In this role, you will take ownership of the broader lithography and metrology roadmap as we accelerate our qubit manufacturing capabilities. You will work at the 'tip of the spear' in quantum computing, collaborating with world-leading experts in one of the few dedicated quantum foundries on earth.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Architecting the 'wet' process framework that translates quantum designs into hardware
• Partnering with EBL hardware experts to optimize beam-resist interactions
• Providing the technical vision for our track and optical lithography modules
• Taking ownership of the broader lithography and metrology roadmap
• Collaborating with world-leading experts in quantum computing

To succeed in this role, you will need to have a Ph.D. with 7+ years or M.S. with 10+ years of direct experience in lithography process development and integration. You should also have a strong understanding of the full lithography 'wet' stack, including CAR/non-CAR resist chemistry, reaction kinetics, CD control, and sub-micron overlay management.

Additionally, you will need to have hands-on proficiency with track systems, projection steppers, contact aligners, and maskless aligners (MLA). You should also be able to build process frameworks and drive technical strategy rather than just executing within existing ones.

If you're a motivated and experienced engineer looking to take on a leadership role in the field of quantum computing, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

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In this role, you will work closely with physicists, engineers, and technicians to operate, maintain, and troubleshoot advanced RF and cryogenic systems that enable next-generation quantum processors. You will be responsible for ensuring reliable system performance in a production-like environment, including direct ownership of cryogenic infrastructure, RF hardware validation, and rapid debugging of complex, cross-disciplinary issues spanning RF, vacuum, cryogenics, and electronics.

The ideal candidate brings deep laboratory experience with R&D hardware, has worked in customer-facing or field-deployed environments, and has direct hands-on experience operating and debugging dilution refrigerators.

Responsibilities:

• Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot advanced RF and cryogenic systems
• Ensure reliable system performance in a production-like environment
• Direct ownership of cryogenic infrastructure and RF hardware validation
• Rapid debugging of complex, cross-disciplinary issues

Requirements:

• Technical background in Physics, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent industrial experience
• Strong proficiency with general-purpose electronic test equipment
• Direct, hands-on experience operating and troubleshooting dilution refrigerators
• Substantial hands-on experience working with sub-Kelvin cryogenic systems
• Experience operating and maintaining high-availability laboratory or industrial equipment
• Experience assembling, servicing, and maintaining scientific instruments or complex electro-mechanical systems
• Familiarity with vacuum systems, vacuum plumbing, P&IDs, and standard fittings and practices
• Working knowledge of statistical methods for test and validation
• Attention to detail in documentation and excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice to Have:

• Experience in field deployment or on-site support roles at customer or partner facilities
• Programming or scripting experience in Python or related languages

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As the company continues to scale, facilities are a critical enabler of our technology, operations, and growth. The Vice President of Facilities will provide senior leadership across the company's facilities portfolio, balancing strategic planning with hands-on execution.

This role is responsible for ensuring that facilities are designed, operated, and evolved to meet the needs of a highly technical organization, while supporting long-term growth, capital planning, and operational resilience.

The ideal candidate brings strong judgment, comfort operating in complex environments, and the ability to translate business priorities into clear facilities decisions. They will partner closely with technical and operational leaders, external vendors, and regulators to ensure facilities reliably support the company's mission.

This role serves as a primary facilities advisor to executive leadership, providing expert guidance on risk, investment, and long-term infrastructure decisions.

Facilities Strategy & Planning

• Define and execute a multi-year facilities strategy aligned with business growth, technical requirements, and operational priorities.
• Evaluate tradeoffs and frame clear decision paths for executive leadership, including cost, risk, timing, and long-term implications, with the confidence to advocate for the right outcome.
• Establish frameworks and standards that enable consistent, severity-based decision-making across sites, balancing risk, cost, and operational impact.

Facilities Operations & Execution

• Provide oversight of mission-critical facilities, ensuring reliability, safety, and operational excellence.
• Balance near-term execution with longer-term planning, maintaining continuity while enabling evolution and scale.
• Partner with on-site teams to support detailed operational needs while elevating planning and prioritization.

