# Team Lead, Magnetic Navigation

About the role Join Q-CTRL to turn cutting-edge quantum sensing technology into robust, manufacturable products deployed on real-world airborne, maritime, and uncrewed platforms. As the Team Lead for Magnetic Navigation Systems, you will lead a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for developing and delivering advanced navigation systems. We are engineering novel navigation systems from scratch, integrating custom sensor heads, controllers, real-time computer hardware, to deliver a product. This role requires a technically grounded, decisive leader who commands the respect of world-class domain experts, bridges cross-team handoffs cleanly, and drives focused execution through others. You do not need a background in quantum physics. We value deep-tech experience, strong engineering fundamentals, operational discipline, and a proven ability to lead execution across interdependent teams. What you'll be doing: Drive execution and pace: Own the team’s delivery cadence, translating high-level product goals and cross-department initiatives into structured, measurable execution milestones. Break down complex, first-of-their-kind engineering objectives into clearly scoped, sequenc

- **Id**: 3950566
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/q-ctrl-team-lead-magnetic-navigation>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Sydney, Australia
- **Countries**: AU
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-08T23:15:22Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-08
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T02:46:53Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4269
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Quantum Science & Computing, Custom Software Development

## Company

- **Id**: 6563
- **Name**: Q-CTRL
- **Domain**: q-ctrl.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/q-ctrl>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

## Technologies

- **DO-160** — Optional: no
- **DO-178C** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T02:46:53Z

## Visa

- Country: AU; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Holds an Australian labour agreement; Route: Labour agreement: GTS - Established business

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 33
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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