Quantum Engineer (Field Deployment)

Cold-atom interferometry is precise in the lab. The harder problem is keeping that precision in a dynamic environment.

The Role

We use cold-atom interferometry to build quantum sensors that measure gravity, acceleration and rotation. The scientific challenge is not only achieving precision under controlled conditions, but preserving it when the sensor has to operate in a dynamic environment.

As a Quantum Engineer (Field Deployment), you will play a critical role in field deployment of our Quantum Gravimeters, improve atom-interferometry-based sensors, miniaturize the underlying systems and work through the technical constraints that appear as the technology moves toward real-world use.

You will work closely with electronics, mechanical and software engineers while retaining meaningful ownership of your experimental work and research direction.

What You Will Do

• Conduct field trials of atom-interferometry based Quantum Gravimeters, supporting on-site setup and troubleshooting
• Run experimental work to improve the performance and miniaturization of sensor systems.
• Work with electronics, mechanical and software engineers to integrate the wider system.
• Investigate technical constraints that emerge as the sensor moves from controlled experiments into dynamic, real-world environments.
• Contribute to intellectual property and patent development arising from your research.

What We Are Looking For

• Master degree or PhD in Physics with research experience in cold-atom physics.
• Strong experimental capability and confidence working hands-on with complex laboratory systems.
• Ability to take ownership of research while working effectively with an interdisciplinary engineering team.
• Authorization to work in the United States.

Even Better If

• Prior experience in atom interferometry.
• Experience building an atom-interferometry-based gravimeter, accelerometer or gyroscope.
• Experience building near-IR lasers, laser-locking systems or RF electronics.
• Experience with theoretical simulation of atomic systems.
• Experience developing control systems using FPGA hardware.

What Success Looks Like

You will conduct field testing of our atom-interferometry sensors, improve the system and work alongside the wider engineering team to keep deployed systems performing reliably. You will feed field findings back into work that moves the technology toward smaller, more robust, and more deployable systems.

Working at Atomionics

Subsurface intelligence takes more than one discipline. People bring different expertise to the same problem, and what happens in one part of the system shapes the next.

The roles are different, but the goal is shared: make subsurface intelligence useful where it matters.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Build the technology that maps what no one else can see.