Senior Technical Product Manager - Quantum Control Platform Location: Boston, MA (On-site) The Role Requirements Translation & Traceability You will work directly with quantum physicists to extract scientific intent - goals such as enabling a logical non-Clifford gate, achieving specific QPU-level performance milestones, or meeting target fidelity thresholds - and translate them into structured, executable engineering requirements. You will: • Build full traceable requirement hierarchies from top-level physics goals down to subsystem specifications • Cover domains including control electronics, embedded systems, optics, calibration workflows, and automation • Define clear acceptance criteria and validation plans at every level • Ensure no critical requirement lives informally in someone's head Your work will create clarity where complexity currently dominates. Documentation Discipline & Governance You will own and elevate the requirements process, not just participate in it. This includes: • Defining standardized requirement templates • Establishing definition-of-ready and definition-of-done criteria • Implementing milestone readiness frameworks • Institutionalizing documentation governance within Jira and Confluence • Ensuring proper decomposition, traceability, ownership, and auditability You will introduce structure without bureaucracy - building systems that accelerate execution rather than slow it down. Agile Delivery Partnership Engineering owns delivery. You will be their strongest product partner. You will: • Structure requirements so they are consumable by agile hardware and software teams • Decompose physics goals into Jira epics and stories while preserving validation rigor • Participate fluently in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives • Operate effectively in hybrid delivery environments where hardware constraints meet agile cadence You understand where agile breaks in hardware environments - and how to adapt it without becoming dogmatic or reverting to rigid sequential processes. Stakeholder Alignment & Process Maturity You will align scientists, hardware engineers, and software engineers around shared execution frameworks. This role requires: • Translating between research language and engineering execution models in real time • Surfacing unstated assumptions in scientific requirements • Challenging habits constructively • Raising the overall maturity of technical product management across the organization You lead through credibility and demonstrated value - not mandate. What We're Looking For • 8-15+ years of experience in technical product management within deep-tech, hardware-centric, multi-disciplinary environments • Background in industries where precision and traceability are non-negotiable, such as: o Photonics and optical systems (e.g., Coherent, Lumentum, II-VI) o Lidar and sensing (e.g., Luminar, Ouster) o Defense and aerospace with photonics or directed energy programs o Scientific instrumentation (e.g., Thorlabs, Newport) o Semiconductor capital equipment (e.g., ASML, Applied Materials) o Fusion energy, advanced aerospace, or modern defense companies (e.g., SpaceX, Anduril, Joby) You have: • Personally built requirements governance frameworks, not just operated within them • Demonstrated end-to-end requirement traceability from high-level goals to subsystem specifications • Defined acceptance criteria and validation plans across complex systems • Deep fluency in Jira and Confluence • Experience with dedicated requirements management tools such as Jama or Aha • Strong technical grounding in physics, electrical engineering, optics, or related fields • The ability to engage meaningfully with PhD-level scientists and systems engineers You are: • A mature, credible operator who earns trust quickly • Comfortable introducing process discipline in high-intellect environments • Comfortable working in ambiguity while building structure • On-site in Boston and thrive in fast, whiteboard-heavy collaboration Nice to Have • Direct experience with quantum computing hardware or quantum software stacks • Familiarity with neutral atom systems • Experience with optical system integration, laser control, or free-space beam control • Familiarity with calibration workflows, qubit characterization, or QPU benchmarking • Experience building or scaling a technical product management function What Success Looks Like in Year One • A fully traceable requirement hierarchy from physics goals to subsystem specifications • Engineering teams executing against documented requirements with clear acceptance criteria • Governance frameworks embedded in Jira and Confluence and operating sustainably • Measurable improvement in organizational requirements maturity • Scientists and engineers describing the requirements process as a source of clarity, not overhead If you thrive at the intersection of frontier science and disciplined engineering execution - and want to help build quantum systems that redefine what computation can do - we would love to talk. We consistently monitor external market data and update base salary ranges accordingly. We determine base compensation decisions on several factors, including as geographic placement, role-specific knowledge, skills, and/or experience. In addition to our base salary offerings, we also provide equity grants for all new hires. $150,000 to $190,000