Head of Engineering
Head of Engineering
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26-05-2025
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C12 develops quantum computers to solve highly complex computing tasks currently out of reach of even the most powerful supercomputers. Building a quantum computer still needs innovators ready to tackle exciting challenges. C12s founders are convinced that only a new material for the qubit will bring a technological breakthrough. C12 uniquely uses carbon nanotubes as the fundamental building blocks of its quantum processor. This high-purity material minimises errors radically improves performance and reduces hardware overhead for fault-tolerant computing. Combined with well-established semiconductor techniques carbon nanotubes will help scale quantum computing just as silicon revolutionised classical computing. Our unique & innovative quantum computing technology enables us to address use cases solving intractable problems our industrial customers are facing.
Founded in 2020 C12 is a fast-growing start-up having raised EUR 18 million in 2024 to further its research in its own lab in the heart of Paris (Panthon).
Your role at C12 Quantum Electronics
- As a direct report to the CEO you will play a critical role in building a resilient and scalable engineering organisation. You will leverage our R&D teams as they address the core scientific and technical challenges of developing a utility-scale fault-tolerant quantum computer. You will be responsible for defining and documenting how we conceive design and build our final long-term quantum computer - a large-scale quantum processing unit (QPU) consisting of hundreds of thousands of high-quality highly connected physical qubits and incorporating quantum error correction. In our job description this is referred to as the system. You will introduce tools and practices that foster a high-performance engineering culture and work closely with our multidisciplinary team of engineers and physicists to bridge the gap between system architecture and practical implementation. Additionally you will develop our near-term quantum production line designing and optimising manufacturing process flows to support the production of future QPU products. Our product roadmap is structured around a clear set of engineering requirements for each generation of product. You will also establish advanced measurement and testing facilities essential for hardware validation and long-term reliability. This role will eventually include team management responsibilities. Your responsibilities will include:
- Guiding the system through its entire lifecycle - from initial conceptualisation and design through detailed development and rigorous validation
- Collaborate with product design & R&D teams to define refine and document system requirements that align with technical and business goals
- Maintaining a system-level perspective integrating cross-functional & external inputs and identifying technological barriers to industrialisation
- Acting as a communication hub for technical decision-making and documentation ensuring that the R&D knowledge is captured understood and applied throughout development
- Defining and documenting validation test plans of components/sub-systems/systems to verify that each of them meets its specifications and performance targets
- Collaborating with partnerships and supply teams to support informed make-or-buy decisions
- Designing developing and deploying a new quantum production line optimised for carbon nanotube-based quantum chips building on processes developed by the R&D teams; to establish a stable scalable process that enables high-throughput production.
- Overseeing the conception construction and commissioning of advanced measurement and testing facilities
- Collaborating with research and product teams to translate prototypes into scalable and manufacturable designs
- Implementing best practices in project management design control and quality assurance across all engineering activities
- Communicating engineering plans progress and risks to executive leadership and key stakeholders
- Introducing Design for Manufacturability strategies for new products and drive process standardisation initiatives to facilitate production scale up
Systems engineering:
Manufacturing & advance testing facilities:
Engineering excellence:
About you:
- Masters degree and/or Ph.D. in physics engineering or a related technical field
- 10 years of engineering leadership experience in high-tech industries such as semiconductors advanced instrumentation or quantum technologies
- Proven experience in systems engineering of highly complex large-scale technologies ( computers spacecraft aircraft or multidisciplinary hardware systems)
- Familiarity with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience with an MBSE software platform and knowledge of system modelling simulations and analysis tools
- Knowledge of quantum devices cryogenic systems and RF/microwave systems or precision measurement tools (experience in at least one is required)
- Thorough understanding of semiconductor design integration & process modules including e-beam lithography dry etch wet etch chemical vapour deposition (CVD) sputtering and atomic layer deposition (ALD)
- Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams and integrating mechanical electrical and software systems
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Fluency in English is mandatory fluency in French is preferred
You should join us if...
You want to have a key role in a growing startup with challenges at the frontier of the technology.
You want to contribute to achieving landmark results in quantum computing making a difference in the emerging quantum technologies.
You want to work within a 50-people team with various backgrounds in nanofabrication quantum electronics and carbon nanotube science to create a revolutionary quantum computing processor.
You want to thrive in an exceptional scientific environment with several industrial and academic partners.
You share our values (excellence scientific integrity diversity curiosity and care) and want to help us define our product-focused culture and ambition to accelerate.
C12 Quantum Electronics unique technology
At C12 a qubit the fundamental functional unit of a quantum computer is built from an isotopically ultra-pure 12C nanotube suspended above a silicon chip containing control electrodes and a quantum communication bus. Our spin qubits hold great promise in terms of individual control and manipulation as well as for the circuit architecture. A suspended isotopically-pure 12C nanotube holds great promise in terms of stability as it reduces all sources of decoherence (charge noise nuclear spin noise and phonon relaxation).
C12 encourages all who feel qualified to apply. Recruitment decisions are based solely on qualifications skills knowledge and from women are particularly welcomed.
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