Sr Technical Product Manager - QPU Platform

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QuEra Computing Senior Technical Product Manager for QuEra’s Quantum Control Platform, translating quantum physics research into executable engineering requirements. Responsible for requirements traceability, documentation governance, and agile delivery partnership.

Responsibilities

Build full traceable requirement hierarchies from top-level physics goals down to subsystem specifications
Cover domains including control electronics, embedded systems, optics, calibration workflows, and automation
Define clear acceptance criteria and validation plans at every level
Ensure no critical requirement lives informally in someone’s head
Your work will create clarity where complexity currently dominates.
Documentation Discipline & Governance
Defining standardized requirement templates
Establishing definition-of-ready and definition-of-done criteria
Implementing milestone readiness frameworks
Institutionalizing documentation governance within Jira and Confluence
Ensuring proper decomposition, traceability, ownership, and auditability
Agile Delivery Partnership

Qualification

Photonics and optical systems (eLidar and sensing (eScientific instrumentation (eSemiconductor capital equipment (eFusion energyDeep fluency in Jira and ConfluenceFamiliarity with neutral atom systemsFamiliarity with calibration workflowsWhat Success Looks Like in Year One

Required

8–15+ years of experience in technical product management within deep-tech, hardware-centric, multi-disciplinary environments
Background in industries where precision and traceability are non-negotiable, such as:
Photonics and optical systems (e.g., Coherent, Lumentum, II-VI)
Lidar and sensing (e.g., Luminar, Ouster)
Defense and aerospace with photonics or directed energy programs
Scientific instrumentation (e.g., Thorlabs, Newport)
Semiconductor capital equipment (e.g., ASML, Applied Materials)
Fusion energy, advanced aerospace, or modern defense companies (e.g., SpaceX, Anduril, Joby)
Personally built requirements governance frameworks, not just operated within them
Demonstrated end-to-end requirement traceability from high-level goals to subsystem specifications
Defined acceptance criteria and validation plans across complex systems
Deep fluency in Jira and Confluence

Preferred

Direct experience with quantum computing hardware or quantum software stacks
Familiarity with neutral atom systems
Experience with optical system integration, laser control, or free-space beam control
Familiarity with calibration workflows, qubit characterization, or QPU benchmarking
Experience building or scaling a technical product management function
What Success Looks Like in Year One
A fully traceable requirement hierarchy from physics goals to subsystem specifications
Engineering teams executing against documented requirements with clear acceptance criteria

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QuEra Computing

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