Senior Product Designer
Q-CTRL
Product, Design
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posted on Sep 11, 2025
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 Senior 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 design team working across brand, product, and industrial design, reporting to the Head of Design. In this role you’ll lead the design of Boulder Opal, our AI-powered quantum control software, transforming advanced physics and AI into intuitive, empowering experiences.
This is a chance to apply your craft to a new design frontier. You’ll translate deeply technical workflows into experiences that feel clear and usable, helping quantum teams unlock the full potential of their hardware.
What you'll do:
- Contribute to the overall design and product direction of Q-CTRL’s products
- Design and deliver high-quality experiences, from early concepts to polished solutions
- Partner with engineering, product, and research to define long-term strategy and short-term tactics
- Conduct user research and testing to better understand our users and refine our products
- Refine our design system to drive consistency and scalability
- Foster a culture of design excellence, mentoring and supporting the team
- Other duties within the Employee's skills and experience, or with reasonable training.
Ideally you'll have:
- 5+ years of product design experience (complex workflows, enterprise/B2B SaaS, developer tools, or API products preferred)
- 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 on large, complex products
- Skill in turning ambiguous problems into clear, actionable design direction
- Strong communication and storytelling skills to align stakeholders
- Experience building and scaling design systems across products
- A collaborative mindset with ease moving between discovery, prototyping, and execution
- A focus on quality and the drive to help shape a high-performing design team
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.
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