Chris Monroe and Jungsang Kim created IonQ in 2015 after over 25 years of research. Their preliminary investment amounted to $2 million from the University of Maryland and Duke University, which enabled them to develop trapped ion quantum computers. Within a few years, they constructed two of the most accurate quantum computers in the world, garnering additional funding from Amazon Web Services, Google's GV, and NEA.
Washington • Louisville • Boston • Oxford • Denver • Hardware • Quantum Science & Computing • Quantum Computing Hardware
$60k – $150k per year • Equity • Junior • 2+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Oxford, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Junior
Python
Chips/EDA
KLayout
Quantum
IonQ
$60k – $150k per year • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (Oxford, United Kingdom) • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time • Senior
$60k – $150k per year • Equity • Senior • 4+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Oxford, United Kingdom) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Python
SystemVerilog
DevOps
CI/CD
Chips/EDA
UVM
Quantum
IonQ
The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is a public research university and polytechnic institute specializing in engineering, natural sciences, and technology transfer. Headquartered in Lyngby, Denmark (in the Greater Copenhagen area), the institution operates as a major hub for academic research, government scientific advisory, and industrial commercialization.
HQ: Copenhagen, Denmark • 5000+ employees
Middle • In office • Relocation • Master's Degree • Middle • Danish
C++
Fortran
Python
AI/ML
Ray
Quantum
PennyLane
Qiskit
Infleqtion is a quantum technology company headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, and founded in 2007 under the name ColdQuanta. The company builds products from cold atom physics, including quantum computers, atomic clocks, radio frequency sensors, and inertial navigation systems that work where satellite signals are unavailable. It supplies research institutions, defense agencies, and commercial customers, and took its current name in a 2022 rebrand.
HQ: Boulder, United States • Navigation & Mapping • Space & Aerospace • Sensors • Science & Engineering • Quantum Science & Computing • Hardware • Quantum Computing Hardware • Est. 2007
$145k – $170k per year • Equity • In office (Chicago, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time
C++
Go
Julia
Python
Rust
JavaScript
Python
Django
FastAPI
Flask
SQLAlchemy
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
CUDA
CUDA Toolkit
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
gRPC
Kubernetes
HPC
Quantum
Cirq
PennyLane
Qiskit
$145k – $170k per year • Equity • Junior • In office (Chicago, United States) • Full-Time
C++
Python
Rust
Python
FastAPI
PyQt
SQLAlchemy
Databases
PostgreSQL
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
GCP
Quantum
Cirq
Qiskit
Stim
$145k – $170k per year • Equity • Junior • In office (Chicago, United States) • Full-Time
C++
Julia
Python
Python
FastAPI
PyQt
SQLAlchemy
Databases
PostgreSQL
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
GCP
GitHub
Quantum
Cirq
Qiskit
Stim
NVIDIA is an American technology company founded in 1993 that invented the graphics processing unit and has become the dominant supplier of accelerated computing platforms for artificial intelligence. Its portfolio spans data centre GPUs and systems built on the Hopper and Blackwell architectures, GeForce consumer graphics, automotive and robotics platforms, high-speed networking acquired with Mellanox, and the CUDA software stack that binds the ecosystem together. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company sells to cloud providers, enterprises, research institutions and gamers worldwide and is one of the most valuable listed businesses on the Nasdaq.
