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Business Development / Mba Co-Founder (F/M/D) Role At Startup Chillquanta
SouthwestX · 🇺🇸 Bochum
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About the role
**CHILLQUANTA **Bochum, Germany (Ruhr University Bochum) | On-site / Hybrid | Co-Founder / Equity | Deep Tech / Quantum & Semiconductor Metrology **About ChillQuanta **ChillQuanta is developing an electro-optic spectrometer for inspecting and characterizing photonic qubits (semiconductor quantum-dot single- and entangled-photon sources), aiming to replace or combine today's separate methods (capacitance-voltage, photoluminescence, resonance fluorescence spectroscopy) with one new sub-100-femtosecond-resolution, non-destructive electro-optic technique — with a patent filing already in progress. Target market: quantum and semiconductor chip makers. **The opportunity **Founded by Amar Alok (CEO, PhD in Experimental Physics from RUB, 4+ years in ultrafast optics and pump-probe spectroscopy) alongside a Chemistry postdoc, ChillQuanta has a lab prototype (TRL 3-4) benchmarked against single-atom data, an Invention Disclosure accepted by RUB (April 2026) with a manuscript in preparation for Physical Review Letters, and over €12k raised so far. The next step is turning the lab prototype into an automated instrument and deciding between licensing and starting a company — which is where a business co-founder comes in. ChillQuanta is separately also open to an AI/ML co-founder to help build wafer-scale AI prediction capability. Tasks What you will own **Company build-up & strategy **- Help decide and execute the path from lab prototype to company: licensing vs. start-up, incorporation, and go-to-market strategy for the quantum/semiconductor metrology market. - Own fundraising strategy and investor relations as ChillQuanta moves beyond its initial ~€12k raised. **Commercialization **- Turn the lab prototype (TRL 3-4) into an automated, sellable instrument in partnership with the technical team. - Build relationships with semiconductor and quantum chip makers as early customers and design partners. Business operations - Establish the commercial and operational foundation (pricing, business model, partnerships) the founding science team doesn't yet have. Requirements **What you bring ** **Core experience **- Business development or MBA-level commercial experience, ideally with deep-tech, scientific instrumentation, or semiconductor/quantum industry exposure. - Comfort making a licensing-vs-startup call and building a go-to-market plan from a lab-stage prototype. **Especially valuable **- Existing network in quantum technology, semiconductor metrology, or scientific instrumentation. - Fundraising experience for deep-tech ventures (grants and/or investors). - ChillQuanta is separately seeking an AI/ML co-founder to build wafer-scale AI prediction — relevant ML/software experience is valuable for that parallel track. Benefits Why join ChillQuanta - A validated lab prototype (TRL 3-4) benchmarked against single-atom data, with an Invention Disclosure already accepted by RUB and a manuscript heading to Physical Review Letters. - A genuinely novel technique (patent filing in progress) addressing a real gap in photonic-qubit inspection for the fast-growing quantum and semiconductor chip markets. - Ground-floor business co-founder equity alongside a strong physics/chemistry founding team. ChillQuanta welcomes co-founder candidates regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, sexual identity, or any other characteristic. This is a search for the right partner to build the company with, not a conventional hire. Find Jobs in Germany on Arbeitnow