Senior Scientist – Quantum Sensing

We are seeking a Senior Scientist to serve as the primary technical authority for Bandelier's Quantum Sensing platform. This is a hands-on experimental leadership role responsible for driving the sensors from its current TRL to a ruggedized, field-deployable system. You will work directly with LANL principal investigators, the executive team, and government program offices to advance the sensor hardware, sensor fusion architecture, and system integration.As the company grows, the Senior Scientist will help build and mentor a small technical team while remaining directly involved in experimental strategy and technical decision-making.Key Responsibilities•Serve as the senior technical authority for sensor design, characterization, and performance optimization•Lead hands-on experimental work: low-noise magnetic field measurement, sensor calibration, signal chain optimization, and platform magnetic interference compensation•Drive the physics-informed ML model for geomagnetic map-matching — including SE(3)-invariant architecture development, training, and edge deployment on platforms such as NVIDIA Orin•Translate laboratory magnetometer performance into system-level navigation architectures, SWaP-C trade studies, and integration requirements for Group 2–4 UAV and undersea platforms•Collaborate with LANL researchers and principal investigators on sensor physics, magnetic anomaly mapping, and quantum sensing advances•Act as the primary technical interface with government program offices including SOCOM, AFRL, DARPA, and DIU•Lead technical proposals, white papers, and program reviews as principal investigator or technical lead