The Product Designer at Q-CTRL will create intuitive user experiences across their product ecosystem while collaborating with engineering and research teams. Responsibilities include conducting user research, refining design systems, and delivering high-quality design solutions.
About the team
At Q-CTRL, Design works across brand, product, and industrial design to shape how quantum technology is experienced.. We’re systems thinkers, storytellers, user researchers, and creatives who connect mission, product, and customer. By collaborating closely with engineering, research, product, and marketing, we translate complexity into clarity and build intuitive products our customers love. We value simplicity, usefulness, and cohesion in everything we create, and we view every interaction as a chance to deliver impact through purposeful, intentional design.
About the role
At Q-CTRL, design shapes how people experience quantum technology. We’re looking for a Product Designer to help us redefine how researchers, engineers, and developers interact with one of the most impactful technologies of our time.
You’ll join a collaborative and diverse design team, reporting to the Head of Design. In this role, you’ll shape experiences across our product ecosystem, from foundational design systems to complex user interfaces. We’re looking for a designer with strong craft, curiosity, and a desire to grow by exploring a wide range of design challenges.
What you'll be doing:
- Design and deliver high-quality experiences, from early concepts to polished solutions
- Partner with engineering, product, and research to define problems, explore solutions, and deliver impact
- Conduct user research and testing to better understand our users and refine our products
- Refine our design system to drive consistency and scalability
- Contribute to a positive, collaborative design culture by sharing feedback and learning with peers
- Other duties within the Employee's skills and experience, or with reasonable training.
Ideally you'll have:
- 4+ years of product design experience
- A portfolio that shows strong UX, UI, and interaction design skills with a focus on quality and craft
- Proven ability to deliver end-to-end, from early discovery and wireframes to high-fidelity execution
- Demonstrated experience working with and contributing to a design system
- The ability to bring clarity to ambiguous problems and turn them into actionable design direction
- Strong communication and storytelling skills to present your work and align stakeholders
- Curiosity and a growth mindset, eager to learn new tools, technologies, and ways of working
- A strong sense of ownership, accountability, and attention to detail
About Q-CTRL
Q-CTRL is the global leader in AI-powered quantum control infrastructure software. We build the tools that make quantum technology useful, solving the hardest challenges in quantum computing and quantum sensing to deliver real-world impact.
Founded in 2017, we operate globally with offices in Sydney, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berlin, and Oxford. Our teams bring together technical and multi-disciplinary expertise across the product lifecycle, and we’re hiring talent to help scale every part of the business. We work quickly to turn cutting-edge science into deployable technology.
In 2024 we raised US$113 million in Series B funding, the largest aggregate investment for a quantum software company. Six months later we delivered the first commercial quantum advantage with Ironstone Opal, our field-validated quantum navigation solution for defense and industry.
At Q-CTRL, we prioritize outcomes over hours. We offer flexibility, equity potential, and competitive benefits that reflect our high-performance culture. If you’re ready to help shape the future of quantum, we’d love to hear from you!
Please be advised that our communications will only come from the @q-ctrl.com domain. All our active job postings are available on our company website.
To recruitment agencies, we do not accept unsolicited branded profiles and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Top Skills
Interaction Design
Ui
Ux
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