Quantum Technology Engineering & Manufacturing Partner
Scale your quantum technology from lab to market.
Presco Engineering designs and manufactures the electronics, thermal management, and integrated systems that quantum hardware, sensing, and networking applications depend on. From GHz-ready controllers to low-noise sensor readout electronics and physical-layer networking hardware, we build production-ready systems that perform reliably from prototype through volume production. Presco partners with your team to turn breakthrough ideas into manufacturable products.
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Quantum Hardware
Ultra-fast. Ultra-precise. Built for your architecture.
Presco is a quantum hardware engineering and manufacturing partner. We build the control electronics, readout systems, and GHz-ready hardware that quantum computing platforms depend on, engineered for your qubit technology, sensors, or photonic system, and manufactured in-house so what we design is what actually ships.
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How Presco Engineers Quantum Hardware Electronics
Quantum hardware programs touch a lot of layers between the qubit and the operator. Presco addresses the quantum electronics layer directly, across:
Photonics & Optical Hardware
Lasers, photon detectors, and photon sources, scoped to your specific system architecture.
Control & Signal Chain
Classical integration, amplifiers, control systems, and pulse generators.
Readout & Validation
Qubit readout electronics tailored to your platform's specific readout scheme, and full system testing.
- General-purpose and custom quantum controllers, built for ultra-low noise, high-speed GHz readiness, and low SWaP where systems need to be sensing-capable or field-deployable.
- High-fidelity RF/microwave signal generation and readout, with closed-loop feedback at sub-nanosecond precision.
- Precision clock distribution with timing stability to tens of picoseconds. Standard electronic timing runs in the hundreds of picoseconds, Presco's controllers operate well below that threshold.
FPGA Depth That Matters for Quantum Control
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Quantum control systems live and die on timing, noise, and synchronization, the kinds of problems that are cheap to fix on a schematic and expensive to fix after a system has shipped. That's where Presco's FPGA team goes deepest, catching those issues in testing instead of in the field.
- First Xilinx Design Center in Connecticut, with production experience across Xilinx/AMD, Lattice, and Altera/Intel FPGA families, not locked into a single vendor's ecosystem.
- ADI design partner, with hands-on experience across the Apollo MxFE chip (4-channel Tx/Rx, 20Gsps 12-bit ADCs, 28Gsps 16-bit DACs) and Altera Agilex 9 SoC (8 channels of ADC/DAC at 64Gsps).
- Noise floors down to 1 microvolt on past FPGA-based data acquisition programs, the same low-noise discipline quantum control and readout electronics demand.
- A proprietary test bench methodology that simulates the full circuit board environment, catching timing, noise, and stability issues in regression testing before they ever reach your system.
From design through quantum controller manufacturing, every unit ships to the same spec, manufactured under ISO 9001:2015 certified production.
Quantum Sensing
Precision measurement, built for the field, not the lab bench.
Presco designs and builds the electronics behind quantum sensor and quantum sensing technology programs, from quantum sensors and magnetometers to inertial sensors and precision measurement systems. Quantum sensing companies need low-SWaP, ruggedized hardware that holds up to real-world, 24/7 operation, not just a clean result in a shielded lab. That's the standard Presco has built to for decades of defense and medical work, and it's exactly what quantum sensing needs to move from demonstration to deployed product.
How Presco Engineers Quantum Sensing Electronics
Timing stability well below the hundreds of picoseconds standard electronics deliver.
Closed-loop RF and microwave generation and readout at sub-nanosecond precision.
Measured on past FPGA-based data acquisition programs.
Magnetic anomaly detection, medical imaging, mineral exploration, and precision navigation are all quantum sensing applications that depend on hardware that performs the same outside a controlled lab as it did on the bench. Most quantum sensing programs can get one unit working, the harder problem is what comes after. Presco builds that electronics layer, designed and manufactured under one roof so every unit ships like the first:
- Quantum magnetometer drivers and readout electronics for magnetic anomaly detection and mineral exploration
- Low-noise electronics for quantum sensing, the clean signal chain that separates a real-world measurement from a lab demo
- High-fidelity sensor readout and signal processing for imaging and precision measurement systems
Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)
Quantum inertial navigation and quantum PNT are among the fastest-growing applications of quantum sensing, especially for defense programs operating in GPS-denied environments. This is also where Presco's decades of defense electronics work converge directly with our quantum work, and it's not a coincidence when defense teams come to us specifically because of that overlap.