Capital Projects & Vendor Management

• Own facilities-related capital and operating budgets; lead major projects from planning through delivery.
• Lead and oversee facilities portfolios spanning multiple sites and geographies, including responsibility for large-scale capital programs ranging from tens to hundreds of millions of dollars across varying regulatory environments.
• Manage relationships with external contractors and service providers, including negotiating scope, cost, and performance.
• Ensure competitive pricing and accountability across vendors by benchmarking alternatives, soliciting competitive bids when appropriate, and applying strong business judgment to assess cost, scope, and risk.

Compliance, Safety & Risk Management

• Ensure compliance with environmental, health, safety, security, and government regulatory requirements, including operating facilities in security-sensitive or government-regulated environments.
• Operate comfortably within regulated environments while maintaining a pragmatic, business-oriented approach.
• Identify and mitigate facilities-related risks across the portfolio.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Build and lead a lean, high-impact facilities organization over time.
• Serve as a trusted partner to executives and cross-functional leaders, helping contextualize facilities decisions within broader business objectives.
• Foster a hands-on, ownership-driven culture aligned with the company's values.

Expansion & Scalability

• Lead planning and execution for new sites as well as facility expansions across a multi-site, global footprint.
• Develop repeatable approaches, templates, and playbooks that enable consistent execution as the facilities portfolio scales.
• Serve as a facilities subject-matter expert and trusted advisor for internal teams and select external stakeholders, supporting growth, siting, and deployment considerations while exercising sound judgment around information sensitivity.

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of senior leadership experience in facilities, infrastructure, or related operational roles within technically complex environments such as data centers, semiconductor fabrication, high-precision labs, or similar environments.
• Proven ability to lead large-scale, multi-site capital projects and make high-impact decisions with incomplete information.
• Strong experience managing external vendors and service providers.
• Demonstrated knowledge of regulatory, safety, and compliance requirements relevant to advanced technical facilities.
• Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, evolving organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with quantum hardware facility needs, such as dilution refrigerators, vibration-sensitive environments, and ultra-low temperature control.
• Experience supporting or leading facilities across international sites, including navigating differing regulatory, compliance, and operational requirements.
• Demonstrated comfort operating at both strategic and hands-on levels, particularly in lean or evolving organizations with high complexity and broad scope.

Additional Information

As engineering leaders, we value diversity and are committed to building a culture of inclusion to attract and engage innovative thinkers. Our technology, meant to serve all of humanity, cannot succeed if those who built it do not mirror the diversity of the communities we serve. Applications from women, minorities, and other under-represented groups are encouraged.

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This role sits at the intersection of quantum hardware, systems engineering, and software infrastructure, ensuring that cross-disciplinary teams deliver integrated quantum systems on schedule.

As a Senior TPM, you will own the planning and execution of large technical programs that bring these components together into deployable quantum systems.

You will operate in a fast-moving deep-tech environment where many efforts are research-driven and technically ambiguous, requiring strong judgment, technical understanding, and execution discipline.

Program Leadership

• Own the end-to-end delivery of complex technical programs at the system level.
• Build and maintain program roadmaps, milestones, and integration schedules for quantum system releases.
• Drive execution across multiple engineering teams while maintaining alignment with company priorities.

Cross-Functional Execution

• Coordinate work between teams, including:
• Quantum device & fabrication
• Cryogenic, control hardware and software
• Manage dependencies and integration across the quantum computing stack.

Systems Integration

• Lead cross-team integration planning for new quantum processor generations and system deployments.
• Ensure alignment between research milestones and engineering deliverables.
• Track readiness across hardware, firmware, and software layers.

Risk & Decision Management

• Identify technical, schedule, and operational risks early.
• Facilitate data-driven decisions with engineering leadership.
• Drive resolution of cross-team blockers and competing priorities.

