PsiQuantum

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

PsiQuantum$120K — $150K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree or above in Mechanical Engineering or relevant discipline
  • 2-5 years of experience with optomechanical design or optoelectronic packaging
  • Experience designing mechanical assemblies for opto-electronic devices (e.g., optical transceivers)
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Willingness to support team objectives and collaborate effectively
  • Ability to exercise independent judgment
  • Continuous learning mindset

Responsibilities

  • Own designs from prototype through to production
  • Utilize Design for Manufacturability and Design for Assembly principles
  • Apply GD&T expertise in design work
  • Conduct tolerance analysis methods
  • Generate and maintain process flow documentation
  • Perform DFMEA, PFMEA, and risk analysis heat maps
  • Design and fabricate fixtures and test setups

Benefits

  • Collaborative team environment
  • Opportunities for continuous learning and professional development
  • Exposure to cutting-edge optomechanical and optoelectronic technologies
  • Possibility of working on projects in cryogenic and vacuum environments
  • Engagement with cross-disciplinary teams including optics, electronics, and manufacturing.
Full Job Description
Job Summary:

The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer is responsible for designing highly complex and cutting-edge optomechanical/optoelectronic subsystem assemblies. You will be working closely with teams across a wide array of disciplines including cryogenics, optics, electronics, and manufacturing. You will be expected to apply DFM principles on an everyday basis. Strong design skills incorporating mechanics of materials, thermodynamics, electronics, and precision design principles are a must.

Responsibilities:
  • Ownership of designs from prototype to production.
  • Expertise in Design for Manufacturability, Design for Assembly.
  • Expertise with GD&T.
  • Expertise with tolerance analysis methods.
  • Generate and maintain process flow documentation.
  • Conduct DFMEA, PFMEA & risk analysis heat maps.
  • Fixture design & fabrication.
  • Test set-up design & fabrication.
  • Generate & maintain BOM's & build standards.
  • Ability to execute basic structural and thermal analyses to down-select designs.
  • Practicing proper engineering revision control, preferably with Solidwork PDM / Arena (PLM).

Experience/Qualifications:
  • Experience in designing mechanical assemblies for opto-electronic devices (i.e. optical transceivers or co-packaged optics and/or datacenter switching system.
  • Strong communication & interpersonal skills.
  • Willingness to support colleagues to achieve team objectives.
  • Exercises independent Judgement.
  • Continuous learning mindset.
  • Execution of deliverables against schedule & quality targets.
  • Master's Degree or above in Mechanical Engineering or a relevant discipline.
  • 2-5 years of experience, with a focus on optomechanical design and/or optoelectronic packaging.
  • Preferred experience: Design system in cryogenic and vacuum environments is a plus.
  • Preferred experience: Design for liquid cooling with cold plate assemblies is a plus.

About PsiQuantum

PsiQuantum is a California-based company that is developing a quantum computer using photonics technology. The company's goal is to build a fault-tolerant quantum computer with millions of qubits, which would be capable of solving problems that are currently intractable with classical computers. PsiQuantum was founded in 2016 by a team of experts in photonics, quantum computing, and computer science. The company has received funding from investors such as BlackRock, Founders Fund, and Atomico.
Learn more about PsiQuantum
Size
100 employees
Industry
Founded
2016

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