Quantum startups hiring

41 quantum startups are hiring right now: 504 open roles in 20 countries - quantum hardware makers, software and algorithm companies, sensing and control electronics.

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Quantum startups hiring

StartupWhereStageOpen roles
PsiQuantumUnited States, United Kingdom, AustraliaScale-up60
Quantum MachinesIsrael, United States, GermanyGrowth44
Universal QuantumUnited Kingdom, Germany, SingaporeGrowth30
QuandelaFranceEarly stage30
Alice & BobFranceGrowth27
OQCUnited Kingdom, Spain, United StatesGrowth26
SandboxAQUnited States, Canada, United KingdomGrowth23
QuantWareNetherlandsGrowth23
AtomionicsSingapore, India, United StatesGrowth17
Quantum MotionUnited Kingdom, Spain, United StatesEarly stage16
Maybell QuantumSingapore, United States, FinlandGrowth15
Q-CTRLAustralia, United StatesGrowth15
Classiq TechnologiesIsrael, Italy, SingaporeEarly stage14
SygaldryUnited States, DenmarkGrowth11
OratomicUnited StatesGrowth11
PhasecraftUnited Kingdom, United StatesGrowth10
planqcGermanyGrowth10
Silicon Quantum ComputingAustraliaEarly stage10
Equal1Ireland, Romania, United StatesGrowth9
eleQtronGermanyGrowth9
QunaSysJapanGrowth8
C12FranceEarly stage8
Nu QuantumUnited KingdomGrowth7
RiverlaneUnited Kingdom, United StatesGrowth6
QryptUnited StatesGrowth6
DiraqUnited States, AustraliaGrowth6
Conductor QuantumUnited StatesEarly stage6
Nomad AtomicsAustralia5
Nanofiber Quantum TechnologiesJapanEarly stage5
JIJJapan5
LogiqalUnited StatesEarly stage5
QuiX QuantumNetherlands, GermanyEarly stage4
PQShieldFrance, Germany, United StatesGrowth4
Nvision QuantumGermanyEarly stage4
Mesa QuantumUnited Kingdom, United StatesGrowth4
WorkinOpticsSweden, United StatesEarly stage3
QedmaIsrael3
Quantum Network TechnologiesUnited StatesGrowth2
Movement AIUnited States1
YaqumoJapan1

Newest roles at quantum startups

QNu Labs

qnulabs.com
qnulabs.com • HQ: Bengaluru, India • Custom Software Development • Quantum Science & Computing • 51-200 employees • Est. 2016 • Startup • Hiring 4, 2 new
HQ: Bengaluru, India • Custom Software Development • Quantum Science & Computing • 51-200 employees • Est. 2016 • Startup • Hiring 4, 2 new
QNu Labs is a quantum-resilience company that provides quantum cryptography products and solutions for data security on the cloud and internet, leveraging quantum technologies.
No named decision-maker yet.
Careers mailbox is known
2 days ago Hiring now · 86%

AI Engineer

≈ $20k – $45k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 4+ years exp • India • Remote (India)
Python
Go
Go
Temporal
Databases
Milvus
Pinecone
Qdrant
Redis
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
LangGraph
AutoGen
Reinforcement Learning
Function Calling
CrewAI
Gemini
Anthropic
A2A
Structured Outputs
LLM Guardrails
Agno
LangChain
Model Context Protocol
OpenAI
RAG
LLM
AI Agents
DevOps
Helm
Docker
Kubernetes
CI/CD
+21
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PsiQuantum

psiquantum.com
psiquantum.com • HQ: Palo Alto, United States • Quantum Science & Computing • Quantum Computing Hardware • 51-200 employees • Est. 2016 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 74, 1 new
HQ: Palo Alto, United States • Quantum Science & Computing • Quantum Computing Hardware • 51-200 employees • Est. 2016 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 74, 1 new
PsiQuantum is a quantum computing company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, that is building fault-tolerant, million-qubit quantum computers based on photonic qubits made with standard silicon photonics semiconductor manufacturing. Founded in 2016, it develops hardware in Palo Alto and Milpitas, is building utility-scale sites in Brisbane, Australia, and Chicago, and has a UK team at Daresbury, backed by government awards including US Department of Commerce funding. It hires optical packaging and fiber optics engineers, cryogenics engineers, photonics validation leads, quantum application architects, datacenter architects, business development leads and recruiters.
Jeremy O'Brien · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Jeff Brody · Director
Peter Barrett · Director
Aaron VanDevender · Director
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Top 25% payVerified live · 3 hours ago Visa sponsor 3 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Staff Software Engineer, Observability/Site Reliability