HQ: Santa Clara, United States • AI Infrastructure • Semiconductors • AI Agents • Big Data • LLM & Generative AI • Machine Learning • Hardware • Data & Analytics • Information Technology • Artificial Intelligence • 5000+ employees • Est. 1993
$184k – $288k per year • Senior • 8+ years exp • In office (Santa Clara, New York, United States) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
OpenQASM
OpenQASM
NVIDIA cuQuantum
Qiskit Aer
AI/ML
CUDA
CUDA Toolkit
AI Agents
NCCL
DevOps
HPC
Quantum
Cirq
PennyLane
Qiskit
Stim
$224k – $357k per year • Senior • 12+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Westford, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
OpenQASM
OpenQASM
NVIDIA cuQuantum
AI/ML
CUDA
CUDA Toolkit
DevOps
Platform Engineering
SLURM
HPC
Quantum
Cirq
PennyLane
Qiskit
Alice & Bob is a deep-tech quantum computing hardware enterprise headquartered in Paris, France, with a major North American hub in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2020 by Dr. Théau Peronnin and Dr. Raphaël Lescanne out of research at ENS Paris, Inria, and French public physics laboratories, the firm has raised over €180 million from prominent investors including Elaia, Bpifrance, Supernova Invest, and NVIDIA NVentures.
HQ: Boston, United States • Science & Engineering • Hardware • Quantum Science & Computing • Quantum Computing Hardware • Est. 2020
≈ $61k – $139k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Paris, France) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Python
DevOps
CI/CD
Kubernetes
Terraform
AWS
Azure
GCP
Cybersecurity
SBOM
Threat Modeling
ISO 27001
SOC 2
Quantum
Alice & Bob
≈ $40k – $98k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office • Senior • French: C1
≈ $53k – $97k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 3+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid • PhD • Senior
Python
SQL
Quantum
Alice & Bob
PennyLane (Xanadu) is an open-source, cross-platform software library designed for quantum machine learning (QML), quantum chemistry, and hybrid quantum-classical computing, developed by Toronto-based quantum photonics company Xanadu. Introduced in 2018, PennyLane integrates quantum computing hardware (such as photonic, superconducting, and trapped-ion processors) with classical machine learning frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, and JAX.
HQ: Paris, France • Artificial Intelligence • Science & Engineering • Quantum Science & Computing • Machine Learning • 51-200 employees • Est. 2018
≈ $28k – $93k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Paris, France, Berlin, Germany) • Full-Time • Junior • French • Spanish: C1 • German: C1 • English
≈ $44k – $105k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Paris, France) • Full-Time • Senior
ISO 27001
SOC 2
Management
Google Workspace
Quantum
PennyLane
≈ $54k – $135k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Madrid • Remote (France) • Full-Time • Senior • French
Python
Ruby
AI/ML
Copilot
Fine-tuning
LLM
Multimodal AI
RAG
LLM Guardrails
AI Agents
Function Calling
Model Context Protocol
DPO
Post-training
SFT
DevOps
FinOps
Vector
AWS
Kubernetes
Analytics
A/B Testing
Quantum
PennyLane
Multiverse Computing is a technology company that develops software solutions based on quantum and quantum inspired computing. It provides tools and platforms that apply these methods to areas such as optimization, machine learning and financial analysis.
HQ: Donostia, Spain • Science & Engineering • Artificial Intelligence • Quantum Science & Computing • 51-200 employees • Est. 2019
Intern • 5+ years exp • In office (Donostia, Spain) • Relocation • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Intern
Python
AI/ML
Edge AI
Quantum
PennyLane
Qiskit
Oxford Ionics, now part of IonQ, is a leading innovator in quantum computing, deploying the world's most powerful quantum computers to solve complex problems. The company is dedicated to advancing trapped-ion technology and is part of a global team transforming the future of quantum technology.
Oxford • Daejeon • Artificial Intelligence • Financial Services • Hardware
≈ $103k – $211k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Oxford, United Kingdom) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
MATLAB
Python
SystemVerilog
Verilog
VHDL
MATLAB
Simulink
DevOps
GitLab
Chips/EDA
Siemens ModelSim
Xilinx Vivado
Quantum
IonQ
Vector Atomic products will transform industries from transportation to telecom. By harnessing the extreme stability of atoms, our clocks and sensors deliver performance for tomorrow.
