PsiQuantum
Senior Director, Federal Scientific Partnerships
Arlington, Virginia; Remote · Director · Contract
No sponsorship$235k-$260kDetected 63 days ago
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About the role
- You will identify, shape, and execute high-value scientific collaborations and funding opportunities that advance PsiQuantum's technical roadmap, scientific credibility, and long-term growth objectives.
Responsibilities
- Develop and lead PsiQuantum's scientific and technical partnership strategy for the federal civilian R&D ecosystem, including DOE, NSF, NASA, NIST, national laboratories, and research universities.
- Identify, shape, and support responses to strategic R&D funding opportunities, including award contracts and other collaborative vehicles aligned with PsiQuantum's roadmap and business.
- Develop and maintain strategic relationships with federal civilian R&D program leaders and offices.
- Build and execute partnership strategies with the national laboratories and research universities that strengthen PsiQuantum's scientific leadership, position the company for increased impact with R&D funding agencies, and increase adoption of PsiQuantum's fault-tolerant quantum applications software tools.
- Collaborate with government program management team for smooth handoff of contracted awards and partnerships for execution, and proactively communicate and resolve program issues.
- Maintain disciplined pipeline forecasting, opportunity and partnership prioritization, and internal reporting.
- Since our founding in 2016, our singular focus has been to build and deploy million-qubit, fault-tolerant quantum systems.
- By leveraging the advanced semiconductor manufacturing industry-including partners like GlobalFoundries-we use the same high-volume processes that already produce billions of chips for telecom and consumer electronics.
- In 2024, PsiQuantum announced government-funded projects to support the build-out of our first utility-scale quantum computers in Brisbane, Australia, and Chicago, Illinois.
- PsiQuantum also develops the algorithms and software needed to make these systems commercially valuable.
Requirements
- An advanced degree in a STEM field (or comparable technical depth in a relevant field), strong technical fluency, and the ability to engage credibly with research scientists, engineers, and federal program staff.
- Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience in the federal civilian R&D ecosystem, which may include federal agencies (particularly DOE), national laboratories, or other relevant institutions.
- Experience with partnership development, R&D funding capture, federal acquisition and contracting, and business development in emerging technologies.
- Ability to identify, establish, and leverage key relationships with senior level officials and program stakeholders within the federal government and the federal civilian R&D ecosystem.
- ability to translate complex topics, convince, and inspire through the written and spoken word.
- Ability to travel required.
- 10+ years as a government employee or federal contractor, preferably in DoE.
- Required -
- Experience in the technical, programmatic, and operational challenges of developing, deploying, and sustaining complex technologies, hardware and software.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience presenting to senior executives and customers
- Capable of succeeding in a fast-paced, ambiguous, dynamic, and creative environment.
- Preferred -
- 10+ years as a government employee or federal contractor, preferably in DoE. Demonstrated experience supporting or winning competitive R&D awards from DOE, NSF, NIST, NASA, and involving national laboratories or universities.
Nice to have
- Preferred TS/SCI Clearance.
- Advanced degrees in STEM a plus.
- Prior employment in a federal science agency is a plus.
Compensation
- $235,000 - $260,000 USD
- Bay Area Pay Range
- $270,000 - $300,000 USD
- The range below reflect the target range for a new hire base salary.
- Actual compensation may vary outside of these ranges and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to a candidate's qualifications including relevant education and training, competencies, experience, geographic location, and business needs.
- Base pay is only one part of the total compensation package.
- The ranges below reflect the target ranges for a new hire base salary.
- U.S. Base Pay Range
Benefits
- Full time roles are eligible for equity and benefits.
Company info
- PsiQuantum's mission is to build the first useful quantum computers-machines capable of delivering the breakthroughs the field has long promised.
- Our application, software, and industry teams work directly with leading Fortune 500 companies-including Lockheed Martin, Mercedes-Benz, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Mitsubishi Chemical-to prepare quantum solutions for real-world impact.
- We are not accepting unsolicited resumes from employment agencies.
- Base pay is only one part of the total compensation package.
- PsiQuantum will only reach out to you using an official PsiQuantum email address and will never ask you for bank account information as part of the interview process.
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