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# Hardware Platform Operations Manager (H/F)

- **Company:** ALICE SERVICE
- **Location:** Nice, France
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computerized Maintenance Management Systems, Data Centers, Systems Integration, Hardware Infrastructure
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/hardware-platform-operations-manager-h-f-alice-bob-8810338

## About the Role

* Proven experience as the direct line manager of a technical team: recruitment, 1:1s, performance reviews, priorities. Project or matrix coordination alone is not sufficient
 * An engineering degree or equivalent, and hands-on experience with complex technical systems: you have built, operated, maintained or troubleshot them yourself
 * An operational excellence mindset: lean management, continuous improvement, planning under constraints
 * Pragmatism and curiosity: sound decisions with incomplete information, and a fast learning curve on new technologies
 * Professional English; working French for day-to-day operations on site
 * Experience from adjacent environments transfers directly: data centers, semiconductor fabs, large research facilities (synchrotrons, particle accelerators), medical imaging, or any setting where critical equipment must stay available
Nice to have

 * Hands-on experience with cryogenics (ideally dilution refrigerators), RF or microwave measurement, vacuum systems, or a maintenance management system (CMMS)

## Description

Lead the team that builds, operates and maintains the cryogenic and electronic platform on which our quantum processors are tested; no prior quantum experience is required. This high-calibre team of six engineers and specialist technicians, including a highly experienced technical expert, runs the cooling cycles, wiring and instrumentation of a growing fleet of state-of-the-art cryostats operating at 10 millikelvin, a few thousandths of a degree above absolute zero, and builds new systems in-house. Reporting directly to the VP Quantum Hardware & Infrastructure, you will shape the operating model of this critical platform., * Platform availability: own uptime, build the preventive maintenance plan, lead troubleshooting

 * Operations: plan and prioritise the team's activity against internal user requests, and contribute hands-on when needed
 * System integration: oversee the in-house assembly, integration and commissioning of new systems, run their testing and validation, through to final acceptance
 * Suppliers: manage suppliers and subcontractors, their interventions and the quality of their work
 * People and budget: recruit, develop and manage the team, own the budget, and set up on-call coverage as the platform grows