Systems Integration Engineer (Field, Quantum Systems)

Shared Responsibilities

Own the technical work for your track during on-site deployments: define scope, execute experiments or calibrations, validate against specification, and document outcomes.

Debug failures and isolate root causes across hardware, software, and infrastructure; escalate findings and drive resolution cross-functionally.

Act as the primary technical point of contact for customers during on-site engagements; communicate results clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Monitor deployed systems and proactively identify and respond to regressions, drift, or outages.

Train team members and customer-side personnel on procedures, workflows, and best practices relevant to your track.

Contribute to internal tooling, documentation, and automation to improve repeatability and reduce manual effort.

Work with internal R&D teams to drive improvements to device performance at scale.

Be available for international travel up to 10–25% of the time in support of customer deployments.

Systems & Integration Track

Develop detailed experimental plans for each cooldown: define measurement scope, sequence, and success criteria prior to cool-down.

Characterise qubits and readout using internal tooling; validate coherence, line yield, and qubit yield against project requirements.

Debug failures and isolate root causes across hardware, fabrication, and design.

Provide remote support to on-site teams as required between deployments.

Gate Calibration & Deployment Track

Validate single- and two-qubit gate performance against specification using standard benchmarking techniques.

Bring up and fine-tune gate calibrations on production devices; identify and resolve systematic error sources affecting 1Q and 2Q fidelity.

Maintain, monitor, and improve Rigetti's automated recalibration system for cloud-deployed processors.

Own deployment workflows for new gate calibrations: test, validate, stage, and release to production with minimal disruption to uptime.