QuEra Computing is seeking a Director of Quantum Solutions to lead strategic collaborations with customers and partners worldwide to develop quantum solutions that address concrete, high-value problems, and to design and scale community programs to help users get productive fast on QuEra’s neutral-atom quantum computers.
Requirements
- Strong background in quantum algorithms and application-level benchmarking for quantum hardware (e.g., neutral atom, trapped-ion, superconducting, or photonic platforms).
- Depth in quantum algorithms and applications, quantum error correction, and quantum software and tooling.
- Experience mapping algorithms and QEC protocols to hardware implementations and collaborating closely with experimental teams.
- Familiarity with production-grade software practices and lifecycle management.
- Experience in turning R&D results into concrete technical requirements for product development.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the applications team to identify and develop practically useful quantum applications on QuEra’s neutral-atom quantum computers, grounded in real customer use cases.
- Align company goals, customer needs, and structured learning paths for users (courses, notebooks, blogs, challenge tracks) so that QuEra’s latest research and methodologies are accessible and actionable.
- Oversee timely and high-quality delivery of effective teaching contents on QuEra’s systems.
- Define and track adoption and success metrics (e.g., active users and time-to-first-success) and use them to iterate programs, content, and engagement strategies.
- Work closely with quantum error-correction (QEC) researchers, software engineers, quantum application scientists, and experimentalists, you’ll maximize the practical utility of QuEra’s systems.
- Turn customer needs into quantum solutions.
- Translate R&D into learning.
Other
- Build and lead the team: Hire, mentor, and develop a high-performing, global Quantum Solutions team across the US, Japan, and Europe. Provide technical leadership, set clear goals, and drive career growth.
- Deliver customer success: Oversee scoping, execution, and delivery of collaborative projects with customers and partners, including compelling, high-impact demonstrations on QuEra’s state-of-the-art quantum computers.
- Drive user enablement: Create and run community programs (e.g., hackathons, workshops, forums) and publish high-quality documentation, tutorials, and example repositories to lower adoption barriers and reduce time‑to‑first‑experiment.
- Be the voice of the customer: Translate user needs into product and research insights. Shape roadmap priorities and developer experience.
- Shape go-to-market: Partner with leadership and commercial teams on engagement strategy, strategic alliances, and long-term partnerships.
- Ph.D. in Quantum Computing, Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in quantum computing, with substantial industry or applied research experience.
- Proven track record leading technical teams and orchestrating large, cross-functional collaborations with internal and external stakeholders.
- Exceptional communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills; comfortable engaging with both executives and deep technical audiences.
- Recognized leadership in quantum computing R&D, evidenced by a strong publication and/or open-source track record.
- Demonstrated passion for education, outreach, and community building (talks, blog posts, tutorials, workshops, or course design).
- Proven experience leading distributed, global teams across time zones and cultures.
