Trapped-ion quantum computer builder, chips to control electronics
Oxford Ionics, an IonQ company, builds trapped-ion quantum computers, and its stack spans the full hardware chain: Cadence, Synopsys and SystemVerilog/UVM for chip design, Vivado and VHDL for FPGA control, and ANSYS and COMSOL for physics simulation. Hiring is accelerating and almost entirely senior engineering, with job posts pointing to fleet uptime, hardware reliability and faster QPU tape-outs as active pressures.
Oxford Ionics develops quantum computing systems based on trapped-ion technology and operates as part of IonQ. Founded in 2019, the privately held company is headquartered in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, and employs 51–200 people. Its work covers QPU chip design, FPGA-based control electronics, laser and system telemetry, and the software tooling that runs deployed quantum hardware. The engineering toolset includes Python, Rust, C++, Julia and MATLAB, alongside TypeScript web frameworks such as React, Vue and Svelte for internal interfaces, hosted on AWS.
Oxford Ionics uses Cadence, Synopsys, SystemVerilog, UVM, Vivado, VHDL and Altium Designer for hardware, plus Python, Rust, C++, Julia, TypeScript, React and AWS for software.
Yes. Hiring is accelerating and concentrated in engineering, mostly at senior and staff level, with a smaller manufacturing need.
Oxford Ionics is headquartered in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Founded in 2019, it has 51–200 employees and is an IonQ company.
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