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Day-to-day responsibilities range from project management, infrastructure development, budgeting decisions as well as technical mentoring and individual contributions.\n\nResponsibilities\nHire, develop, and manage a team of high-performing quantum engineers\nContribute 30-50% of your time on hands-on Quantum Engineering projects\nMaintain ongoing communication with technical managers, project leaders, and peers to ensure work is allocated effectively and efficiently\nHelp to provide logistical support to create the infrastructure for the team to accomplish their goals. eg. lab buildout & maintenance, HVAC, power infrastructure, components, supplies, etc.\nExperience & Education\nPhD in Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, or a related field.\n2 years industry experience\nQualifications\nTemperamentally suited to work at a fast-growing startup: self-motivated, humble, driven, collaborative, and has a high tolerance for ambiguity.\nAbility to effectively communicate and collaborate with a diverse team of experimental physicists, hardware, and software engineers.\nAbility to prioritize and manage multiple projects in a changing work environment\nAbility and passion for hiring the best Quantum Engineers from academia and industry\nFamiliarity with Python and Git software version control\n\nAtom Computing provides a wide variety of perks and benefits, including fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for our employees and their dependents. Additionally, unlimited paid time off, 401K company matching, short- and long-term disability, FSA, dependent care benefits, and life insurance. We also offer drinks, snacks, and catered team lunches in our offices, every day!\n\nThe base salary range for this position is between $200,000 - $250,000, commensurate with experience. In addition, we offer a 25% annual bonus, sign-on bonus, additional bonus potential and incentive stock options for equity in the company.\n\nWe may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. 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