- Electronics for quantum navigation and inertial sensing systems, built to the same ITAR-registered, mil-spec, ISO 9001:2015 standards Presco holds across its defense programs
- Support for inertial sensing, quantum gyroscope, and quantum accelerometer electronics
- Quantum sensing expertise and defense-grade hardware experience under one roof, so PNT programs don't have to split trust across two vendors
From a single quantum sensor prototype to a fielded quantum sensor engineering services program, Presco carries the electronics from bench to deployment.
Quantum Networking
You focus on the physics. Presco builds the electronics that support it.
Quantum networking teams are focused on the hardest problem in the room: entanglement, distribution, fidelity. Getting a system out of the lab and into something that scales takes a different kind of expertise, production-grade electronics, control hardware, and a design to manufacturing partner who can turn a working demonstration into something repeatable. That's the layer Presco owns, so your team can stay focused on the physics.
Where Presco Fits in Quantum Networking
Physical Layer Electronics
- Laser drivers, photodetector electronics, and optical/RF interfaces, the signal chain hardware networked quantum systems run on
- Precision clock distribution and time-tagging/synchronization to tens of picoseconds, keeping every node in a network on the same clock
- Single-photon detector electronics, built for the low-light, high-sensitivity detection quantum networking depends on
Control and Orchestration
- Classical control plane hardware, the same FPGA depth Presco brings to quantum hardware programs, applied here to controlling networked systems
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Every Presco program starts with a strategic assessment: requirements, risk, and approach, before anything gets built. For a quantum entanglement source, that meant specifying the embedded control system and software for its laser driver, optical attenuator, and thermal control hardware, real engineering depth in the electronics behind quantum networking hardware. Presco's FPGA depth is built for exactly this kind of problem: hardware-level timing control and true parallel execution, the real-time performance entanglement and networking hardware need beyond what a standard microcontroller can deliver.
Whether you're proving out a new physical-layer component or scaling a network node into a manufacturable product, Presco brings the same production discipline that's helped other quantum programs go from lab bench to fielded systems.
Do You Have Any of These Problems?
You've got a prototype that works on the bench, but no clear path from one working unit to a hundred that perform exactly the same way?
Presco is a quantum technology design to manufacturing partner built for exactly that handoff, design and manufacturing under one roof, so every unit ships like the first.
Your team is deep in the physics, qubits, sensors, or entanglement, and the RF, firmware, or systems electronics around it aren't getting the attention they need?
That's the quantum technology engineering services Presco provides, whether that means owning the full system, GHz-ready controllers, embedded firmware, and systems integration, or stepping in as extra engineering capacity on just the piece that's stuck, integrating directly into your existing design as an extension of your team.
Need low-noise electronics for quantum sensing, or timing precision standard electronics can't hit?
Presco's quantum sensing hardware development covers the full signal chain, from quantum magnetometer readout to clock distribution at tens of picoseconds.
Your system needs real-time control, timing precision, or signal processing that only an FPGA can deliver, but that expertise is hard to find and harder to keep in-house?
Presco runs the first Xilinx Design Center in Connecticut, and the results back it up: control loops precise to 0.3 nanometers, 3 million simultaneous experiments processed in real time, and FPGA-based signal processing that's outperformed dedicated DSP hardware.
Your Partner for Scalable Quantum Technology
Quantum technology is complex, and delivering it at scale takes more than brilliant physics. That's where we come in. Presco partners with quantum teams to engineer the full electronics and infrastructure needed to bring breakthrough ideas to life, from GHz-ready controllers to precision clock distribution and scalable board design.
What Makes Us Different?
