{"id":1119886,"url":"https://alion.io/job/quantinuum-sr-rd-manager-commercial-system-manager-820-copy","title":"Sr R&D Manager - Commercial System Manager - 820 (copy)","company":{"id":696,"name":"Quantinuum","domain":"quantinuum.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/quantinuum","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Lever","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":22,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":27,"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Management","role_family":"Management","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Broomfield, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":207000,"max":258750,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":258750},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":15,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-22T15:16:20Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-22","last_verified_at":"2026-09-23T17:04:41Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"We are seeking a highly qualified Sr R& D Manager - Commercial System Manager in our Broomfield, CO location - to lead a diverse team focused on delivering trapped-ion quantum computer designs and hardware. This role is combines technical leadership and people management in roughly equal parts. As such, successful candidates will possess both a broad understanding of methods related to QCCD trapped-ion based quantum computing and hardware development best practices, including hardware configuration management, system engineering, and system validation and verification. This manager will work closely with technical leadership, program managers, and functional managers to deliver systems designs and release working systems. Successful candidates will leverage previous personnel and technical leadership experience in a related technical area to mentor junior team members and improve the company’s system development processes for future product generations.\nKey Responsibilities:\nOwning the system-level design, build, and development responsibilities for next generation Quantinuum systems, including system architecture, concept of operation, procurement and construction planning, hardware and software integration, configuration management and system validation and verification before release.\nGuiding technical trade studies and analyses to reduce project risks and mature early technical concepts into concrete design directions\nDeveloping test plans and identifying key handoffs with electrical, optical, microfabrication, software, vacuum, and cryogenic subsystem leads.\nEstablishing strategic plans for your team by defining milestones/inchstones and key decision points, identifying key handoffs and transition gates with technical partners, and recognizing critical interdependencies with peer groups and adjacent disciplines.\nOwning and managing programmatic execution of the above plans by tracking and reporting progress, allocating resources and prioritizing work to meet milestones, and identifying and managing risks and opportunities.\nPersonnel management responsibilities include mentoring, coaching, and training direct-report engineers and scientists; hiring staff with the right skills for success; planning and nurturing their career development; and performing technical goal setting, employee performance assessments, and compensation adjustments.\nYOU MUST HAVE:\nBachelor’s Degree minimum\nMinimum 8+ years of experience in technical research and development (graduate school inclusive).\nMinimum 5+ years of experience in the development and/or operation of AMO and/or QC systems.\nMinimum 2+ years of experience serving as the leader of an advanced technical team (either task leadership or personnel management, or both).\nDirect experience with people management in the technical industry.\nDue 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\nDue 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.\nWE VALUE:\nAdvanced degree-Master’s or PhD-in Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.\n15+ years of experience in a related technical field.\n5+ years of leadership experience.\nExperience in the quantum computing industry.\nProven expertise in trapped-ion or cold atom physics.\nExperience in complex task management (cost, schedule, risk/opportunity, etc.).\nA track record of technology (engineering or physical science) development.\nA strong and active network of professional relationships.\nStrong organizational and leadership skills.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills.\nPeople who want to change the world positively through the power of quantum computing.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3903,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":15,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"Russian","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Hardware","Science & Engineering","Quantum Science & Computing","Quantum Computing Hardware"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-22T18:25:01Z"}],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.632,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":27,"reasons":["conf:0","stale_co","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":258750,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/quantinuum-sr-rd-manager-commercial-system-manager-820-copy","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/quantinuum-sr-rd-manager-commercial-system-manager-820-copy.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-23T18:57:02Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}