R&D Manager - 1700

at  Quantinuum

Science Led, Enterprise Driven – Accelerating Quantum Computing
Quantinuum is the world’s largest integrated quantum company, pioneering powerful quantum computers and advanced software solutions. Quantinuum’s technology drives breakthroughs in materials discovery, cybersecurity, and next-gen quantum AI. With approximately 500 employees, including 370+ scientists and engineers, Quantinuum leads the quantum computing revolution across continents.
We unite best-in-class software with high-fidelity hardware to accelerate quantum computing. With integrated full-stack technology, our world-class team is rapidly scaling quantum computing.
Quantinuum recently secured $300m in funding, visit our news pages to learn more about this and other Quantinuum scientific breakthroughs and achievements: https://www.quantinuum.com/news
We are seeking a highly qualified R&D Manager in our Plymouth, MN or Brooklyn Park, MN location to manage part of our ion trap fabrication team. This team works with the Honeywell foundries and outside suppliers to oversee fabrication of our next generation of ion traps and related components, and to develop new and improved methods for producing higher performing and higher quality traps. The manager in this role will lead and mentor a group of physicists, engineers and technicians. This position is primarily technical leadership and people-management but includes some individual technical contribution. A successful candidate will have a broad and deep understanding of wafer fabrication in both IC and MEMS environments, as well as proven technical planning and leadership skills.

MEET PROJECT OBJECTIVES BY HIRING AND DEVELOPING STAFF WITH THE RIGHT SKILLS FOR SUCCESS

• Perform technical goal setting, employee performance assessments, and compensation adjustments
• Mentor, coach, and train direct-reporting engineers & scientists
• Plan and nurture career development of direct-reporting engineers & scientists
• Identify team-level staffing needs and fill key gaps