Project Manager, Infleqtion
Illinois Quantum Computing Systems
$90-115k
+ Equity Package
More information about location
Quantum technology for commercial products
Be an early applicant
Quantum technology for commercial products
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$90-115k
+ Equity Package
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
Infleqtion's mission is to make quantum work for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in physics, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- Typically 4+ years managing technical, engineering, hardware, infrastructure, or complex R&D projects
- Experience owning schedules, budgets, risks, and stakeholder communications
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams
- Ability to understand complex technical work well enough to identify dependencies, ask effective questions, and communicate project impacts
- Strong written, verbal, organizational, and facilitation skills
- Experience with project-management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, or similar systems
Desirable
- Experience delivering or commissioning complex scientific or industrial equipment
- Experience in quantum technology, scientific instrumentation, aerospace, semiconductor equipment, or another complex hardware environment
- Experience working with universities, government organizations, research institutions, or public-sector customers
- Familiarity with facility readiness, equipment transport and delivery, IT infrastructure, procurement, and supplier management
- Experience with contractual deliverables, acceptance criteria, change control, and customer reporting
- Experience with inventory management
- PMP certification or comparable project-management training
What the job involves
- Help Infleqtion build the future of quantum in Illinois
- Infleqtion is seeking a self-motivated, energetic Project Manager to help deliver an advanced quantum computing platform and coordinate our work across the Illinois quantum ecosystem
- In this role, you will help connect technical plans, customer commitments, vendor activity, site readiness, and business priorities into one coordinated execution plan
- You will contribute directly to Infleqtion’s private-public partnership with the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) and the National Quantum Algorithms Center (NQAC)
- This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of advanced technology, infrastructure, research, and customer delivery while helping a multidisciplinary team turn ambitious quantum programs into real operational progress
- You do not need detailed knowledge of quantum computing to succeed in this role
- You do need enough technical fluency to understand system-level dependencies, ask good questions, identify risks early, and communicate clearly with scientific, engineering, operations, vendor, and customer stakeholders
- You will work closely with technical leads, operations teams, vendors, facilities personnel, and customer stakeholders to translate technical plans and contractual commitments into coordinated execution that meets customer and business needs
- This role is a strong fit for a project leader who enjoys bringing structure to complex technical work, creating clarity across teams, and helping scientific and engineering programs move from planning through delivery, installation, commissioning, acceptance, and documentation
- Own and maintain the integrated project plan, including milestones, schedules, dependencies, risks, actions, budgets, and deliverables
- Partner with technical leads to align engineering plans with contractual and business requirements, translating them into clear actions, owners, deadlines, and completion criteria
- Work with the technical team to identify critical paths and help deliver on time and on budget
- Coordinate execution across technical, operations, supply chain, IT, facilities, finance, legal, commercial, vendor, and customer teams
- Lead project communications and meetings, provide clear status reporting, follow up on commitments, and escalate issues as needed
- Coordinate site readiness, procurement, equipment delivery, installation, commissioning, acceptance, and supporting documentation
- Maintain traceability between requirements, project work, and evidence of completion
- Identify process gaps and help drive practical improvements through resolution
Our take
Quantum physics is a rapidly developing scientific field that promises great innovations within computing, with some working quantum computers already existing. However, such computers are extraordinarily expensive and complex to operate, making it difficult for startups to leverage the technology and apply it to commercial products.
Infleqtion, previously known as ColdQuanta, develops quantum computers, sensors, and networks, integrating them to form an ecosystem of cloud-hosted quantum infrastructure readied for commercialisation. This empowers businesses to leverage quantum computing without needing their own quantum computer, accelerating adoption of the tech.
While quantum computing has rapidly developed from proof-of-concept to practical applications in the last decade, it has yet to break into common use. By increasing accessibility to the current state of practical quantum technology, Infleqtion should be able to help disrupt industries across the board. Its research arm, which has retained the "ColdQuanta" identity, remains primed to bring new advances to the space, which will, in turn, be more quickly commercialised. Substantial funding raised through its IPO and SPAC merger with Churchill Capital X in 2026 means that Infleqtion is the first neutral atom quantum company to be publicly listed.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 13 rounds)
Jun 2025
$100m
SERIES C
Mar 2025
$6.2m
GRANT
Total funding: $409.5m
Company benefits
- Unlimited Time Off - We encourage employees to take time away from work to promote balance in their lives
- Paid Parental Leave - Eligible employees will receive 12 weeks of Parental Leave paid at 100% of the employee’s regular wages
- 100% Paid Insurance Premium - Infleqtion pays for 100% of the employee premiums costs for Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance & pays 90% for dependents
- Additional Paid Time Off - 11 paid holidays per year, plus bereavement leave, paid jury duty, paid time off to vote, and more!
- Stock Options
- Retirement - 401(k) contributions with a 3% employer match
- Student Loan Repayment - $100 per month match in student loan repayment
- Employee Assistance Program to all team members
- Relocation Assistance
Company HQ
Financial District, Austin, TX
Leadership
Matthew Kinsella
(CEO)Also the Investor & Board Director at Aptible, BioCatch, Conveyor and Cylera.
Dana Anderson
(Founder & CSO)Also a Professor of Physics at University of Colorado Boulder, where he was previously a Director of Optical Science and Engineering. Was a Fellow at Caltech.
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