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Infleqtion

Full-stack quantum hardware and software

Vice President, Advanced Systems - Business Capture, Quantum Sensing Solutions

Full-TimePosted on 8/5/2026
$240k - $280k/yr+ 401(k) match + Equity program
Expert
Bachelor's, Master's
Louisville, KY, USA
In Person
Project & Program ManagementProposal Management
No H1B Sponsorship
US Citizenship Required

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, business, or a related technical or business discipline is required; an advanced degree is preferred.
  • At least 15 years of experience in aerospace, defense, intelligence, national security, advanced technology, or related markets, including significant experience in capture leadership, program development, business growth, or program execution.
  • Demonstrated success leading or overseeing complex captures that resulted in contract awards, preferably involving advanced technologies, government customers, and cross-functional proposal teams.
  • Experience managing capture or business-development professionals, program managers, technical teams, or cross-functional pursuit organizations.
  • Strong understanding of U.S. government acquisition processes, contracting vehicles, proposal development, customer engagement, and competitive capture best practices.
  • Ability to work across Business Development, Engineering, Program Execution, Finance, Contracts, Legal, Supply Chain, Proposal Operations, and executive leadership.
  • Experience balancing capture competitiveness with execution realism, including cost, schedule, technical, contractual, and resource risk.
  • Ability to brief senior leaders, customers, partners, and Board-level stakeholders.
  • Experience operating in fast-paced, resource-constrained environments requiring process discipline, judgment, and hands-on leadership.
  • U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
Responsibilities
  • Lead the Advanced Systems function within the Quantum Sensing Solutions Business Unit, driving business capture in partnership with Business Area Vice Presidents, Program Managers, Proposal Operations, and Contracts Management.
  • Own business capture from opportunity qualification through proposal submission, customer negotiation, and contract award.
  • Build a high-performing Advanced Systems capture team and align pursuits with business objectives, competitive positioning, capture best practices, resource plans, and post-award program success.
  • Define, mature, and enforce the capture operating model, including roles, responsibilities, gate criteria, capture artifacts, approval authorities, and lifecycle handoff expectations.
  • Lead or oversee capture strategy for significant opportunities, including win themes, discriminators, customer engagement strategy, customer value, competitive assessment, solution shaping, pricing posture, teaming strategy, and execution-risk posture.
  • Support bid/no-bid, rough-order-of-magnitude, proposal, and investment decisions in accordance with delegated authority and company approval processes.
  • Ensure awarded programs enter execution with documented technical, cost, schedule, contractual, staffing, supplier, and customer baselines or assumptions.
  • Work with Business Area Vice Presidents and staff to shape opportunity priorities, capture strategy, customer engagement, teaming approach, and major subcontractor strategies.
  • Ensure proposal technical, management, schedule, pricing, and cost elements align with the approved capture strategy and execution-risk posture.
  • Support customer negotiations, clarifications, best-and-final-offer activities, and final proposal revisions through contract award.
  • Serve as the senior leadership interface for capture priorities, business opportunity health, gate-review outcomes, and capture-phase forecast content.
  • Partner with Business Area Vice Presidents to deliver bookings consistent with the Quantum Sensing Solutions Operating Plan.
  • Partner with Program Execution, Business Area Vice Presidents, Program Managers, Engineering, Finance, Contracts, Legal, Supply Chain, and Quality to ensure proposal assumptions, customer commitments, risk posture, and program baselines are understood and executable.
  • Drive capture lessons learned and feedback into business development, capture, proposal, and program execution processes.
  • Maintain a collaborative interface with the centralized enterprise Business Development function, ensuring transition from opportunity identification, maturation, and qualification into the capture phase.
  • Lead executive-level proposal reviews for strategic or high-value opportunities, ensuring compliance, clarity, competitiveness, realism, and alignment with business strategy.
  • Represent capture posture in internal executive reviews, corporate growth discussions, and selected external engagements.
  • Lead staffing, process definition, training, performance management, and functional management for Advanced Systems Manager talent.
  • Assign Advanced Systems Managers to qualified opportunities based on strategic importance, customer alignment, technical complexity, competitive landscape, resource availability, and execution risk.
  • Manage and maintain the capture-phase business opportunity database.
  • Develop and maintain the monthly capture-phase opportunity forecast with Business Area Vice Presidents, Finance/FP&A, Business Development, and Program Execution.
  • Define forecast data structures, reporting cadence, data quality expectations, and integration points with business-development and execution-phase portfolio data.
  • Provide capture-phase inputs to the Annual Operating Plan, monthly reforecasts, business reviews, and Board-level reporting as required.
  • Track capture budget allocations and cost, schedule, resources, risks, win probability, proposal readiness, customer milestones, and key decision points across the capture portfolio.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in quantum sensing, photonics, radio-frequency systems, precision navigation and timing, inertial sensing, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, space systems, or other deep-tech national security, civil, or commercial markets.
  • Existing customer, partner, or industry relationships across the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, NASA, aerospace primes, defense primes, or relevant commercial technology markets.
  • Direct experience with Other Transaction Authority, Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer, Cooperative Research and Development Agreements, Broad Agency Announcements, Federal Acquisition Regulation/Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement contracts, cost-share arrangements, and other traditional and non-traditional acquisition mechanisms.
  • Experience building or scaling capture organizations, gated capture processes, opportunity databases, business operating rhythms, and portfolio forecasting systems.
  • Experience in small or mid-sized defense, aerospace, or deep-tech companies transitioning from bespoke research and development programs toward larger recurring programs, production, or standard-product portfolios.
  • Familiarity with AS9100, government contracting compliance, export control, security requirements, and program execution governance.
  • Active security clearance.

