Senior Opto-Mechanical QPU Engineer

Senior Opto-Mechanical QPU Engineer

The Hardware Engineering Organization at QuEra Computing is seeking strong candidates for a Senior Opto-Mechanical QPU Engineer to serve as an individual contributor to the company’s mission of building state-of-the-art, manufacturable, and deployable neutral atom quantum computers. The Hardware Engineering Organization plays a crucial role in accelerating the company’s technology leadership and translating the company’s scientific breakthroughs into products delivered to customers. To accomplish this mission, we are looking to hire a candidate with graduate-level education in engineering or applied physics and industry experience in an enterprise engineering environment. The ideal candidate will combine a deep, fundamental understanding of several areas of engineering and science (optics, mechanics, heat transfer, RF systems, electronics, and product design)  with practical experience in engineering as a discipline. Although candidates with a degree in physics may be considered, applicants should ensure they have sufficient professional experience beyond academia in an enterprise engineering environment to establish themselves independently as a senior-level engineer.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Design components, modules, and subsystems to support QuEra’s neutral atom computers through the full development lifecycle (R&D, productization, maintenance, and beyond).
• Supervise system-level design and execution of the machine building process.
• Promote and advance engineering best practices at QuEra
• Coordinate closely with the R&D/science team to enable cutting-edge R&D and translate scientific advances into the next generation of products.
• Troubleshoot technical issues at company headquarters and off-site installations at customer locations (in coordination with local support team).
• Significantly contribute to or lead the machine installation/deployment process at off-site customer locations (limited travel required).
• Mentor, coach, and encourage junior engineers

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D. in engineering, applied physics, or a closely related field (M.S. will be considered in exceptional cases).

• 5-10 years work experience in a non-academic (industry, national lab, FFRDC or similar) environment with enterprise engineering practices.
• Significant experience with two or more areas of optics design, including: free-space, fiber, lens design, optical instrument/metrology design and operation, etc.
• Fundamental understanding of multiple areas of engineering/science including heat transfer, electromagnetics, systems engineering, precision design and manufacturing, electronics, RF system design etc.

Preferred qualifications

• Professional work experience in commercial product development and off-site product deployment at customer premises.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining complex systems
• Experience working with lasers
• Experience with CAD software (Autodesk Inventor, Solidworks, etc.) in a PDM/PLM environment.

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