Quantum & Photonics Talent Partners
Specialist recruitment across Quantum Computing and Photonics. We find the talent that doesn't exist on job boards.
Sectors
We don't cover everything. We cover the two most technically demanding engineering markets in deep tech, and we know them better than anyone.
Hardware engineers, quantum scientists, control systems specialists and algorithm developers. We operate across the full hardware stack, from qubit design and quantum error correction to control systems, quantum networking, and software toolchains, covering trapped-ion, superconducting, and neutral-atom modalities alike. Our network spans the academic labs and industry teams building today's fault-tolerant roadmaps, not just the candidates already active on the open market.
PIC design engineers, silicon photonics specialists, and optical/RF hardware talent working across the full pipeline, from device physics and electromagnetic simulation through mask layout, foundry tape-out, and photonic packaging. We place across classical and quantum photonics alike: AI-accelerated photonic compute, quantum-network interconnects, and next-generation optical hardware.
Why Scope
The engineers who build the hardest things don't respond to job boards. They're found through deep technical networks built over years not keyword searches.
Solutions
Four engagement models. Each designed for a different hiring reality.
Highly specialised full-time hires with no upfront cost. You pay a success fee only when we place the right person. No risk, no retainer.
Flexible hourly or daily talent for defined projects. Ideal when you need a PIC design engineer for a 6-month sprint without a permanent headcount commitment.
We work your roles exclusively. One agency, full focus, lower cost. Higher placement rate because we commit our entire pipeline to your search.
Scope acts as your external talent team. Expert recruitment without the overhead of an internal TA function built for post-Series A companies moving fast.
Trusted by teams building the future
Stories
"Bradley understood the difference between a QEC theorist and a general quantum software engineer immediately, most recruiters don't. He matched me to a role working on exactly the fault-tolerance problems I wanted to spend my career on."
"I'd turned down three other recruiters before Scope reached out, they clearly hadn't read past the job title. Bradley's team had, and it showed in the very first conversation. Ended up in a role building algorithms on hardware I actually wanted to work with."
"Photonic device characterisation is a small world, most agencies don't even know the role exists, let alone how to evaluate one. Scope found me a role that matched my exact background in wafer-level and die-level test, and it was worth the wait."
"My move had to be handled with absolute discretion. I was still in a senior role and couldn't afford any exposure in the market. Scope understood that immediately. No job board listings, no noise, no slip-ups. They ran the entire process confidentially and placed me in a role that genuinely excited me. I wouldn't have trusted anyone else to manage it."
"I was sceptical any recruiter could reach the calibre of people we needed. Engineers who'd spent their careers inside national laboratories aren't exactly browsing LinkedIn. Scope proved me wrong. They brought us candidates I genuinely didn't think were accessible through a commercial search. The depth of their network in this space is unlike anything I've encountered."
"We'd been trying to fill three hardware roles for the better part of four months. The problem isn't that these people don't exist, it's that they're not looking, they're not on job boards, and the ones worth hiring are already deep inside well-funded teams. Scope understood that from the first conversation. Within three weeks they had put credible, genuinely impressive candidates in front of us. All three roles filled. I've worked with a lot of recruiters in this industry and I've never seen anyone move that fast on roles this specific."
Get started
Whether you're scaling a quantum hardware team or sourcing a PIC design engineer for a specific role send us a brief and we'll respond the same day.
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