Lead Hardware Test Engineer — Quantum Instrumentation

Vector Atomic; Pleasanton (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401(k) contributions

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Fully stocked kitchen

Job summary

Vector Atomic is seeking an experienced test engineer to lead a growing team of physicists, electrical, mechanical, software, and optical engineers in rapid development of test procedures for next-generation quantum instruments.

You will mentor early-career engineers, define test strategies, and oversee environmental, EMI/EMC testing while collaborating across disciplines in a hands-on lab setting in Pleasanton, CA.

Qualifications

• Experience testing precision instruments and/or sensors in a lab environment.
• Ability to create test plans and procedures for novel instrumentation.
• Experience with post-test data analysis to extract performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Be a team leader for testing and debugging complex electronic circuits including FPGAs, MCUs, mixed-signal and photonics devices.
• Collaborate with physicists and engineers to develop test procedures for next-generation quantum instruments.
• Collaborate to define DFT and DFM improvements.
• Create test plans for environmental, EMI and EMC testing and oversee execution at external facilities.
• Use test equipment to characterize and verify performance.
• Define equipment/software to create automated data systems for production.

Skills

Leadership

Test procedure development

Data analysis

Documentation

Communication

Mentoring

Lab testing

Education

BSEE or MSEE

Tools

Altium

Oscilloscopes

VNA

SAs (spectrum analyzers)

Power supplies

Function generators

DVM

Job description

Vector Atomic is seeking an experienced test engineer to lead a growing team of physicists, electrical, mechanical, software, and optical engineers in rapid development of test procedures for next-generation quantum instruments.

You will mentor early-career engineers, define test strategies, and oversee environmental, EMI/EMC testing while collaborating across disciplines in a hands-on lab setting in Pleasanton, CA.