HQ: Pleasanton, United States • Quantum Science & Computing • Hardware • Sensors • 51-200 employees • Est. 2018
$163k – $234k per year • Staff+ • In office (Pleasanton, United States) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
$142k – $186k per year • Equity • Senior • 6+ years exp • In office (Pleasanton, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Rust
C++
Python
Quantum
IonQ
$142k – $186k per year • Senior • 6+ years exp • In office (Pleasanton, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
IBM, formally known as International Business Machines Corporation, is an American multinational technology giant headquartered in Armonk, New York. Nicknamed "Big Blue," IBM is one of the world's oldest and most historically significant IT companies. Today, IBM focuses primarily on hybrid cloud infrastructure, enterprise artificial intelligence, and business consulting services.
HQ: Armonk, United States • LLM & Generative AI • Information Technology • Artificial Intelligence • Cloud Computing • IT Consulting • Quantum Computing Hardware • Est. 1911
$60k – $140k per year • Equity • Senior • In office (New York, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Python
Rust
DevOps
HPC
Quantum
Qiskit
Oxford Quantum Circuits is a quantum hardware and Quantum-Compute-as-a-Service (QCaaS) enterprise. Headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom, and spun out of the University of Oxford, the deep-tech firm designs and manufactures superconducting quantum processors built on its proprietary, patented Coaxmon and 3D-integrated Dimon® qubit architectures.
HQ: Reading, United Kingdom • Hardware • Science & Engineering • Quantum Computing Hardware • Quantum Science & Computing
In office • Full-Time
Python
Quantum
Cirq
PennyLane
Qiskit
Nu Quantum is a Cambridge company founded in 2018 that builds networking hardware for quantum computers. Its interconnects and control systems link separate quantum processors into larger machines and support quantum data centre architectures. The company spun out of the Cavendish Laboratory.
HQ: Cambridge, United Kingdom • Science & Engineering • Hardware • Quantum Science & Computing • Est. 2018
In office (Cambridge, United States) • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time
Python
Quantum
Cirq
Qiskit
Booz Allen Hamilton is a major American management and technology consulting firm that provides strategic, engineering, and cybersecurity services primarily to the U.S. government, defense agencies, and commercial clients. Founded in 1914 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the company is known for its deep expertise in defense, intelligence, and civil infrastructure. Today, it plays a central role in national security and government modernization by deploying advanced capabilities in artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and cyber defense.
HQ: McLean, United States • Military • Information Technology • IT Consulting • Government • Cybersecurity • Homeland Security • National Security • 5000+ employees • Est. 1914
$78k – $176k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Washington, United States) • PhD • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
Rust
AI/ML
CUDA
CUDA Toolkit
DevOps
HPC
Quantum
Cirq
PennyLane
Qiskit
IQM Quantum Computers is a European leader in building full-stack, superconducting quantum systems for research institutions, supercomputing centers, and enterprises. Headquartered in Espoo, Finland, the company designs and manufactures specialized hardware, algorithms, and cloud software to solve computational challenges beyond the capability of classical machines. Its technology aims to accelerate breakthrough discoveries across key industries, including medicine, energy, materials science, and finance.
Munich • Espoo • Science & Engineering • Hardware • Quantum Science & Computing • Quantum Computing Hardware
≈ $56k – $134k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Munich, Germany) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Python
DevOps
CI/CD
Quantum
Cirq
IQM
PennyLane
Qiskit
Atom Computing operates in the quantum computing technology field, focusing on systems built with neutral atoms as qubits. It develops scalable quantum hardware and associated software and offers quantum computing capabilities and services for research institutions, enterprises, and government organizations requiring advanced computational workloads.
HQ: Berkeley, United States • Hardware • Quantum Science & Computing • Quantum Computing Hardware
≈ $61k – $232k per year (Estimated) • Remote/Hybrid (Berkeley, United States) • PhD • Full-Time
C++
Julia
Python
DevOps
CI/CD
Quantum
QuTiP
planqc is a deep-tech quantum computing hardware enterprise headquartered in Garching (near Munich), Germany. Founded in 2022 by Dr. Alexander Glätzle, Dr. Sebastian Blatt, Dr. Johannes Zeiher, and Lukas Reichsöllner as the first commercial spin-off from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) and LMU Munich within the Munich Quantum Valley initiative, the venture has raised over €80 million in total funding and major government contracts from investors including CATRON Holding, DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF), UVC Partners, Speedinvest, and Amadeus Capital.
