Skills and interests for this career
Interests:
ScienceTechnology and engineering
Qualities:
MeticulousPatientResilient
Chosen career:
Hardware engineer
Description
Hardware engineers design, build, and test the physical components of quantum devices. This requires working with cutting-edge qubit technologies, cryogenics, and nanofabrication techniques. They work mostly in industrial labs, fabrication facilities or universities.
Routes
A degree in engineering, physics or materials science, often followed by a master’s or PhD degree.
Example UK Employers
Oxford Instruments, Quantum Motion, NKT Photonics, BT