Project Manager R&D

Permanent employee, Full-time · Delft

Your mission

Qblox is seeking a driven Project Manager to join us in our mission to accelerate our customers in the worldwide race towards building scalable quantum computers by providing them with the world's best quantum control stacks.

Project Managers are responsible for the successful execution of hardware, firmware, and software development projects. Operating as part of a larger Solutions Program, the candidate will work with a team of R&D domain experts to establish and manage deadlines, define attackable units of work, and ensure cross-domain communications. To be effective in this position candidates must possess strong interpersonal skills, an engineering mindset, with the organizational skills to enable planning, executing, and accounting for project work. The Project Manager role reports to a Program Manager.

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Proactively work with project team members to plan, estimate, and sequence logical units of work inside of the Qblox Product Lifecycle Management system. Finding logical divisions of work inside domain functions.
Manage the project team resources assigned to the project to deliver success on time and on budget.
Work with the Program Manager and other project team members to identify relevant project deliverables, adding or removing as is necessary for project success.
Help identify risks, known unknowns, and develop risk mitigation strategies during the project cycle.
Ensure that product and technical requirements are maintained as the “truths” of the project.
Manage Jira boards, Confluence spaces, Slack channels and other communication and documentation tools as related to the project.
Communicate openly and often, do not be afraid to ask questions, do not be afraid to convey bad (or good) news.
Accurately report on the status of the project, resource effectiveness, resources utilization, to the program and executive levels.
You are a self-starter and active contributor to moving the project forward, find the gaps and fill the gaps to allow work to proceed.

Your profile

Skills and competencies

Ability to work across technical and functional boundaries, influence, and inspire team members to succeed.
Critical thinking and problem-solving skills, pursuing positive ideas and questioning assumptions.
Excellent time management skills.
Ability to establish expectations and hold team members accountable for those expectations in a professional manner.
Effective written and verbal communications.
Know when to maintain decision making authority and when to escalate problems.
Ability to take criticism and ownership of failure, while praising others for success.
Technical skills and familiarity with engineering concepts.

Education and experience

Bachelor’s degree, preferably in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or business.
Minimum 4 years of project management experience, additional consideration given to hardware development experience.
In-depth knowledge of project and reporting related tools, Jira, Confluence, Excel, etc.
Proven track record of success in delivering complicated projects.
Project management qualifications preferred.
Technical background in digital design, RF, embedded engineering is a plus.

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About us

At Qblox, we operate at the frontier of the quantum revolution delivering advanced technologies needed to build Quantum Computers. This field is rapidly growing and will impact society on a global level. With a dedicated team of scientists, engineers and developers we are pushing quantum technology to support experimentalists worldwide with our scalable qubit control and readout equipment. Since 2019, Qblox has grown into a dynamic company employing 100+ innovative, international minds, all dedicated to the company’s mission. Next to our Headquarters in Delft, we are about to open our second office in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
We celebrate equality and diversity. We are growing exponentially and welcome talented individuals who share our enthusiasm to make a difference. Our Diversity and Inclusion Committee and Culture Committee work to enrich our company culture by promoting equality and celebrating diversity within our team. We’re striving to build a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, cultures, perspectives, experiences, and skills. If you are to join us at our headquarters in Delft, you can expect:

An international, interdisciplinary team of highly-skilled physicists, engineers, designers and scientists with an open working culture
A high-curiosity, high-performance and invigorating team dynamic
Flexible working hours: hybrid working options and travel allowance for commuting to the office
30 days annual leave and holiday allowance
Company-sponsored retreats and Friday lunches
A modern, open office
Competitive compensation and participation plan
Opportunities for international travel for conferences, partnerships and customer visits

As Qblox, we value diversity and welcome everyone from different backgrounds. We are dedicated to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone is encouraged to be themselves.

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