Principal Engineer, Quantum Software Development

Cisco · San Jose

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Company
Cisco
Location
San Jose
Employment type
Full-time
Salary
$250,600.00 to $362,600.00
Posted
November 4, 2026

About this job

The application window is expected to close on: 11/26/2026 Meet the Team Outshift is Cisco’s incubation team, built to chase technologies that do not fit anywhere else yet. Our quantum group runs Cisco Quantum Labs, where we are building real hardware and software for the quantum internet. This includes an entanglement chip developed in collaboration with UC Santa Barbara and the new Cisco Universal Quantum Switch. We also host our own Quantum Summit every year. Join us to lead and innovate at the forefront of quantum networking and computing. Your Impact As a Principal Software Engineer and hands-on technical leader, you will guide a team of engineers while actively contributing to the architecture and development of quantum software and hardware systems.…

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