Strong organizational and leadership skills.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

People who want to change the world positively through the power of quantum computing.