Internship/Research Engineer

Sygaldry Technologies; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 105,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Sygaldry Technologies seeks a hands-on research engineer to build, integrate, and operate experimental systems behind our quantum program. You will work on real hardware, spanning electronics, optics, timing, firmware, and software, to develop devices at the boundary of multiple disciplines.

A Ph.D. is not required; we care about what you have built and how you made it work reliably. You will contribute to a fast-paced lab environment and document your progress for cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building, aligning, integrating, or repairing real instruments and experimental setups.
• Experience in optics, electronics, RF, microwave, controls, vacuum, cryogenics, or scientific software and automation.
• Track record of making things work reliably and diagnosing root causes of failures.
• Experience Python or similar for instrument control, data acquisition, and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Build, test, and commission electronic, optical, vacuum, and cryogenic subsystems.
• Integrate lasers, RF and microwave hardware, control electronics, and data acquisition into systems.
• Debug failures spanning electronics, optics, timing, firmware, and software.
• Write automation, calibration, and analysis tooling to make measurements repeatable.
• Improve lab infrastructure and procedures so systems stay reliable and usable.
• Produce documentation that allows other team members to operate, maintain, and reproduce your work

Skills

Hands-on hardware

Instrument control

Data acquisition

Diagnostics

Python

Education

BS/MS/PhD in physics or engineering or related field

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Python programming

Job description

About Sygaldry

Sygaldry Technologies is building quantum-accelerated AI servers to exponentially speed up training and inference for AI. By integrating quantum and AI, we're accelerating the path to superintelligence, and addressing the problem of rising compute costs and energy bottlenecks. Sygaldry AI servers combine multiple qubit types within a single, fault-tolerant architecture to deliver the combination of cost, scale, and speed necessary for advanced AI applications. We pioneer new domains in physics, engineering, and AI, tackling the hardest challenges with a grounded, optimistic, and rigorous culture. We're looking for individuals ready to define the intersection of quantum and AI and drive its profound global impact.

About the Role

We are seeking a hands-on research engineer to build, integrate, and operate the experimental systems behind our quantum program. You will work on real hardware: building advanced scientific machines and developing devices across the boundaries between electronics, optics, timing, firmware, and software.

A Ph.D. is not required; we care about what you have built.

What You'll Work On

• Build, test, and commission electronic, optical, vacuum, and cryogenic subsystems.
• Integrate lasers, rf and microwave hardware, control electronics, and data acquisition into systems.
• Debug failures spanning electronics, optics, timing, firmware, and software.
• Write automation, calibration, and analysis tooling that makes measurements repeatable.
• Improve lab infrastructure and procedures so systems stay reliable and usable.
• Produce documentation that allows other team members to operate, maintain, and reproduce your work

You May Be a Good Fit If You Have

• Hands-on experience building, aligning, integrating, or repairing real instruments and experimental setups.
• Practical depth in one or more of: optics and photonics; electronics; RF, microwave, and controls; embedded or FPGA development; vacuum and cryogenics; scientific software and automation; device fabrication and characterization.
• A track record of making something work reliably, and of finding the real cause of a stubborn failure.
• Python or similar for instrument control, data acquisition, and analysis. Experience integrating tools across hardware control interfaces and software systems.
• A B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in physics, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Especially practical experience in a hardware development or production industry.
• Comfort working across disciplines, and clear reporting of what worked, what failed, and what you fixed.

How We’re Different

At Sygaldry, curiosity and intellectual courage drive our work. We approach ambitious challenges with a grounded, optimistic, and rigorous culture and know that kind people build the strongest teams. We prioritize mission over ego and collaborate openly with a strong sense of shared purpose. We dream big, yet we execute with a love of detail. We’re looking for scientists, engineers, and operators to forge new paths with us at the intersection of quantum and AI.

We encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.