Skills and interests for this career
Interests:
Law and policyManagementScience
Qualities:
CommunicativeResilientStrategic
Chosen career:
Policy
Description
Work in or with government to ensure that policy supports the growth of the quantum industry. This includes ensuring sufficient budget is allocated to research and development in quantum, while also making important decisions about key technologies and applications to focus on.
Routes
A typical pathway would be a politics or STEM degree alongside experience working in policy, though it is also common for senior academics to take a side-role or secondment in policy alongside their research.
Example UK Employers
DSIT