Job Description
We are seeking a talented System Reliability and Automation Engineer in our Broomfield, CO location to ensure our quantum computing systems are observable, recoverable, and economically scalable across deployments. This role focuses on building the telemetry, automation, and recovery infrastructure required to operate complex quantum systems reliably in production environments. The engineer will work across the full system stack from hardware instrumentation to cloud services to detect faults, automate recovery, reduce downtime, and provide actionable reliability insights back into product development. Quantinuum believes that employees work better, more efficiently and more collaboratively in close proximity to other employees, where ideas can be exchanged readily, and decisions can be made more quickly for the benefit of the Company and our customers. All employees should work at their assigned location; however, this role may offer the opportunity to work remotely up to 2 days per week, with approval. If you want to work at the cutting-edge quantum computing technology, please apply!
Key Responsibilities:
- Architect and implement cross-layer telemetry systems spanning hardware, embedded systems, control software, and cloud infrastructure.
- Define standardized health metrics and system observability frameworks for complex quantum systems.
- Ensure telemetry enables effective fault detection, hard failures, transient anomalies, degradations, root cause analysis, and operational insight.
- Define and enforce system health boundaries and operational envelopes.
- Develop automated methods for monitoring, detecting, classifying, and prioritizing faults across hardware and software layers.
- Reduce operator intervention through intelligent automation and runbook codification.
- Identify systemic weaknesses and propose design improvements that enhance reliability and serviceability.
- Collaborate with product engineering to ensure reliability is designed into future systems.
YOU MUST HAVE:
- Bachelor’s degree minimum required
- 5+ years of industry experience working with complex hardware-software systems in development, deployment, or operational environments
- 2+ years of experience developing automation or reliability tooling using Python or similar scientific/engineering programming languages
- 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/PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, Quantum Computing, Computer Science, or related field preferred
- Experience building or working with system telemetry, monitoring, or observability frameworks
- Experience developing automation for system recovery, fault handling, or operational workflows
- Experience applying machine learning or statistical modeling to system telemetry for anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, or degradation analysis
- Experience improving system reliability, availability, and MTTR in production environments
- Familiarity with quantum computing systems, cryogenic systems, or advanced hardware platforms
$125,000 - $145,000 a year
Compensation & Benefits:
Non-Incentive Eligible
The pay range for this role is $125,000 – $145,000 annually. Actual compensation within this range may vary based on the candidate’s skills, educational background, professional experience, and unique qualifications for the role.
Quantinuum is the world leader in quantum computing. The company’s quantum systems deliver the highest performance across all industry benchmarks. Quantinuum’s over 650 employees, including 400+ scientists and engineers, across the US, UK, Germany, and Japan, are driving the quantum computing revolution.
By uniting best-in-class software with high-fidelity hardware, our integrated full-stack approach is accelerating the path to practical quantum computing and scaling its impact across multiple industries.
By joining Quantinuum, you’ll be at the forefront of this transformative revolution, shaping the future of quantum computing, pushing the limits of technology, and making the impossible possible.
What’s in it for you?
A competitive salary and innovative, game-changing work
Flexible work schedule
Employer subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) match for student loan repayment benefit
Equity, 401k retirement savings plan + 12 Paid holidays and generous vacation + sick time
Paid parental leave
Employee discounts
Quantinuum is an equal opportunity employer. You will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status. Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
