Systems Engineer (Quantum Computing)

Location: Haywards Heath, England, United Kingdom; hybrid workplace

Company

hirify.global develops next-generation quantum computers for applications across healthcare, aerospace, materials science, and other industries.

What you will do

• Own systems engineering for allocated quantum computing systems, subsystems, and capabilities from definition through integration, verification, validation, and deployment.
• Apply requirements management, traceability, modelling, simulation, configuration control, and MBSE across complex quantum computing programmes.
• Define system decomposition, interfaces, technical budgets, specifications, trade studies, verification plans, and acceptance criteria.
• Provide technical assurance through design, readiness, test, and acceptance reviews; drive risks, non-conformances, failure investigations, and corrective actions to resolution.
• Work across Architecture, Product, Quantum, Hardware, Software, Control, programme, quality, supply chain, and customer-facing teams to resolve system-level issues and support technical decisions.
• Ensure reliability, safety, regulatory, contractual, and quality requirements are met while contributing to product roadmaps and improvements in performance, modularity, manufacturability, serviceability, and scalability.

Requirements

• Degree in Systems Engineering, Physics, Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• Strong technical foundation in one or more relevant engineering or physical-science domains, including RF/microwave engineering, control systems, semiconductors, vacuum and cryogenic systems, or precision electronics.
• Experience applying systems engineering across complex multidisciplinary hardware and software products.
• Experience owning technically complex problems spanning multiple engineering disciplines from definition through integration and verification.
• Practical understanding of requirements management, interface definition, verification and validation, risk management, configuration management, and technical reviews.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to work across technical disciplines and engage at all organisational levels.
• Strong systems-thinking capability and experience making engineering decisions in technically challenging and ambiguous environments.

Nice to have

• Experience aligning stakeholders across research, engineering, product, and programme functions.
• Experience in quantum computing or another deep-technology environment.
• Experience transitioning advanced technologies from R&D into commercial products, customer deployments, or production environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.
• Competitive salary with meaningful equity participation.
• Flexible holiday allowance with a minimum of 28 days.
• 10% matching pension, private health and dental insurance, group life insurance, and generous parental support.
• £2,000 annual personal development budget and relocation support.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, transparency, and continuous improvement.