Senior Director, U.S. Government Quantum Hardware Strategy

• Senior Director, U.S. Government Quantum Hardware Strategy - 1060

Senior Director, U.S. Government Quantum Hardware Strategy - 1060

We are seeking a Senior Director, U.S. Government Quantum Hardware Strategy in our Broomfield, CO Location.

The Senior Director will lead U.S. government strategy for quantum computing hardware within the Compute Products business. This hands-on role will translate product and technology priorities into a focused portfolio of hardware development, integration, validation, benchmarking, and deployment initiatives across DOE, NIST, DoD, the national laboratories, defense laboratories, federally funded research and development centers, and other U.S. government organizations.

The role will align internal hardware engineering, systems architecture, product, manufacturing, supply-chain, business development, government affairs, legal, intellectual property, contracts, security, and program-management teams. Success requires deep understanding of quantum computing hardware, federal research and acquisition ecosystems, and the ability to shape technical requirements and move programs from concept through prototype, test, demonstration, and adoption.

• Develop and execute a U.S. government quantum hardware strategy aligned with Compute Products technology, product, and business priorities.
• Build a multi-year hardware roadmap spanning quantum processors, control electronics, cryogenic systems, interconnects, packaging, test infrastructure, and integration with classical computing.
• Expand the government portfolio across DOE, NIST, DoD, national laboratories, service laboratories, and other federal research and mission organizations.
• Lead a focused portfolio of hardware development, validation, benchmarking, demonstration, and deployment initiatives.

• Develop and maintain a U.S.
  
  -focused quantum hardware strategy informed by federal mission priorities, product plans, hardware roadmaps, agency research agendas, laboratory capabilities, acquisition pathways, and competitive dynamics.
• Translate enterprise and Compute Products priorities into a portfolio of hardware engagements with clear technical hypotheses, architecture targets, milestones, decision gates, resource needs, and expected business impact.
• Prioritize opportunities across DOE, NIST, DoD, the military services, national and defense laboratories, and other federal organizations to diversify the portfolio beyond a single-agency focus.
• Establish portfolio KPIs covering hardware performance, reliability, manufacturability, integration readiness, benchmark adoption, external funding leverage, demonstration progress, and pathways to procurement or deployment.
• Coordinate with product and technical leaders to align federal requirements, hardware roadmaps, capital investments, and partnership priorities.
• Provide regular portfolio recommendations to senior leadership, including decisions to advance, reshape, pause, or exit initiatives.

• Map priority quantum hardware gaps to differentiated capabilities across DOE and DoD laboratories, NIST, federally funded research centers, university partners, user facilities, and specialized test and fabrication infrastructure.
• Lead engagements with government technical leaders, program offices, research laboratories, test organizations, acquisition stakeholders, standards bodies, and mission owners.
• Shape joint hardware programs covering processor architecture, qubit modalities, control systems, cryogenics, packaging, interconnects, calibration, error characterization, modularity, scalability, reliability, and hybrid quantum-classical integration.
• Develop joint technical scopes, hardware requirements, interface definitions, test plans, milestone structures, intellectual-property positions, and transition pathways.
• Structure collaborations through appropriate federal research, technology-transfer, contracting, and acquisition mechanisms in coordination with Legal, Contracts, Finance, Security, Export Control, and Intellectual Property teams.
• Identify and pursue federal funding, test access, facilities, technical expertise, and co-development opportunities that accelerate hardware maturation from prototype through mission-relevant demonstration.
• Maintain a qualified pipeline of government quantum hardware initiatives and concentrate resources on opportunities with the…