Operational Excellence

• Establish scalable program management practices for deep-tech R&D.
• Improve engineering planning, milestone tracking, and program reporting.
• Support leadership with clear program visibility and status reporting.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering program management, or systems engineering.
• Experience delivering complex multidisciplinary technology programs.
• Strong understanding of hardware + software system development lifecycles.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs across multiple specialized engineering teams.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, research-driven environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in quantum computing, semiconductors, advanced hardware systems, or deep-tech startups.
• Background working with R&D organizations or research-to-product transitions.
• Experience with large-scale system integration programs.
• Familiarity with Agile or hybrid development models in hardware/software environments.
• Degree in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or related technical discipline

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This role is for someone who wants to work on technically difficult problems that directly shape a quantum hardware platform. You will not be optimising within a fixed roadmap, you will help define it.

You will design, execute, and interpret experiments that push the performance and scalability of superconducting qubit systems. You will develop new gate schemes, explore advanced control protocols, and test architectural ideas that can influence platform-level decisions.

We operate in direct competition with the best-funded and most established teams in the world. We are looking for someone who finds that motivating.

You will have a high degree of autonomy and ownership while working in a collaborative environment. If you have a strong technical hypothesis, you will be expected to test it rigorously and defend it with data. Strong ideas move quickly through experimental validation.

Responsibilities

• Develop experimental programs on superconducting qubit devices.

• Develop and optimise high-fidelity quantum gates.

• Design and test novel control and coupling strategies.

• Identify fundamental performance bottlenecks and isolate their physical origin.

• Analyse data with scientific rigour to extract insight, not just metrics.

• Collaborate across device, fabrication, and control teams to translate ideas into hardware progress.

Requirements

• PhD in Physics, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

• Extensive hands-on experience with superconducting qubits.

• Strong background in gate design, pulse engineering, and decoherence mechanisms.

• Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex experimental efforts from concept to validated result.

• Intellectual independence, technical courage, and the ability to defend ideas with evidence.

• Motivation to compete at the highest technical level in the field.

This position is best suited for someone who wants visible impact, real ownership, and the opportunity to help shape the direction of a quantum hardware platform, not just contribute to a small piece of it.

Additional Information

As engineering leaders, we value diversity and are committed to building a culture of inclusion to attract and engage innovative thinkers. Our technology, meant to serve all of humanity, cannot succeed if those who built it do not mirror the diversity of the communities we serve. Applications from women, minorities, and other under-represented groups are encouraged.

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In collaboration with an interdisciplinary group of engineers in theory, hardware, and chip design, you will advance the speed and fidelity of readout and reset in Rigetti Computing's quantum computing systems to fulfil its ambitious roadmap toward fault tolerance.

Key responsibilities include leading superconducting qubit measurements to characterise dispersive readout of quantum circuits, developing novel measurement techniques and pulse optimisations for readout speed or fidelity, and collaborating with theory and simulation teams to build or validate models that describe readout performance.

You will also specify improvements to the quantum chip layout, signal lines, and electronics, work with the hardware and device design teams to build them, and develop protocols to accelerate circuit execution and enable error-correcting codes, including reset, mid-circuit measurement, and ancilla readout.

A Ph.D. in Physics, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering or a related field, plus 2+ years of industry and/or postdoctoral experience, is required. Deep expertise in circuit quantum electrodynamics and dispersive readout in particular is essential, as is demonstrated ability to perform measurements on quantum systems and explain the results through theory and/or simulation.

Experience with software development in an industry setting, in languages such as Python, C, C++, Rust, etc., is also necessary, as is experience with low-level pulse optimisation of quantum gates or readout. Ability to excel in a collaborative environment and excellent communication skills are also required.

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This position requires deep expertise in circuit QED, quantum device physics, and noise modeling for quantum error correction (QEC).

You will work closely with experimental teams to model processor dynamics and lead efforts to improve qubit readout fidelity and quantum gate performance across our R&D platforms.

This role demands strong cross-functional collaboration with specialists in qubit readout, gate calibration, control systems, and superconducting circuit design.

