Senior Product Manager, PASQAL
Quantum Hardware
Office located in Massy, France or Palaiseau, France
Programmable quantum simulators
Open for applications
Programmable quantum simulators
101-200 employees
Open for applications
Office located in Massy, France or Palaiseau, France
101-200 employees
Company mission
To shape the technological landscape of the 21st century.
Role
Who you are
- MSc in Physics, Engineering or related field
- 5+ years of experience in complex hardware product development
- 3+ years of experience as hardware product manager
- Experience with complex hardware systems combining advanced technologies like optics, electronics, mechanics and/or UHV
- Experience in quantum computing is a big plus
- Experience with PLM/PDM tools would be really appreciated
- Excellent communication skills
- Professional proficiency in English (Proficiency in French is a bonus)
- Team player, versatile, organized, pro-active, autonomous and creative
- Capacity to achieve goals through influence rather than power
- Experience in change management
What the job involves
- As senior product manager hardware you'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of our quantum computing hardware
- In close collaboration with the architecture team, who is responsible for the technical roadmap, which defines, among others, the technical initiatives implementing the functional features from the product roadmap:
- You will be responsible for coordinating the definition of our hardware product roadmap
- You will use your excellent communication skills to reach alignment on the product roadmap with stakeholders from the hardware, software, marketing and sales departments
- Based on market and competitor analyses provided by the marketing team and your own user research, you will represent the voice of customers
- You will oversee the entire product life cycle from design and development to production, delivery and support
- As Pasqal is shifting from a purely research-driven organization towards a product-centric way of working, a significant part of the role will consist of implementing product management processes, educating people about product management and nurturing a product mindset
- You will be part of a dynamic team of product managers led by the VP product, who reports directly to the co-CEO of the company
- The hardware product roadmap and technical roadmap give direction to the hardware development and production teams composed of around 70 people, organized in a matrix organization
- Individual feature development projects are led by project managers
- Creation of hardware product vision and roadmap in coordination with stakeholders from sales, marketing, software, production, commissioning, support and C-suite
- Performing user research and representing the user perspective within the hardware team
- Define hardware product versions and features
- Oversee the entire product life cycle
- Ensure prioritization of feature development projects
- Evangelizing a product mindset throughout the hardware department
- Ensure proper product and user documentation
- Aligning hardware roadmap with software and commercial roadmaps
Application process
- Recruiter screen 30’
- Hiring manager screen 50’
- Skills assessment (with preparatory work) 50’
- Hardware Manager screen 50’
- Lab visit and team fit hardware team in Massy
- Offer !
Our take
Classical computing, using bits made up of ones and zeros, have almost reached the physical limits of its capabilities, with engineers running out of ways to fit more transistors onto a computer chip. Meanwhile the processing demands on computing hardware only increase. Quantum computers have long been posited as a solution to this issue, with processors able to exploit quantum mechanics to perform calculations exponentially faster than any classical computer. Founded by a Nobel Prize for Physics recipient, Pasqal exists to bring quantum computing out of the realm of scientific research (and science fiction) and into the business world for the first time.
Pasqal is not alone in the race to produce quantum computers and it faces competition from well-funded rivals such as IonQ and IBM. However, it is pursuing a different technological line - neural atom computing, the ability to manipulate individual atoms with laser tweezers - which has the advantage of being more scalable and energy efficient, being able to run at room temperature rather than requiring supercooling.
In 2023, Pasqal closed a Series B funding round which will be used to develop its first quantum systems for use in business. Having successfully built proof of concept models and overcome the technical challenges of manipulating a few and then hundreds of atoms, Pasqal is building a bespoke control system and begin implementing quantum algorithms. Pasqal was also awarded one of five grants from the French Ministry of Defence in 2024, as part of a government plan to create 2 universal quantum computer systems for defence purposes by 2032. This new development indicates Pasqal's expansion from solely business purposes into new sectors where its technology can be impactful.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jan 2023
$105.2m
SERIES B
Jun 2021
$26.3m
SERIES A
Total funding: $134.2m
Company benefits
- Flexible schedules to support work/life balance
- A dynamic, close-knit international team of co-workers
- An impactful role in a growing scale-up that is leading in the Neutral Atom Quantum Computing space
- An inclusive, supportive work environment that encourages career growth
- Competitive benefit packages
- Regular outings to support team work
- Lots of time off to enjoy the things you love outside of work
- Free time to learn and attend conferences/meetups
- Publishing and research encouraged with bonuses for new patents rewarded
- Employment Terms : Full time, Direct hire, Hybrid
Company HQ
Quartier Atlantis, Massy, France
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Leadership
Georges-Olivier Reymond
(Co-founder & CEO)Was previously R&D Manager at UnitySC and Project Manager with Safran.
Thierry Lahaye
(Co-founder & Scientific Advisor)Before co-foudning PASQAL was a Researcher at CNRS (the French National Centre for Scientific Research)
Alain Aspect
(Co-founder)French physicist who was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize for Physics for experiments with quantum entanglement.
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