About the company

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Infleqtion

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Infleqtion builds neutral-atom quantum hardware and complementary software for computing, sensing, and security. Its hardware uses lasers to cool and trap neutral atoms and perform quantum operations, with products like Sqale for computation, Tiqker clocks for precise timing, RF receivers for spectrum sensing, and inertial sensors for GPS-denied navigation; its Superstaq software optimizes algorithms across different quantum machines. The company differentiates itself by vertically integrating hardware and software and leveraging neutral-atom technology to scale, along with a history of strategic acquisitions and a NYSE listing. Its goal is to accelerate practical quantum adoption by expanding its roadmap and serving government and commercial customers across computation, sensing, navigation, and secure communications.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)

Total Funding

$936.6M

Headquarters

Louisville, Colorado

Founded

2007

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What believers are saying

  • NASA's August 27, 2026 award doubled QGGPf funding to $40 million.
  • September 10, 2026 Cisco collaboration opens distributed-quantum networking and telecom integration opportunities.
  • Shunkai became Japan's first operational neutral-atom quantum computer on September 7, 2026.

What critics are saying

  • Quantum hardware revenues remain contract-driven; NASA's $20 million extension ends after 2027.
  • Cisco and Riverlane can commoditize networking and error-correction layers, squeezing Infleqtion's software moat.
  • If 2030 fault-tolerant milestones slip, investors reprice INFQ as a science project, not a platform.

What makes Infleqtion unique

  • Infleqtion pairs neutral-atom hardware with Superstaq software, plus full-stack sensing and networking, since 2007.
  • On September 24, 2026, Sqale reached 30 entangled logical qubits using 80 physical qubits.
  • The February 2026 NYSE listing raised over $550 million, funding commercialization and deployment.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Paid Maternity/Paternity Leave
  • Student Loan Repayment
  • Family Leave
  • Short Term & Long Term Disability
  • Stock Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-2%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

-9%
The Defense Post
Oct 16th, 2026
Infleqtion secures UK funding for quantum signal-tracking system.

