Senior Optical Packaging & Assembly Engineer

PsiQuantum; Daresbury; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

PsiQuantum’s UK R&D facility located in Daresbury Lab is seeking a Senior Optical Packaging Engineer to develop high-performance, scalable opto-electronic packaging workflows for chip-based photonic ICs. The role is based at PsiQuantum’s UK R&D facility in Daresbury Lab.

You will lead the design and implementation of optical packaging schemes, manage prototypes and scalable assembly flows, and collaborate with suppliers and external vendors to translate successful prototypes into scalable

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in Optical Engineering, Physics or an equivalent field.
• 3+ years in PIC packaging design and qualification.
• 5+ years of experience with optical fibers and optical measurements.
• 3+ years in FAU / optical connector to chip attachment.
• Experience with optical data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop an optical package and fibre-to-chip alignment scheme with high alignment accuracy.
• Develop packaging prototypes and scalable fibre-to-chip packaging flows.
• Review packaging BOMs and coordinate parts procurement.
• Collaborate with internal packaging team and external vendors to scale designs.
• Source materials with external partners and provide feedback on evolving requirements.
• Work with external partners on advanced opto-electronic packaging solutions.

Skills

PIC packaging design

Optical fiber handling

Optical data analysis

FAU / optical connector to chip

Education

Master’s degree in Optical Engineering or Physics

Tools

Optical measurement equipment

Job description

PsiQuantum’s mission is to build the first useful quantum computers—machines capable of delivering the breakthroughs the field has long promised. Since our founding in 2016, our singular focus has been to build and deploy million-qubit, fault-tolerant quantum systems.

Quantum computers harness the laws of quantum mechanics to solve problems that even the most advanced supercomputers or AI systems will never reach. Their impact will span energy, pharmaceuticals, finance, agriculture, transportation, materials, and other foundational industries.

Our architecture and approach is based on silicon photonics. By leveraging the advanced semiconductor manufacturing industry—including partners like GlobalFoundries—we use the same high-volume processes that already produce billions of chips for telecom and consumer electronics. Photonics offers natural advantages for scale: photons don’t feel heat, are immune to electromagnetic interference, and integrate with existing cryogenic cooling and standard fiber-optic infrastructure.

In 2024, PsiQuantum announced government-funded projects to support the build-out of our first utility-scale quantum computers in Brisbane, Australia, and Chicago, Illinois. These initiatives reflect a growing recognition that quantum computing will be strategically and economically defining—and that now is the time to scale.

PsiQuantum also develops the algorithms and software needed to make these systems commercially valuable. Our application, software, and industry teams work directly with leading Fortune 500 companies—including Lockheed Martin, Mercedes-Benz, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Mitsubishi Chemical—to prepare quantum solutions for real-world impact.

Quantum computing is not an extension of classical computing. It represents a fundamental shift—and a path to mastering challenges that cannot be solved any other way. The potential is enormous, and we have a clear path to make it real.

Come join us.

Job Summary

The Senior Optical Packaging Engineer is responsible for developing & implementing high-performance, robust & scalable opto-electronic packaging workflows for a variety of chip-based photonic integrated circuits. This work will be carried out in PsiQuantum’s UK R&D facility located in Daresbury Lab.

Responsibilities

• Develop an optical package and fibre-to-chip alignment scheme that allows for high alignment accuracy and scalable assembly.
• Help develop packaging prototypes & scalable fibre-to-chip packaging flows and processes.
• Review packaging design BOMs, work with supply chain on procuring parts needed for assembly.
• Work with our internal packaging team and external vendors on transferring & scaling packaging designs and processes based on successful prototypes.
• Work with external vendors and suppliers to source required materials and provide feedback on evolving requirements.
• Working with external partners to develop advanced opto-electronic packaging solutions.

Experience/Qualifications

• Master’s Degree or above in Optical Engineering, Physics or equivalent.
• 3+ years of experience working on PIC packaging design & qualification.
• 5+ years of experience working with optical fibers, optical measurements.
• 3+ years of experience working on FAU / optical connector to chip attachment.
• Experience with optical data analysis.

PsiQuantum provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. PsiQuantum does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable laws.

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