Quantum Communications Expert

at  Honeywell

LAUNCH INNOVATIONS IN NEARLY EVERY COMMERCIAL AND DEFENSE AIRCRAFT PLATFORM

We have an opportunity for a Lead Quantum Physicist/Engineer to join us at Honeywell, where you will participate in the development and design of quantum hardware systems for space and ground and support our business development team on quantum initiatives. You will work across disciplines within the Electronics, Mechanical, Thermal, Computing Systems engineering to develop concepts and quantum hardware while driving growth and reaching critical business milestones.
Since the invention of autopilot in 1914, we’ve been a leader in innovation for the Air Travel industry. Today, thousands of Honeywell products are used in aircraft and airports around the world. Everyday 140,000 Honeywell air turbine starters bring to life commercial and military aircraft, industrial and marine equipment.

KEY SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in Physics (quantum physics, condensed matter physics, particle or atomic physics), or Engineering Physics with specialization in quantum and atomic systems. Knowledge of quantum information systems is an asset.
• 5-10+ years of experience in a hands-on, product design and build environment, as a systems architect or designer, preferably involving the design of quantum systems, with hands-on debugging and testing experience. This could be in a commercial company, start-up or academic incubator hub.
• Software skills for analysis using engineering and mathematical commercial tools (MATLAB, Ansys, Zeemax etc.), as well as the ability to write custom analysis code in any language of your preference (C++, Python or others).
• Excellent written and oral skills for presentation and communication of the work performed – providing explanations to leadership and to cross-functional design teams. Work will include writing documents, white papers, presentations.
• Ability to proactively identify and resolve problems in a timely manner. Excellent time management skills, to meet deadlines.

• Interface with design engineers and physicists in designing of quantum systems such as quantum key distribution appliances, or entanglement distribution architectures and design and algorithms.
• Make recommendations for business development managers on real-world quantum systems that could be created for use in commercial products.
• Perform requirements and what-if type analysis and decomposition to determine and derive technical requirements for/from customers and ensure the compliance of the system and its products.
• Designing test systems, developing system, software algorithms, to verify and check systems development processes.
• Responsibility for subsystem/component level design and architectural decisions, and defining, supervising, and evaluating trade-off studies justifying decisions.