Your IP stays yours
In a market where competitive advantage often lives in the IP itself, Presco doesn't take a stake in what you build, and every engagement is handled with the confidentiality a fast-moving, competitive market demands. You retain full ownership of your designs, and every program comes with complete documentation and schematics, so the product, and the knowledge behind it, is always yours.
Electronics expertise
RF, digital, electro-optics, signal algorithms, and systems integration, beyond just the controller.
Built around your system, not the other way around
Off-the-shelf quantum controllers often come with their own proprietary software, which means retrofitting your system to fit someone else's platform. Presco's electronics are custom-built for your architecture and your software from the start, so integration isn't an afterthought.
System-level thinking
We address critical challenges like precision clock distribution to tens of picoseconds, signal integrity, and scaling electronics to support more qubits, larger sensing arrays, and distributed networking systems.
Proven under pressure
Presco has spent 45+ years taking high-reliability products from lab to market across defense, medical, and industrial programs, with 99.99% field reliability in mission-critical electronics along the way. Quantum is a young market, but Presco isn't new to what it takes to get a product from prototype to something that ships reliably at scale, and that same rigor is already at work in quantum programs today.
From prototype to product
We ensure your concepts aren't just proven in the lab, but ready for scalable, reproducible production, so every unit ships like the first. As a quantum technology manufacturing partner, Presco brings the engineering depth, manufacturing rigor, and collaborative spirit to transform quantum research into robust, production-ready systems.
Presco is the technology development partner to over $1 billion in startup exits
Presco did a great job…the performance of the high voltage pulser they designed was stunning. I have a short list of people I trust to solve problems. Presco is at the top of that list.
Build Your Quantum Hardware With Presco
Tell us where your program stands, whether that is a bench prototype that needs a path to production, a controller that needs GHz headroom, or a signal chain that needs to get quieter. We will take it from there.
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Quantum Technology Questions
What is quantum technology?
Quantum technology is technology built on the strange properties of quantum mechanics, mainly superposition (existing in multiple states at once) and entanglement (a correlation between particles stronger than anything classical physics allows). Harnessing those properties lets quantum technology do things classical technology can't: process certain problems at scales beyond classical computers, measure physical quantities with extreme precision, and secure communications in fundamentally new ways.
The industry organizes into four core areas: quantum computing, quantum sensing, quantum networking, and quantum timing, all built on a common foundation of lasers, detectors, and advanced electronics. Presco designs and manufactures that foundation, the layer quantum technology companies build on across all of it.
What are the real-world applications of quantum technology?
Quantum technology applications span GPS, navigation, and timing; secure networking and communications; medical imaging; gravimetry; electric field sensing; next-generation antennas; high-performance computing; encryption; and materials science and drug discovery, a list that keeps expanding as the field matures. Presco's own work touches three of these directly: the control electronics behind quantum computing platforms, the low-noise readout behind quantum sensing, and the precision timing and detection hardware behind quantum networking.
What is quantum sensing?
Quantum sensing uses quantum properties to measure physical quantities, magnetic fields, gravity, time, and more, with a precision classical sensors can't match. It's one of the core segments of the quantum technology industry, with real-world applications spanning GPS and navigation, medical imaging, and defense-grade detection. Presco builds the low-noise, ruggedized electronics that take quantum sensors from lab prototype to fielded product.
What does ISO 9001:2015 certification mean for a quantum hardware program?
ISO 9001:2015 is a quality management certification that governs Presco's manufacturing process, meaning every unit is built to the same documented, repeatable standard. For a quantum hardware program, that translates directly into reproducibility, a controller or sensor built today performs the same way as the next one off the line, critical for teams scaling from one prototype to a full system.
Who owns the IP when Presco helps develop a quantum product?
You do. Presco doesn't take a stake in the IP of any product we help design or manufacture, and every engagement includes complete documentation and schematics so you retain full ownership of both the product and the knowledge behind it. In a market where competitive advantage often lives in the IP itself, that ownership and confidentiality is treated as a baseline, not an add-on.