Robert Starkwood

Head of Performance at KETS Quantum Security | QKD / Product Engineering

United Kingdom

About

As Head of Performance at KETS Quantum Security, Robert drives the delivery and scale-up of breakthrough quantum encryption technologies shaping the future of secure global communications.

Experience

  • KETS Quantum Security (5 yrs 3 mos)
    • Head of Performance
      Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Principal Photonics Engineer
      Nov 2022 - Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    • Senior Integrated Photonics Engineer
      Apr 2022 - Nov 2022 · 8 mos

  • Shott Scale-Up Accelerator at Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub
    Sep 2024 - Nov 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Higher Research Scientist at National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
    Feb 2017 - Apr 2021 · 4 yrs 3 mos

  • The University of Glasgow (4 yrs 6 mos)
    • Research Assistant
      Aug 2016 - Feb 2017 · 7 mos

    • PhD Student
      Sep 2012 - Feb 2017 · 4 yrs 6 mos

      Nanofabrication, Low Temperature Nano-Optics, Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors

  • Research Internship at NICT
    Apr 2015 - Jul 2015 · 4 mos

    Researching superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) and rapid single flux quantum (RSFQ) logic circuits.