Jobs at Oxford Ionics

Senior People Operations Partner for the UK hub owning day-to-day HR operations, HRIS data integrity (Dayforce, HiBob), payroll inputs, compliance (UK employment law, GDPR), process design and automation, reporting, and people management. Partner across EMEA/APJ, lead People Ops programmes (onboarding, benefits, leave, policy), manage a People Operations Coordinator, and support HR systems migrations and continuous improvement.

Lead an on-site technical operations team in Daejeon to maintain, scale, and improve IonQ's commercial quantum systems. Oversee incident response, operational processes, hiring, and cross-functional coordination to maximize uptime and system reliability.

Support and maintain classical IT infrastructure for quantum hardware builds and operation: servers, OS provisioning, lab networks, device integration, urgent troubleshooting, and automation/documentation to improve repeatability.

Lead a small Oxford-based Quantum Systems IT team to own classical infrastructure for quantum system builds. Responsibilities include Linux server provisioning, PXE/OS configuration, IPMI/BMC access, lab network design (switches, VLANs, firewalls), integrating bespoke scientific hardware, documenting and automating processes, and coordinating handoffs with DevOps, reliability, physics and corporate IT. Hybrid Oxford role with some travel for system handoffs.

The Photonic Layout Engineer will design and layout photonic integrated circuits for quantum computing, collaborate with scientists and engineers, and produce photonic layout files using Python scripts.

Responsible for designing and developing FPGA features for quantum systems, including logic design, simulation, verification, and firmware testing.

The Senior Electronics Engineer designs, tests, and develops electronics subsystems for quantum computers, focusing on PCB layout, mixed-signal systems, and hardware verification.

The Quantum Systems Scientist ensures continuous operation of quantum systems by diagnosing faults, enhancing reliability, and improving system design and maintenance processes.

As a Senior Physicist in System Operations, you'll manage quantum computing systems, focusing on operation, maintenance, and process improvement, while supporting commercial and development environments.

Design, code, run and analyse experiments to validate and optimise trapped-ion quantum computers. Prototype control and cooling schemes, calibrate and benchmark gates and circuits, validate trap technologies, and document results to improve system performance.