Day-to-Day Responsibilities
Design quantum key distribution links that generate and share keys between two or more nodes over optical fibre or free-space channels.
Set up and align photonic hardware such as single-photon sources and detectors, polarisation controllers and modulators.
Measure key rates, error rates and link losses, and check that the system flags eavesdropping correctly.
Integrate quantum key generation with classical encryption systems, so keys can be used by existing secure applications.
Work with network engineers to connect quantum links to existing optical fibre and telecom networks.
Write software for key management, protocol control and link monitoring.
Document security assumptions and support testing, audits and reports for banking and government clients.
