At Atom Computing, we build quantum computers using arrays of optically trapped neutral atoms that will empower customers to achieve unprecedented computational breakthroughs. Join a world-class team of scientists, engineers, and business professionals to advance the state-of-the-art in quantum computing.

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to help design and build the high-performance control systems that drive our next-generation quantum computing platforms. In this role, you’ll work across embedded software, real-time systems, GPU/FPGA acceleration, and hardware orchestration to deliver deterministic, high-throughput control pipelines. Your work will directly shape how our quantum processors operate, scale, and perform.

This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who loves deep systems work, understands hardware/software co-design, and thrives at the intersection of physics, architecture, and performance engineering. Due to the need for collaboration with Atom’s theory, software and hardware teams, this role is required to be in the office in Boulder or Austin at least 3 days per week. 

• Initiate and lead the design and specification of complex, next-generation optical systems and subsystems from the component level up to the system level
• Collaborate with technical leaders across engineering domains to understand key product use cases to inform next generation hardware development lifecycle
• Work with physicists and subject matter experts to develop requirements and system architecture for optical assemblies, subsystems, and modules to support next generation neutral atom computers
• Establish and enforce best practices for optical design, performing critical design reviews, detailed tolerance analysis, and advanced stray light modeling to ensure suitability of design solutions
• Define and standardize precision alignment procedures for all optical designs and subsystems, ensuring robust and repeatable assembly
• Provide high-level leadership and oversight for hands-on assembly and precision alignment of finalized optical designs
• Mentor junior team members and generate internal training documents and procedures
• Contribute as a subject matter expert to technical writing, grant proposals, and presentations
• Generate new intellectual property and inventions
• Develop complex optical components and devices with external vendors including managing the design process and defining deliverables
• External speaking and/or customer engagements
• Troubleshoot technical issues at Atom and off-site customer facilities
• Capable of lifting and moving objects that weigh up to 25 pounds

• Bachelor’s degree in Optical Sciences, Optical Engineering or related field. Advanced degree a plus
• 10+ years optical design experience
• 7+ years of hands-on optics assembly experience in a laboratory environment
• Experience bringing a complex optical system from conception to productization

• Deep expertise and demonstrated leadership in the design of high-numerical-aperture imaging systems and complex laser distribution networks
• Proven track record of driving complex technical initiatives from conception through deployment, and the ability to mentor and scale the engineering team's capabilities
• Proficiency with Zemax, FRED, or equivalent ray-tracing software
• Experience with structural-thermal-optical-performance (STOP) analysis
• Experience with Onshape, Solidworks, or equivalent 3D CAD
• Deep experience and knowledge of free-space optics, fiber optics, lasers, optical metrology/characterization, polarization, and detection
• Experience with high-power lasers and optical design toward high-power systems.
• Creative, critical thinker with ability to strategize and solve complex problems in a dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and commitment to teamwork

• Experience with neutral atom quantum computing
• Industry/Professional experience in commercial product development and deployment to a customer site

At Atom Computing, we build quantum computers using arrays of optically trapped neutral atoms that will empower customers to achieve unprecedented computational breakthroughs. Join a world-class team of scientists, engineers, and business professionals to advance the state-of-the-art in quantum computing.

Atom Computing is seeking a Principal Opto-Mechanical Engineer to help lead the design of opto-mechanical subsystems, while also assisting with fixturing, assembly, alignment, test, and integration.

• Lead cross-functional partnerships with mechanical engineers and physicists to iteratively design optical subsystems in the areas of laser distribution, high numerical aperture microscope imaging, and optical cavities
• Define system architecture and make critical strategic decisions for balancing competing requirements.
• Create novel designs and specifications of optical systems and subsystems from the component level up to the system level
• Evaluate suitability of design solutions by performing detailed tolerance and stray light analysis
• Develop alignment procedures for optical designs
• Lead hands-on assembly and precision alignment of finalized optical designs
• Characterize the performance of optical subsystems
• Capable of lifting and moving objects that weigh up to 25 pounds.

• Bachelor’s degree in Optical Sciences, Optical Engineering or related field. Advanced degree a plus
• 5-8+ years optical design experience
• 4+ years of hands-on optics assembly experience in a laboratory environment

• Experience in the design of high-numerical-aperture imaging systems
• Proficiency with Zemax, FRED, or equivalent ray-tracing software
• Experience with Onshape, Solidworks, or equivalent 3D CAD design software
• Project management skills and the ability to lead technical initiatives independently.
• High attention-to-detail and accuracy
• Creative, critical thinking with ability to strategize and solve problems in a dynamic environment
• Ability to work effectively in an open, collaborative environment
• Excellent communication, listening and people skills

At Atom Computing, we build quantum computers using arrays of optically trapped neutral atoms that will empower customers to achieve unprecedented computational breakthroughs. Join a world-class team of scientists, engineers, and business professionals to advance the state-of-the-art in quantum computing.

Atom Computing is seeking an Optical Engineer to help lead the design of opto-mechanical subsystems and to help build them out and develop fixtures and processes for their precision alignment and assembly. 

At Atom Computing, we build quantum computers using arrays of optically trapped neutral atoms that will empower customers to achieve unprecedented computational breakthroughs. Join a talented team of scientists, engineers, and business professionals to advance the state-of-the-art in quantum computing.

Atom Computing is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build the software platform that orchestrates our quantum computers. In this role, you'll be working on a core area of our stack: the systems that coordinate quantum computing workloads, interface with the hardware control and calibration systems, and manage the experimental data our systems produce, while driving the architecture of our next-generation systems. You'll work alongside a partner team that owns the hardware control and compilation systems, and collaborate closely with a talented, tight-knit team of software and quantum engineers, reporting to the Software Engineering Manager.

This is a primarily backend role with occasional frontend work. Our backend services are written in Python and Rust, and our frontend components are written in TypeScript/React. Many of our services run directly on the quantum computers themselves, in a Linux environment, so you'll be writing software that operates close to the hardware.

This role is based in our Boulder, CO or Austin, TX office.

• Design and construct the scientific hardware and control interfaces (both hardware and software) that are the essential backbone of the quantum computing platform.
• Generate intellectual property related to the design and operation of neutral-atom-based quantum computers.  
• Distill and communicate findings internally, and as appropriate, in external publications and presentations.  
• Capable of lifting and moving objects that weigh up to 25 pounds.

• PhD in Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years work industry experience designing and operating quantum computing hardware, including an explicit technical leadership role. 

• Extensive knowledge of the state-of-the-art techniques used in atomic physics and quantum computing research 
• Deep understanding of the fundamental interactions between light and matter.
• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with a diverse team of experimental physicists, hardware, and software engineers.
• Proven track record of successfully leading high impact technical projects