Together, you will drive innovations that support scalable architectures, quantum advantage, and fault-tolerant error correction.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain advanced simulation tools to accurately model noise sources in flux-tunable superconducting qubits

• Model and analyze entangling gate operations on superconducting quantum processors

• Apply optimal control techniques to improve quantum gate and readout performance

• Develop analytical tools to interpret experimental measurements and diagnose performance anomalies

• Perform detailed error-budget modeling to support quantum error correction (QEC) efforts

• Collaborate cross-functionally with teams in gate operations, measurement, device design, applications, algorithms, and control engineering.

Required Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Physics, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, plus 5+ years of relevant work experience

• Modeling noise in large scale processors and inform Hamiltonian designs

• Experience simulating open quantum systems

• Experience collaborating with experimentalists on readout and noise characterization; analyzing and interpreting experimental data, and predicting anomalies

• Background in gate-based quantum computing or superconducting circuits, either academically or in industry

• Demonstrated depth and breadth in circuit QED physics, including Hamiltonian modeling, dispersive readout theory, and multi-qubit coupling architectures

• Proven expertise in noise modeling for quantum error correction, including coherent and incoherent error channels, leakage, crosstalk, and correlated noise

• Strong programming skills in Python for scientific applications

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with optimal control theory applied to superconducting qubits

• Familiarity with quantum error correction codes and fault-tolerant architectures

• Track record of publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals

• Experience with high-performance computing or GPU-accelerated simulations

• Proficiency with scientific computing libraries such as QuTiP, or Stim

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Drawing from your expertise in circuit Quantum Electrodynamics and full-wave radio-frequency engineering, from fundamental theory through practical application, you will identify and implement improvements to the integrated circuit layout to mitigate loss and crosstalk channels. You will lay out and design microwave multi-qubit circuits for fabrication and develop next-generation quantum processors.

Key responsibilities include designing, laying out, and simulating superconducting microwave integrated circuits for quantum processors, with a focus on optimal on-chip signal delivery (routing, filtering, multiplexing, etc…). You will also simulate the full-wave electromagnetic performance of quantum processors (eigenmode & driven analyses) using commercial finite element software, engineering the mode profile of resonant structures and the coupling between these resonant structures and on-chip feedlines to optimize device performance.

Engagement with quantum engineers to identify and optimize Hamiltonian parameters for our R&D test devices and deployed quantum processors is also required. Additionally, you will map between target quantum Hamiltonians and integrated circuit layouts using internal python software libraries to construct and diagonalize the quantum Hamiltonian.

Interpretation of simulation and experimental results to identify and mitigate loss and crosstalk channels, or other undesirable microwave properties of the circuit, is essential. Collaboration with fabrication and experimental teams to develop novel processor architectures is also expected.

A PhD in Physics, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or the equivalent experience in industry and 3+ years of industry experience is preferred. Strong background in the theory and application of circuit Quantum Electrodynamics to the design of superconducting qubit based quantum processors is also required.

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You'll collaborate closely with embedded software engineers, mechanical engineers, and physicists to deliver cutting-edge quantum control solutions. We're looking for someone who will deepen our team's expertise in low-noise mixed-signal board design , including specifying and designing critical circuit components such as low-noise power supply rails, precise clock distribution, and high-speed transceivers.

We're seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer with a proven track record of leading projects across diverse teams and driving technical excellence in fast-paced, high-growth environments. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with exceptional communication and leadership skills, effectively translating complex concepts for diverse audiences and influencing key design and delivery decisions. This individual fosters a culture of innovation, accountability, and rigorous engineering design, while mentoring others to achieve their highest potential.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with internal and external team members to generate system requirements
• Capture circuit board schematic and layout for designs containing digital, analog, and RF components
• Create and execute test plans using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and VNAs (also qubits!)