$236k – $277k per year • Equity • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • In office (Palo Alto, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
C++
Python
Databases
Neo4j
DevOps
HPC
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Quantum Motion

quantummotion.tech
quantummotion.tech • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Hardware • Manufacturing • Electronics Manufacturing • Science & Engineering • Quantum Science & Computing • Quantum Computing Hardware • 11-50 employees • Est. 2017 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 18, 3 new
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Hardware • Manufacturing • Electronics Manufacturing • Science & Engineering • Quantum Science & Computing • Quantum Computing Hardware • 11-50 employees • Est. 2017 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 18, 3 new
Quantum Motion is a British deep-tech company developing scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computing architectures using silicon-based technology. Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, the company leverages standard industrial CMOS semiconductor fabrication processes to produce high-density quantum processors. By harnessing established microchip manufacturing infrastructure, it aims to deliver mass-manufacturable quantum hardware capable of driving breakthroughs in chemistry, medicine, and artificial intelligence.
No named decision-maker yet.
Careers mailbox is known
Verified live · 1 hour ago 3 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Senior Quantum Engineer - Quantum-Classical Circuits

≈ $44k – $88k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Donostia / San Sebastián, Spain) • PhD • Full-Time • Senior
Python
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Phasecraft

phasecraft.io
phasecraft.io • HQ: Bristol, United Kingdom • Quantum Science & Computing • 51-200 employees • Est. 2019 • Startup • Trust D • Hiring 11, 1 new
HQ: Bristol, United Kingdom • Quantum Science & Computing • 51-200 employees • Est. 2019 • Startup • Trust D • Hiring 11, 1 new
Phasecraft is a British quantum algorithms company founded in 2019 by academics from Bristol and University College London. It designs algorithms that squeeze useful results from near term quantum hardware, particularly for materials and chemistry problems. The company partners with quantum hardware makers and industrial research groups.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 3 hours ago Visa sponsor 3 days ago Likely open · 60%

Quantum Algorithms Scientist - Implementations

≈ $63k – $185k per year (Estimated) • In office (London, United Kingdom) • PhD • Full-Time
C++
Python
Quantum
Qiskit
Cirq
PennyLane
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QuantWare

quantware.com
quantware.com • HQ: Delft, Netherlands • Quantum Computing Hardware • 201-500 employees • Est. 2020 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 28, 1 new
HQ: Delft, Netherlands • Quantum Computing Hardware • 201-500 employees • Est. 2020 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 28, 1 new
QuantWare is a quantum hardware manufacturer and deep-tech company that designs and fabricates commercial quantum processing units (QPUs) and peripheral quantum components. Headquartered in Delft, Netherlands - operating as a spin-out from the QuTech research institute at TU Delft - the firm functions as an open-hardware provider, supplying off-the-shelf superconducting quantum chips for an international customer base.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 4 hours ago Visa sponsor 3 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Quantum Hardware Assembly Technician

≈ $35k – $61k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 4+ years exp • Hybrid (Delft, Netherlands) • Full-Time • Middle • English
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OQC

oqc.tech
oqc.tech • HQ: Reading, United Kingdom • Quantum Science & Computing • Quantum Computing Hardware • 201-500 employees • Est. 2017 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 31, 5 new
HQ: Reading, United Kingdom • Quantum Science & Computing • Quantum Computing Hardware • 201-500 employees • Est. 2017 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 31, 5 new
OQC, or Oxford Quantum Circuits, is a quantum computing company headquartered at Thames Valley Science Park near Reading that builds superconducting quantum computers based on its patented Coaxmon architecture and dual-rail Dimon qubit, offered as a cloud service and deployed in commercial data centres. Founded in 2017 by Peter Leek from his University of Oxford research group, it has delivered three generations of systems, has sites in London, Tokyo, New York and Spain, and closed a Series C round of about 260 million pounds. It hires quantum, hardware, FPGA and embedded software engineers, algorithm researchers, cleanroom and nanofabrication technicians and finance and operations staff.
No named decision-maker yet.
Careers mailbox is known
Verified live · 1 hour ago 4 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Senior RF Engineer

≈ $60k – $109k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Reading, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Senior
Python
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Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

487 of the 504 roles here state no citizenship or security-check demand. A role that does - export-controlled quantum hardware and cryptography work often does - says so in its advert, and the card marks it.

Which quantum companies hire most?

PsiQuantum (60), Quantum Machines (44), Universal Quantum (30), Quandela (30), Alice & Bob (27).

Which employers count as quantum companies?

Companies whose main business is quantum technology - quantum computer makers (superconducting, trapped-ion, neutral-atom, photonic, spin qubits), quantum software and algorithm companies, quantum sensing and communication, and the makers of their control electronics, lasers and cryogenics - and every role whose title names quantum work at any employer.

How fresh is this?

Every role is re-checked on the employer's own careers board at least every 48 hours, and the page is rebuilt every night.

Source: 504 live postings on employers' careers boards; startup status from Alion's company graphUpdated 25 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0