Infleqtion secures UK funding for quantum signal-tracking system. 2 minutes read UK-based Infleqtion has received 9 million pounds ($12 million) from the country's national innovation agency to develop a deployable quantum sensing system that can determine the direction of radio frequency (RF) signals, with potential applications in electronic warfare, spectrum monitoring, and navigation. The funding, awarded through UK Innovate's Quantum Missions Primer program, will support the second phase of the Quantum Direction Finding (QuDiFi) project. The project aims to move the technology from prototype testing toward a deployable product, with further work focused on performance, reliability, and evaluation in realistic operating environments. Infleqtion is developing a system called Quantum Spectrum-DF in collaboration with Italian defense company Leonardo. The companies have not disclosed a timeline for operational deployment. Using quantum sensors to locate radio signals. Direction-finding systems determine the direction from which a radio signal originates, helping operators locate transmitters and monitor activity across the electromagnetic spectrum. Military users can apply the technology to electronic intelligence and electronic warfare, while civilian applications include communications monitoring and infrastructure protection. Conventional systems often use multiple antennas to estimate a signal's direction. At lower frequencies, achieving the required performance can involve large antenna structures, creating size and integration challenges for mobile platforms. Infleqtion's approach uses Rydberg atoms, highly excited atoms that are sensitive to electric fields, to detect radio-frequency signals through optical measurements. By analyzing how these atoms respond to electromagnetic fields, quantum sensors can measure RF signals without relying on conventional antenna elements in the same way as traditional systems. The approach could reduce the size of direction-finding equipment and make it easier to integrate onto platforms with limited space. However, its practical advantages will depend on demonstrated performance under operational conditions, including the ability to identify and locate signals amid interference and competing transmissions. Defense and civilian applications. Leonardo is contributing to the effort, with potential applications across its defense electronics portfolio. Compact RF sensing could be relevant to aircraft, naval vessels, and other platforms where the size, weight, and power requirements of electronic systems are important considerations. The technology could also support passive sensing, which receives and analyzes existing transmissions rather than actively emitting a signal. Potential applications include spectrum surveillance and navigation, although these capabilities would require further development and validation. The project builds on broader UK efforts to advance quantum technologies for practical use. Quantum sensing is being investigated for applications including navigation, timing, and the detection of physical phenomena that conventional sensors may struggle to measure. For Infleqtion, the immediate objective is to establish whether Rydberg-atom sensing can deliver reliable direction finding in a compact, field-ready system. The funding will support that development, but the technology's eventual military and civilian roles will depend on the results of testing and subsequent integration work.

YFarmX
Oct 14th, 2026
Infleqtion wins £9 million for quantum radio direction-finding.

Infleqtion wins £9 million for quantum radio direction-finding. Innovate UK awarded Infleqtion £9 million to develop deployable Rydberg-atom radio direction-finding equipment with Leonardo, building on the QuDiFi prototype project. 00:0003:17 Infleqtion has won £9 million from Innovate UK to develop deployable quantum equipment for locating the direction of radio signals. The company announced the award on 13 October, with Leonardo collaborating on the project. The funding announcement covers the second phase of Quantum Direction Finding, or QuDiFi, within the Quantum Missions Primer programme. Infleqtion aims to build a Quantum Spectrum-DF product suited to realistic operating environments. The award takes a prototype towards field use. The next QuDiFi phase focuses on turning a tested prototype into robust equipment. Infleqtion describes work on performance, reliability, usability and validation in conditions representative of deployment. UKRI's November 2025 project announcement set out the earlier prototype programme under the lead name Coldquanta UK Limited. It covered sensor-head design, signal processing and integration with existing radio-frequency platforms, with a pathway towards smaller equipment and field trials. The new award continues that progression. A laboratory measurement can establish the sensing principle; a deployable product also has to keep working when its surroundings, platform and operator change. Highly excited atoms sense the radio field. Rydberg-atom sensors use atoms in highly excited states whose response to an electric field can be measured optically. Lasers probe the atomic response, providing information about an incoming radio signal. Radio direction-finding adds a spatial question: where is the signal coming from? A sensor can infer direction by comparing measurements taken at different positions or by analysing the field's pattern. A 2021 NIST demonstration measured the phase of a 19.18 GHz signal at two locations inside a caesium vapour cell. The phase difference allowed researchers to calculate its direction of arrival and compare it with a model. That earlier experiment illustrates the sensing principle behind this wider field of research. Compact sensors could fit on more platforms. Infleqtion aims to reduce the size of radio direction-finding equipment, particularly where conventional low-frequency systems require large antenna structures. Its proposed product uses optical measurements of atoms to support compact, broadband, passive sensing. That is relevant to platforms with limited space for antennas and associated electronics. The funded development will test whether the sensing approach can deliver useful performance in a practical package. The company's Quantum Spectrum product information describes its broader atomic radio-sensing approach. The new direction-finding project applies it to detecting and locating signals, with future applications including spectrum surveillance, passive radar and resilient navigation. Leonardo brings operational sensing requirements. Leonardo is collaborating with Infleqtion on the development programme. The award announcement includes Oliver Sims, Leonardo's electronic-warfare chief technologist, describing the potential to reduce the physical footprint of direction-finding systems. Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is funding the work. The £9 million is an award for continued product development, with Infleqtion giving an approximate US-dollar equivalent of $12 million. The next test is whether the prototype's sensing capability can be retained in equipment that is reliable, usable and suited to its intended operating environment. That transition is the focus of the funded second phase.

