What are the responsibilities and job description for the Computational Scientist - 705 position at Quantinuum?
We are seeking a Computational Scientist in our Broomfield, CO location.
Key Responsibilities:
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.
Compensation & Benefits:
Non-Incentive Eligible
The pay range for this role is $80,000 – $101,000 annually. Actual compensation within this range may vary based on the candidate’s skills, educational background, professional experience, and unique qualifications for the role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create, optimize, and maintain numerical tools to enable key features of trapped-ion quantum computers
- Refinement and refactoring of existing numerical tools
- Extensively test, document, and maintain existing workflows for the design of surface-electrode ion traps
- Develop methods and workflows consisting of electrostatic modeling tools and nonlinear optimization techniques
- Collaborate with commercial and experimental teams on research and technology development
- Bachelor’s degree minimum
- 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.
- B.S. in computer science, mathematics, physics, electrical engineering, or a related field
- Proficiency in one or more compiled languages such as C, C , Fortran, or Rust
- Experience using HPC clusters, GPUs, and parallel computing techniques
- Experience interfacing compiled libraries with Python, including via ctypes or f2py
- Experience applying physical principles to optimization problems or numerical simulation
- Development of numerical tools for addressing novel physical systems
- Experience with numerical optimization techniques, such as convex optimization, genetic algorithms, or optimal control theory
- Experience guiding multi-parameter optimization via exploratory but rigorous manual parameter sweeps
- Experience scripting between open source and proprietary software for automating workflows
- Familiarity with software configuration, delivery, and deployment tools like Git
- A history of public-facing work, such as patents, open source repositories, or conference presentations
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
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.
Compensation & Benefits:
Non-Incentive Eligible
The pay range for this role is $80,000 – $101,000 annually. Actual compensation within this range may vary based on the candidate’s skills, educational background, professional experience, and unique qualifications for the role.
Salary : $80,000 - $101,000