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Systems Engineer
Universal Quantum. Take technical ownership of systems engineering for complex quantum computing systems, subsystems, and capabilities from definition through integration, verification, and deployment.
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in systems engineering for complex quantum computing systems, including requirements management, risk management, and technical decision-making across multidisciplinary teams. Proven ability to drive technical strategies and improve system performance while ensuring compliance with reliability, safety, and quality standards.
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Systems Engineering LifecycleRequirements ManagementTechnical Risk ManagementQuantum Computing ExperienceMultidisciplinary Collaboration
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Hard Skills
Requirements DecompositionInterface DefinitionVerification and ValidationConfiguration ManagementTechnical ReviewsSimulationModellingFault InvestigationAcceptance CriteriaTechnical Budgets
Soft Skills
Excellent CommunicationInfluencing SkillsSystems-Thinking Capability
Industry Keywords
Quantum ComputingRF/Microwave EngineeringControl SystemsSemiconductorsVacuum SystemsCryogenic SystemsPrecision ElectronicsDeep-Technology EnvironmentR&D TransitionCommercial Products
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Take technical ownership of systems engineering for complex quantum computing systems, subsystems, and capabilities from definition through integration, verification, and deployment.
- Apply and help evolve the systems engineering lifecycle, methods, standards, and tools across quantum computing programmes.
- Manage requirements, traceability, modelling, simulation, configuration control, and MBSE where appropriate.
- Own system decomposition, including requirements decomposition, interfaces, technical budgets, specifications, trade studies, and acceptance criteria.
- Provide systems engineering input to design, readiness, test, and acceptance reviews.
- Identify and drive technical risks, non-conformances, failure investigations, and corrective actions to resolution.
- Manage requirements, interfaces, dependencies, technical risks, and engineering evidence within the assigned system scope.
- Work across research, engineering, product, programme, quality, supply chain, and customer-facing teams to resolve system-level issues and enable technical decisions.
- Define and maintain verification plans, acceptance criteria, and requirements through integration, fault investigation, system test, and acceptance.
- Ensure systems meet applicable reliability, safety, regulatory, contractual, and quality requirements.
- Contribute to technical strategy and product roadmaps, improving system performance, modularity, manufacturability, serviceability, and scalability.
Requirements
What you’ll need- Degree in Systems Engineering, Physics, Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
- Strong technical foundation in one or more relevant engineering or physical-science domains, such as RF/microwave engineering, control systems, semiconductors, vacuum and cryogenic systems, or precision electronics.
- Experience applying systems engineering across complex multidisciplinary hardware and software products.
- Experience taking ownership of technically complex problems spanning multiple engineering disciplines, from definition through integration and verification.
- Practical understanding of systems engineering methods, including requirements management, interface definition, verification and validation, risk management, configuration management, and technical reviews.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively across multiple technical disciplines and engage at all levels of the organisation.
- Strong systems-thinking capability and experience making sound engineering decisions in technically challenging and ambiguous environments.
- Desirable: Experience aligning stakeholders across research, engineering, product, and programme functions.
- Desirable: Experience within quantum computing or another deep-technology environment.
- Desirable: Experience transitioning advanced technologies from R&D into commercial products, customer deployments, or production environments.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive salary
- Meaningful equity participation
- Flexible holiday allowance (28 days minimum)
- Flexible working
- 10% matching pension
- Generous parental support policy
- Private health / dental insurance & group life insurance
- £2,000 annual personal development budget
- Relocation support