Detection Engineering Lead, PsiQuantum
$190-230k
+ Equity
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
Quantum computer builder
Open for applications
Quantum computer builder
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$190-230k
+ Equity
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create the world’s first useful fault tolerant, error corrected quantum computer that will solve otherwise impossible problems.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years in Information Security or an adjacent field
- Demonstrated experience building and growing a detection engineering function
- Familiarity with current state of the art in threat management for cloud and on-prem deployments
- The ability to communicate clearly and effectively with people at all levels of an organization from individual contributor to senior leadership
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
What the job involves
- The Detection Engineering Lead designs and implements technology and services to detect and address cybersecurity threats against PsiQuantum
- Reporting to the Chief Information and Security Officer (CISO), this person develops and implements processes, standards, and technology to ensure PsiQuantum’s data and systems are resilient against compromise
- Lead the Detection Engineering function, which includes threat detection, incident response, forensics, and any tooling to support these capabilities
- Develop and implement technology to detect and contain threats in PsiQuantum’s internal and cloud environments
- Work cross-functionally to develop processes and procedures for managing security incidents
- Ensure detection and response capabilities are tested on an ongoing basis
- Implement a Security Operations Center (SOC) to monitor security events on a 24x7 basis
- Participate in on-call duties
- Mentor others in the security team
- Provide senior management with regular insights into current threats impacting PsiQuantum
Our take
Quantum computing will change the world more than any other imminent technological development, and PsiQuantum sits at the forefront of the charge to build the first quantum computer that will actually work.
The company is unique for the scale of their ambitions. Rather than focusing on what they term “intermediate milestones” like building smaller proof of concept systems, PsiQuantum builds the first large-scale, error-corrected computer, using photonics to deliver over 1,000,000 qubits (current quantum machines have yet to cross the 1,000 qubit mark).
There are plenty of companies building quantum computers, including the likes of IBM, Google and Honeywell, but these prototypical machines lack the size to correct errors, making them exponentially less useful than what PsiQuantum aims for. While other companies operate in the same sphere, PsiQuantum is unequivocally a leader in its field, founded by world-class academics and raising hundreds of millions in funding to reach unicorn status.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jun 2024
$125m
CONVERTIBLE
Apr 2024
$584.3m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $1.6bn
Company HQ
Palo Alto, CA
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Leadership
Jeremy O'Brien
(CEO)Prior to founding PsiQuantum, researched and taught at universities across the world, including Bristol, Stanford, Osaka, Sydney and Queensland.
Mark Thompson
(Chief Technologist)Previously worked as an R&D Engineer at Toshiba and was a research fellow at the University of Cambridge. Is currently a Professor of Quantum Photonics at Bristol University as well as Chief Technologist at PsiQuantum.
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