Quantum computing jobs for quantum algorithm, error-correction and qubit specialists in the United Kingdom

28 open roles for quantum algorithm, error-correction and qubit specialists at 12 quantum companies in the United Kingdom. 27 of them are open to candidates of any nationality; the rest ask for citizenship or a government security check (export-controlled work). 2 mention relocation support.

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open roles
28
companies
12
open to any nationality
96%
estimated median pay
$122k

Companies hiring

CompanyOpen rolesAny nationalityRelocation
Riverlane6100%
Phasecraft5100%
OQC5100%
Universal Quantum2100%2
PsiQuantum2100%
Infleqtion2100%
NVIDIA1100%
Starling Bank1100%
The National Robotarium1100%
UCL News1100%
UK Research and Innovation10%
Quantum Motion1100%

Newest roles

Infleqtion

infleqtion.com
infleqtion.com · HQ: Louisville, Fairport, United States · Science & Engineering · Hardware · Quantum Science & Computing · Sensors & Transducers · Quantum Computing Hardware · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2007 · NYSE: INFQ · Trust A · Hiring 51, 4 new
HQ: Louisville, Fairport, United States · Science & Engineering · Hardware · Quantum Science & Computing · Sensors & Transducers · Quantum Computing Hardware · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2007 · NYSE: INFQ · Trust A · Hiring 51, 4 new
Infleqtion is an American quantum technology company that builds products based on cold atom physics, including neutral-atom quantum computers, optical atomic clocks, quantum radio frequency receivers and inertial and gravity sensors for navigation where satellite signals are unavailable. Founded in 2007 as ColdQuanta and renamed Infleqtion in 2022, it supplies research institutions, defense agencies and commercial customers and runs operations in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company is headquartered in Louisville, Colorado, United States.
Matthew Kinsella · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Ilan Hart · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Jason Hall · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Paul Lipman · Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Ops Finance & Pricing Analyst

≈ $36k – $66k per year (Estimated) · Equity · Hybrid (Oxford, United Kingdom) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time
Microsoft Excel
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AMO Physicist - Inertial Sensing

≈ $66k – $195k per year (Estimated) · Equity · In office (Kidlington, United Kingdom) · Full-Time
Python
Design
SolidWorks
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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 79, 7 new
HQ: Palo Alto, United States · Quantum Science & Computing · Quantum Computing Hardware · 51-200 employees · Est. 2016 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 79, 7 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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Quantum Algorithms Researcher (Senior/Staff)

$106k – $124k per year · Staff+ · 8+ years exp · In office (Daresbury, Bristol, United Kingdom) · PhD · Full-Time · Staff
C++
Python
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Senior Quantum Applications Architect

$106k – $124k per year · Staff+ · 5+ years exp · In office (Daresbury, United Kingdom) · PhD · Full-Time · Architect
C++
Python
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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 28
HQ: Reading, United Kingdom · Quantum Science & Computing · Quantum Computing Hardware · 201-500 employees · Est. 2017 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 28
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.
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Quantum Engineer - QPU Design

≈ $40k – $86k per year (Estimated) · In office (Reading, United Kingdom) · Full-Time
Python
Chips/EDA
Sonnet
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Quantum Algorithm Engineer - Detection

≈ $63k – $186k per year (Estimated) · In office (London, United Kingdom) · Full-Time
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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
HQ: Bristol, United Kingdom · Quantum Science & Computing · 51-200 employees · Est. 2019 · Startup · Trust D · Hiring 11
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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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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Quantum Algorithms Scientist - Optimization

≈ $63k – $186k per year (Estimated) · In office (London, United Kingdom) · PhD · Full-Time
Qiskit
Cirq
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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
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
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.
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Quantum Theory Internship Programme 2027

≈ $63k – $186k per year (Estimated) · Intern · In office (London, United Kingdom) · Master's Degree · Internship · Intern
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ukri.org · HQ: Swindon, United Kingdom · Environmental Science · Research Institutes · 5000+ employees · Est. 2018 · Hiring 14, 1 new
HQ: Swindon, United Kingdom · Environmental Science · Research Institutes · 5000+ employees · Est. 2018 · Hiring 14, 1 new
UK Research and Innovation is the non-departmental public body, headquartered in Swindon, England, that directs UK government funding for research and innovation through seven research councils, Innovate UK and Research England. Launched in April 2018, it invests more than 9 billion pounds a year across the arts, sciences and engineering, and runs institutes such as the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, RAL Space and the National Quantum Computing Centre. Its vacancies range from postdoctoral scientists, quantum researchers and oceanographers to quality specialists, apprentices, technicians, real estate, recruitment and administrative staff.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Senior Quantum Scientist (AMO)

≈ $54k – $162k per year (Estimated) · Senior · In office (Harwell, United Kingdom) · PhD · Citizenship or vetting required · Senior
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Skills these roles ask for

Python 11C++ 6Microsoft Office 2NVIDIA cuQuantum 1Digital Twin 1CUDA 1Rust 1LLVM 1MLIR 1Sonnet 1Design Controls 1GCP 1AWS 1Kubernetes 1Service Mesh 1Threat Modeling 1

Where the roles are

London 9Cambridge 6Reading 3Bristol 2Haywards Heath 2Daresbury 2Manchester 1Southampton 1Cardiff 1Edinburgh 1

Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

27 of the 28 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?

Riverlane (6), Phasecraft (5), OQC (5), Universal Quantum (2), PsiQuantum (2).

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: 28 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 1 Nov 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0