Quantum Zeitgeist
Oct 13th, 2026
Infleqtion UK wins Innovate UK funding to build deployable Rydberg atom direction finder

Infleqtion UK is developing a quantum radio frequency direction finding system with funding from Innovate UK. The amount was not disclosed. The product, called Quantum Spectrum-DF, uses Rydberg atoms to detect and locate high-frequency signals with optical techniques instead of conventional antennas. Infleqtion says this allows a compact system for platforms that cannot carry traditional equipment because of weight or space limits. Leonardo is working with Infleqtion on the project. "For defence platforms, reducing size, weight and power consumption while preserving operational effectiveness is a significant advantage," said Oliver Sims, electronic warfare chief technologist at Leonardo. The system builds on an earlier tested prototype and targets defence and civilian uses, including spectrum surveillance, passive radar, and resilient navigation.

MarketScreener
Oct 13th, 2026
Infleqtion uk to develop deployable quantum radio frequency Direction Finding system.

Infleqtion uk to develop deployable quantum radio frequency Direction Finding system. Published on 10/13/2026 at 01:06 pm EDT S&P Capital IQ Infleqtion has been awarded £9 million (~$12 million) by Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), to continue development of a deployable quantum radio frequency (QRF) direction finding (DF) system as part of the Quantum Missions Primer programme. Infleqtion is developing a Quantum Spectrum-DF product within the second phase of the Quantum Direction Finding (QuDiFi) project, designed to accurately detect and locate signals in environments where existing technologies are limited. This project uses a quantum sensing approach based on Rydberg atoms to detect radio signals using optical techniques rather than conventional antennas. The approach is expected to reduce reliance on large antenna structures and enable compact, broadband, and passive sensing. As a result, the system aims to deliver high-performance direction finding in a much smaller and more deployable form factor that allows the technology to be mounted on platforms that to date could not host this capability. Infleqtion is also collaborating with Leonardo on the project. In earlier work, Infleqtion successfully designed and tested a prototype system. The second phase of this project involves developing a robust and deployable product, Quantum Spectrum-DF, which is focused on improved performance, reliability, and ease of use, while validating the system in realistic operational environments. The system is designed for dual use across both defence and civilian markets. (C) S&P Capital IQ - 2026

Seeking Alpha
Oct 8th, 2026
Infleqtion: quantum revenue before quantum computing.

Infleqtion: quantum revenue before quantum computing. 18.28K Followers Summary. * Infleqtion generated $23.4 million of H1 revenue, but one customer still represented 82% of second-quarter sales. * Quantum computing is beginning to monetize, with finance, energy, and precision-medicine customer engagements already generating revenue for Infleqtion. * Infleqtion demonstrated 30 logical qubits using 80 physical qubits, advancing from just two logical qubits in 2024. * Infleqtion holds approximately $582 million of liquidity without debt, providing substantial runway despite continued operating losses and cash burn. * At nearly 50x FY2026 revenue, INFQ's valuation already requires commercialization to catch up rapidly with its technological progress. Investment thesis. The debate surrounding Infleqtion, Inc. (INFQ) appears to me as a debate about the timing of fault-tolerant quantum computing. I do not want to get into the technicality of when that will

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