Lead Hardware Engineering for PCB & Quantum Control

Atom Computing; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Unlimited PTO

401K with company match

Disability insurance

Flexible Spending Account

Dependent care benefits

Life insurance

Daily meals and snacks

Job summary

Atom Computing in Boulder, CO is seeking a Hardware Engineering Manager to lead control systems hardware development from board design through fabrication and integration into instruments.

You will manage a team of hardware engineers, partner with fabrication houses, drive vendor performance, root-cause investigations, and ensure quality standards across the build process; reports to the VP of Control Systems & Software.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• 10+ years of hands-on hardware engineering experience with PCB fabrication and contract electronics assembly.
• 2+ years of people management including hiring and performance reviews.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware engineers through PCB design, bring-up, and test of control system instruments.
• Manage PCB fab and contract assembly vendors to hit quality and delivery targets.
• Drive root-cause investigations and corrective actions for prototype defects.
• Own hardware roadmap and subsystem delivery for commercial and research projects.
• Collaborate on DFx input to catch manufacturability issues early.
• Partner with physicists and engineers to translate use cases into hardware.

Skills

Leadership

Team mentoring

Vendor management

Design-for-manufacturability

Root-cause analysis

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

PCB fabrication

Contract electronics assembly

Job description

Atom Computing in Boulder, CO is seeking a Hardware Engineering Manager to lead control systems hardware development from board design through fabrication and integration into instruments.

You will manage a team of hardware engineers, partner with fabrication houses, drive vendor performance, root-cause investigations, and ensure quality standards across the build process; reports to the VP of Control Systems & Software.