Garching bei München • Science & Engineering • Quantum Science & Computing • Quantum Computing Hardware • Hardware • Est. 2022
Remote/Hybrid (Garching bei München, Germany) • Relocation • Visa sponsorship • PhD • Full-Time
Julia
Python
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
Quantum
Stim
D-Wave is an industry leader in the development and production of quantum computing systems, software, and services. As the first commercial supplier of quantum computers, D-Wave is at the forefront of the dual development of quantum annealing and gate-model systems. D-Wave helps companies use quantum tech to solve real-world problems right now.
HQ: Palo Alto, United States • Hardware • Artificial Intelligence • Science & Engineering • Quantum Computing Hardware • Quantum Science & Computing
$125k – $187k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (New Haven, United States) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
Q#
SQL
C++
LLVM
Q#
Quantum Intermediate Representation
Databases
Oracle
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
CUDA Toolkit
CUDA
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
Quantum
Cirq
Qiskit
Universal Quantum is a Brighton company founded in 2018 that is building trapped ion quantum computers designed to scale to millions of qubits. Its architecture connects modules with electric fields rather than lasers, which the founders argue is more practical at scale. The company won German government funding to build a demonstrator machine.
HQ: Brighton, United Kingdom • Quantum Science & Computing • Est. 2018
≈ $71k – $165k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Hamburg, Germany) • Relocation • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Rust
C
Python
SQL
C++
LLVM
C
GCC
AI/ML
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
Git
Quantum
Qiskit
≈ $82k – $184k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office • Relocation • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Rust
C
Python
SQL
C++
LLVM
C
GCC
AI/ML
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
Git
Quantum
Qiskit
Equity • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office • Relocation • Full-Time • Senior
Python
Quantum
Qiskit
Stim
QunaSys is a Tokyo quantum computing company founded in 2018 that develops algorithms and software for quantum chemistry. Its QamuyA platform lets chemical and pharmaceutical researchers run molecular simulations on quantum and classical hardware. The company collaborates with Japanese industry consortia exploring practical quantum applications.
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Est. 2018
In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
C++
Python
Rust
OpenQASM
C++
LLVM
OpenQASM
NVIDIA cuQuantum
AI/ML
Jupyter Notebook
NumPy
SciPy
DevOps
Docker
GitHub Actions
GitHub
Management
Slack
Quantum
Cirq
Qiskit
Salary range
| Seniority |
Jobs |
25% |
Median |
75% |
| Senior |
13 |
$140K |
$155K |
$186K |
| All levels |
28 |
$140K |
$170K |
$182K |
Based only on the listings that state pay. Gross annual amounts, converted to USD so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
The market right now
Alion currently lists 63 open Quantum jobs from 19 companies. 4 of them were posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 15 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.
What these roles pay
28 of these Quantum jobs state pay directly. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $140K and $182K a year, with a median of $170K. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Where the work is
The largest concentrations of these roles are France (9), Germany (7), Spain (6), United States (3), and Japan (1). 17% of the listings are fully remote and a further 25% are hybrid, so a large part of this market is open to you regardless of where you live.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open Quantum jobs right now are PennyLane (18), Ionq (10), Vectoratomic (8), Infleqtion (6), Universal Quantum (4), and Alice & Bob (3). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.
What employers ask for
Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are Python (40), PennyLane (28), Qiskit (23), CI/CD (21), IonQ (19), Cirq (16), C++ (16), and AWS (12). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.
Relocation, visas and equity
Of the current Quantum jobs, 4 state visa sponsorship, 7 offer a relocation package, and 15 include equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
