Cambridge, UK | Full-time | Permanent | Salary: £45,000 - £60,000 DOE

About us:

Riverlane is the world’s first quantum engineering company. We are hardware-obsessed, qubit agile and commercially driven. We’re a passionate team collaboratively tackling some of humanity’s biggest opportunities, from climate change to materials science and new drug discovery.

You will join our cross-disciplinary team of software developers and digital designers, embedded software engineers, mathematicians, quantum information theorists, computational chemists and physicists – all world experts in their fields. Our collaborative, close-knit team has a track record of delivering high-quality R&D across the full quantum stack. As a growing company, you will have the freedom to think independently and creatively, as well as contribute to Riverlane’s business development.

What you will do:

Working as part of a flexible Engineering team, you will drive the integration of our product, Deltaflow Control, at the customer site. As part of your role, you will:

- Become an ambassador of Deltaflow.Control, our scalable and customisable solution for generating and scheduling high accuracy, high-speed pulse sequences to control and calibrate qubits using state-of-the-art FPGAs, custom electronics and off-the-shelf hardware.
- Support our customers in using our solution to implement challenging experiments and new features
- Bridge the gap between scientists and engineers – make Deltaflow.Control even more effective and advanced
- Help us shape business opportunities and grants by working with our Business Development team.
- Be able to extract from our customers existing solutions their future needs and shape our offerings.
- Be “the voice of the customer” internally to improve product development and focus R&D on what matters the most.

Requirements
What we need:

- A Master/PhD in Experimental Physics
- Strong lab experience with one of the following quantum technologies: Superconducting Qubits, Spin qubits
- Ability to work independently and communicate with the team efficiently
- Experience in debugging and characterising systems using oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers, or vector network analysers
- Experience in calibration, experiment scheduling/automation, and/or machine learning would be appreciated
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience with one modern programming language (Python, C++)
- Applicants for this role should be able and willing to travel to visit labs and customers.

Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary, private medical insurance, health cash plan, life assurance, equity options, and relocation costs.

How to apply:

Please upload a CV and covering letter using this link: https://apply.workable.com/riverlane/j/8995B64CB9/
Your covering letter should explain why you are applying for the job and what skills and experience you can bring to the role.

We review CVs as we receive them, and interview as soon as we have applications that looks like a good match (usually within one week). We do not use closing dates. So, please apply as soon as possible to avoid missing out on this role. We advertised this role on 3rd July 2023.

If you have any queries, please contact jobs@riverlane.com

Everyone is welcome at Riverlane. We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from eligible and suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity/paternity.