Our Vancouver-based team is bringing next-generation quantum technologies – those based on photonically active silicon spins – to tackle the challenge of building quantum systems practical enough to be deployed.
We’re looking for stellar people with a broad range of skillsets to join our team. If you’re a team player with a growth mindset, excellent communication skills, and experience in one or more of the following areas, we’d like to hear from you.
We are building talent in the following areas:
| Quantum systems and quantum architectures | Cryogenic engineering |
| Quantum fault tolerance | Microwave engineering |
| Quantum middleware developers and users | Mechanical engineering |
| Software developers with quantum exposure | Mixed-signal digital/analog electrical engineering |
| Spin qubits (or ion trap qubits) | ASIC design |
| Quantum optics | FPGAs |
| Silicon integrated photonics design | Systems engineering |
| Cleanroom fabrication and device packaging | Mathematics, ideally with graph theory, linear algebra and/or quantum exposure |
We want explorers and team builders to join our journey in making the silicon tipping point in quantum a reality.
Working at
PHOTONIC Vancouver, British Columbia
- Get in on the ground floor with a quantum startup company set to revolutionize computing
- Work closely with some of the brightest innovators in quantum technologies
- Enjoy a fast-paced and fun environment where you can take risks while learning everyday
- Inclusive, diverse, and open company culture
- Competitive salary, benefits, and potential upside
Even if you don't see an opportunity that looks like an immediate fit, but you've got expertise, we'd love to hear from you. We are always looking for stellar people to join our team. Please send us a cover letter outlining why you'd be a great team member, along with a copy of your resume or CV.
Photonic is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion. Our team is the most valuable asset we have. We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences, knowing that these very differences inspire innovation and build better teams.
Please let us know if you require any accommodations during the recruitment process.
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Check out the Simon Fraser Silicon Quantum Technology opportunities.
Current Opportunities
2 months agoSemiconductor Process Engineer
The Semiconductor Process Engineer is responsible for the development and execution of routines and processes to fabricate Photonic’s next generation of quantum chips. As a team player with an in-depth understanding of semiconductor device fabrication, you will spend a significant portion of your day in a cleanroom environment, as well as collaborating daily with a diverse, multi-disciplinary group of engineers, scientists, and other technical team members.
2 months agoCryogenic Asic Design Engineer
The Cryogenic ASIC Design Engineer will design, develop and build digital, analog and mixed-mode application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for Photonic’s silicon spin qubits. An expert in cryogenic computer hardware design, you will collaborate with a diverse, multi-disciplinary group of engineers, scientists, and other technical team members on our hardware and quantum teams.
2 months agoPhotonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) Design Engineer
The Photonic Integrated Circuit Design Engineer designs and optimizes photonic integrated circuits (PIC’s) and plays a key role in the development of many design flows. You will design first-of-their-kind photonic integrated circuits for implementing truly scalable quantum gate schema. The PIC Design Engineer is an expert in the design and simulation of silicon photonic integrated circuit components and systems. You will be comfortable working in a diverse, multi-disciplinary team of engineers, scientists, and other technical team members on our engineering and quantum teams.
2 months agoLab Technician
The Lab Technician is responsible for the successful daily operation of Photonic’s quantum hardware laboratory. The Lab Technician conducts tests and measurements using opto-electronic and mechanical systems, maintains all lab equipment, implements safety standards, and ensures all other staff are trained in the safe use of equipment.
2 months agoSenior Quantum System Architect
The Senior Quantum System Architect is responsible for building system architecture design for silicon-based quantum computation. The Senior Quantum System Architect is a deeply creative systems engineer with years of experimental quantum technology expertise. While many concepts from classical computer architecture – microarchitecture, instruction set, etc. – will continue to be useful, the many challenges of developing a quantum computing system will inspire new concepts and techniques. As a Senior Quantum System Architect, you will work with teammates with expertise spanning device physics to classical computer architecture and compilers, as well as our silicon qubit processor team. Together, you will develop, prototype, and implement key solutions for our silicon-based quantum computer architecture.
2 months agoQuantum Information Processing Architect
The Quantum Information Processing Architect is responsible for system architecture design of silicon-based quantum computation. The Quantum Information Processing Architect is an expert in measurement-based quantum architectures, cluster states, quantum error detection and correction, and quantum fault-tolerance encodings and strategies. This role will collaborate with a diverse, multi-disciplinary group of engineers, scientists, and other technical team members on our hardware and quantum teams.