Required Qualifications:

• Previous experience working in startups or dynamic work environments
• BS or MS degree in EE, or equivalent, with 10+ years experience
• Ability to operate standard lab equipment (oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and VNAs)
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to interact across different disciplines
• Demonstrated success taking designs from conception through the full design cycle, including manufacturing and test

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with analog design and simulation (SPICE or equivalent)
• Knowledge of signal processing concepts: Nyquist zones, convolution, cross-correlation, numerically-controlled oscillators
• Focus on supporting other teams and a desire to jump in and help
• Exposure to Verilog/VHDL and digital hardware design and FPGA development
• Familiarity with Python scripting (especially scientific Python libraries like numpy and scipy)
• Understanding of RF design and test

Additional Information:

As engineering leaders, we value diversity and are committed to building a culture of inclusion to attract and engage innovative thinkers. Our technology, meant to serve all of humanity, cannot succeed if those who built it do not mirror the diversity of the communities we serve. Applications from women, minorities, and other under-represented groups are encouraged.

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In this role, you will define FPGA architectures, implement high-performance digital logic, and collaborate closely with hardware, firmware, and quantum engineering teams to build scalable, low-latency control systems.

Key responsibilities include: Developing and improving a custom microprocessor responsible for waveform generation and critical logic to operate a quantum computer Working closely with hardware, firmware, and software teams to define architecture, data flow, and interfaces Implementing, simulating, and verifying designs including DSP pipelines, control logic, and high-speed I/O Optimizing designs for latency, resource utilization, and robustness in production environments Developing and maintaining testbenches, verification flows, and CI Supporting bring-up, lab validation, and debugging in collaboration with Quantum Engineering on actual quantum computers Contributing to the long-term roadmap for the architecture of Rigetti’s control systems.

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We are looking for a Junior Recruiter to support our recruiting operations while developing long-term ownership of University and Early Career hiring. This role is well-suited for a recruiter who thrives in structured execution, enjoys working with deeply technical teams and is motivated to learn and grow in a highly specialized environment.

This role focuses on reliable execution, operational excellence, and skill development. The recruiter will work under the guidance of senior recruiters and leadership while independently owning defined recruiting activities and workflows, with increasing scope over time.

Responsibilities:

Recruiting Operations & Coordination

• Own interview scheduling for technical roles, coordinating across candidates, hiring managers, interviewers, and recruiting partners
• Maintain accurate, compliant, and well-organized candidate records in the Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
• Support job postings, candidate communications, interview logistics, and offer coordination
• Ensure a high-quality candidate experience through timely communication and operational follow-through
• Identify and flag scheduling risks, process gaps, or data quality issues to senior team members

University & Early Career Recruiting

• Support and gradually take ownership of University Recruiting programs, including internships and entry-level technical roles
• Partner with senior teammates to engage with universities, research programs, student organizations, and early-career talent communities
• Assist with planning and execution of career fairs, campus visits, conferences, and virtual information sessions, including occasional travel to support outreach and hiring initiatives
• Support creation and management of recruiting materials and event supplies, such as swag, handouts, presentations, and branded collateral, in partnership with Recruiting and Marketing teams
• Help manage intern and early-career hiring workflows from requisition through conversion
• Track and report on early-career recruiting metrics (e.g., pipeline health, interview outcomes, conversion rates)

Collaboration & Process Improvement

• Work closely with recruiters, hiring managers, and People team partners to support headcount planning and hiring priorities
• Contribute to continuous improvement of recruiting processes, templates, documentation, and tools
• Support special projects such as ATS clean-up & integrations, reporting improvements, or early-career program enhancements

Required Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience in recruiting, recruiting coordination, or talent operations
• Familiarity with an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) (e.g., Lever, Greenhouse, Workday)
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage high-volume scheduling and operational tasks
• Clear and professional communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to partner effectively with highly technical stakeholders (e.g., engineering, research, manufacturing teams)
• Demonstrated attention to detail and accountability for deliverables
• Interest in quantum computing, physics, engineering, or advanced manufacturing environments

Nice-to-Haves

• Academic background in or familiarity with fields such as physics, engineering, materials science, or computer science
• Exposure to recruiting for technical roles in hardware, research, or lab-based environments
• Experience supporting internship, co-op, or new-graduate hiring programs
• Experience coordinating interviews across multiple time zones
• Experience in a startup, scale-up, or research-driven environment

Additional Information

As engineering leaders, we value diversity and are committed to building a culture of inclusion to attract and engage innovative thinkers. Our technology, meant to serve all of humanity, cannot succeed if those who built it do not mirror the diversity of the communities we serve. Applications from women, minorities, and other under-represented groups are encouraged.

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Key responsibilities include:

• Providing technical focus and leadership on a particular R&D topic, such as gate calibration, qubit relaxation and/or dephasing, piloting new research ideas in small processors, integration of new ideas into large processors, or implementation of quantum error correction.

• Collaborating across diverse teams of expert engineers to turn experimental concepts into robust technologies that work at large QPU scales.

• Staying current with cutting-edge research, synthesizing results from the literature, and implementing state-of-the-art calibration, error diagnostic, and system optimization techniques to enhance device performance.

Required qualifications include:

• PhD in Physics or similar applied scientific field, or Masters' in Physics with 2+ years relevant industry experience.

• Demonstrated abilities in experimental problem solving and experimental research.

• Expertise in the practical implementation of coherent quantum effects and control.

• Proficiency using Python in a scientific context.

• Ability to thrive in a strongly collaborative environment, with a team-first mindset.

Nice to have qualifications include:

• Experience calibrating and characterizing single- and two-qubit quantum gates in superconducting quantum devices.

• Experience utilizing quantum simulation frameworks, such as QuTip.

• Proven capability to execute and effectively communicate outcomes from innovative research and development initiatives.

• Software development experience in a collaborative industry setting.

• Previous technical role in an industrial or startup setting.

Additional information:

• As engineering leaders, we value diversity and are committed to building a culture of inclusion to attract and engage innovative thinkers.

• Applications from women, minorities, and other under-represented groups are encouraged.

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Rigetti is seeking a Software Infrastructure Manager to lead the team responsible for building and operating the software infrastructure that powers our quantum computing platform.

You will sit at the intersection of cloud systems, on-prem laboratory infrastructure, and semiconductor fabrication environments, supporting both internal research systems and the infrastructure behind Rigetti’s quantum cloud platform.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Leadership & Team Management

• Provide leadership and cohesion for the infrastructure engineering team, helping align priorities and ownership across the group
• Manage and support the development of infrastructure engineers while fostering a collaborative and sustainable team culture
• Increase organisational resilience by reducing reliance on individual experts and building stronger shared knowledge across the team
• Support hiring and help build the case for expanding the infrastructure team as the company grows

Infrastructure Platform Development

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of the infrastructure supporting Rigetti’s quantum computing platform, including AWS-based cloud systems, Kubernetes-orchestrated container workloads, CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI), infrastructure automation (Terraform and Ansible), and backend services built primarily in Python/Flask.
• Support data infrastructure including Postgres databases and Kafka streaming pipelines
• Maintain hybrid infrastructure integrating cloud systems with on-prem laboratory and fabrication environments
• Improve internal developer tooling and infrastructure usability to increase engineering productivity across teams
• Guide architecture discussions around hybrid cloud and on-prem infrastructure supporting both research environments and external deployments

Infrastructure Maturity & Operational Excellence

• Help mature Rigetti’s infrastructure capabilities as the company scales by introducing more robust operational practices and processes
• Improve system resilience, reliability, and documentation for production environments
• Identify opportunities to simplify overly complex infrastructure patterns and improve operational efficiency, including examining/improving cost structure

Cross-Functional Infrastructure Support

• Work closely with engineering leadership and cross-functional teams including software engineers, quantum engineers, and hardware teams
• Support the company’s transition toward external hardware deployments, requiring infrastructure that operates across both cloud and on-prem environments
• Integrate infrastructure systems with lab devices, fabrication environments, and specialised hardware platforms

Vendor & Networking Coordination

• Manage relationships with infrastructure and networking vendors
• Evaluate long-term networking strategy and opportunities to bring additional networking capabilities in-house
• Coordinate with contractors and partners supporting infrastructure and networking systems

Requirements

• Experience leading or managing Infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE teams
• Experience building infrastructure in startup or rapidly evolving environments
• Strong hands-on experience with modern infrastructure stacks including:
• AWS or other major cloud providers
• Kubernetes and containerised workloads
• Infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
• Experience supporting production distributed systems
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across highly technical teams

Additional Information

As engineering leaders, we value diversity and are committed to building a culture of inclusion to attract and engage innovative thinkers. Our technology, meant to serve all of humanity, cannot succeed if those who built it do not mirror the diversity of the communities we serve. Applications from women, minorities, and other under-represented groups are encouraged.

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You will develop software infrastructure to streamline and automate these analyses to accelerate learning cycles. Finally, you will collaborate closely with researchers and engineers across Rigetti to monitor and improve fabrication yield, and improve the models and infrastructure used to predict processor performance from foundry metrology data.

Key responsibilities include designing and implementing industry-grade software infrastructure in Python to streamline feedback from measurement to the integrated circuit design team, identifying correlations between fabrication metrology data and processor performance through the analysis of empirical datasets, and utilizing techniques and best practices in statistical analysis and machine learning to accurately calibrate various processor design parameters.

Required qualifications include an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Physics, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, 6+ years of experience in data science and statistical analysis in a scientific field, and programming skills in Python for scientific applications.

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In this role, you will work closely with physicists, engineers, and technicians to assemble, test, and support advanced RF and cryogenic systems that enable next-generation quantum processors. You will be responsible for operating and maintaining cryogenic infrastructure, characterizing custom RF hardware, developing best practices, and troubleshooting complex systems that span RF, vacuum, cryogenics, and electronics.

Key responsibilities include:

• Test, validate, and debug custom RF control systems using advanced electronic test equipment such as network analyzers, oscilloscopes, DMMs, and internally developed tools

• Operate, troubleshoot, service, and maintain cryogenic and vacuum systems, including scroll pumps, turbo pumps, cryo compressors, high-vacuum components, and cold traps

• Perform helium leak detection, pump rebuilds, and thermal system management

• Assemble, validate, and install complex electro-mechanical, cryogenic, vacuum, and RF assemblies with exceptional attention to detail

• Contribute to test plan development and execute validation testing for next-generation RF hardware

• Participate in an on-call rotation to support cryogenic systems uptime

• Prepare, inspect, and package quantum chip assemblies for testing

• Follow established procedures and contribute to the creation and improvement of standard operating procedures and best practices

• Read and interpret CAD drawings, schematics, and engineering specifications

• Support external system installations and work directly with customers and partners (up to ~20% travel)

Ideal candidate:

• Technical background in Physics, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent industrial or military experience (MS or PhD a plus)

• Strong proficiency with general-purpose electronic test equipment (oscilloscopes, network analyzers, multimeters, DC power supplies, etc.)

• Substantial hands-on experience working with sub-Kelvin cryogenic systems

• Experience operating and maintaining high-availability laboratory or industrial equipment

• Experience assembling, servicing, and maintaining scientific instruments or complex electro-mechanical systems

• Familiarity with vacuum systems, vacuum plumbing, P&IDs, and standard fittings and practices

• Working knowledge of statistical methods for test and validation (e.g., DOE, Six Sigma, simulation)

• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills

• Experience working with external vendors and partners

Nice to have:

• Hands-on experience with dilution refrigerators or similar ultra-low-temperature cryogenic systems

• Programming or scripting experience in Python or related languages

Additional information:

• As engineering leaders, we value diversity and are committed to building a culture of inclusion to attract and engage innovative thinkers. Our technology, meant to serve all of humanity, cannot succeed if those who built it do not mirror the diversity of the communities we serve. Applications from women, minorities, and other under-represented groups are encouraged.

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