Lead Manufacturing Engineer -1056

Entangled Future; Broomfield (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Quantinuum is seeking a Lead Manufacturing Engineer in Broomfield, CO to lead manufacturing engineering for ultra-high-vacuum hardware. This hands-on role collaborates with design partners to ensure manufacturability, reliability, and cost targets while guiding future facilities and production workstreams.

You will own manufacturing readiness end‑to‑end, work with technicians on assembly, testing, and troubleshooting, and travel up to 10% as needed to support production goals and continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree minimum
• Minimum 8 years of experience in hardware manufacturing or product industrialization
• U.S. person for contractual requirements (citizenship/PR/green card)

Responsibilities

• Serve as the manufacturing engineering lead for the team, setting technical direction and standards for current and next‑generation systems
• Create and maintain the manufacturing vision and integrated plan, including readiness, capacity, and production ramp
• Engage early with upstream design partners to influence architecture and drive manufacturability
• Plan future facilities, layouts, equipment, and throughput expansions
• Own manufacturing readiness from concept through production release with defined work instructions and release criteria
• Partner with quality to meet targets for material, labor, yield, cycle time and cost
• Work hands‑on with technicians to assemble, test, and troubleshoot high‑complexity hardware

Skills

Leadership

DFM/ DFA

Manufacturing readiness

Facilities planning

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Advanced degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering

Job description

Lead Manufacturing Engineer -1056 at Quantinuum, US Broomfield, CO. A lead-level full time position in the Hardware Manufacturing team, listed under hardware engineering.

We are seeking a Lead Manufacturing Engineer in our Broomfield, CO , location. This role will lead manufacturing engineering for a team industrializing and manufacturing complex ultra-high-vacuum (UHV) hardware. The engineer will define the manufacturing vision for next-generation systems, engage early with design partners to drive manufacturability, and plan future manufacturing facilities and workstreams. This is a hands‑on role that will work directly with technicians to build, integrate, and troubleshoot hardware.

All applicants for placement in safety‑sensitive positions will be required to submit to a pre‑employment drug test.

WE VALUE

• Advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field
• Experience serving as a manufacturing technical lead and defining manufacturing strategy, readiness plans, and production investments for new or next‑generation products
• Proven ability to influence product architecture and design decisions through DFM/DFA, design reviews, prototyping, and manufacturing risk assessment
• Experience planning or launching manufacturing facilities, production cells, cleanroom workstreams, capital equipment, material flow, and capacity expansions
• Hands‑on experience leading builds and working alongside technicians to assemble, integrate, test, and troubleshoot high‑complexity, low‑volume hardware while meeting schedule, quality, and safety commitments
• Demonstrated success establishing scalable production systems through process flows, work instructions, build travelers, inspection plans, test procedures, operator training, and manufacturing readiness reviews
• Strong technical ownership, organization, communication, and cross‑functional leadership, with the ability to remain closely engaged on the production floor and build trust with technicians

Responsibilities

• Serve as the manufacturing engineering lead for the team, setting technical direction, priorities, standards, and best practices for current and next‑generation systems
• Create and maintain the manufacturing vision and integrated plan for next‑generation systems, including manufacturing readiness, capacity, capital equipment, and production ramp
• Engage early with upstream design partners to influence architecture, define manufacturing requirements, and drive manufacturability, assembly, testability, reliability, and cost into the design
• Plan future manufacturing facilities and workstreams, including production layouts, equipment, material flow, cleanroom needs, and phased capacity expansion
• Own manufacturing readiness from concept through production release by establishing process flows, work instructions, build travelers, inspection and test methods, tooling, training, and release criteria
• Partner with quality and drive cost initiatives to meet production targets for material, labor, yield, cycle time and cost
• Work side by side with technicians and operators to assemble, integrate, test, troubleshoot, and deliver complex UHV systems while providing real‑time technical direction and removing barriers to progress
• Travel may be required up to 10%

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree minimum
• Minimum 8 years of experience in hardware manufacturing or product industrialization
• Due to Contractual requirements, must be a U.S. Person defined as, U.S. citizen permanent resident, or green card holder, workers granted asylum or refugee status
• Due to national security requirements imposed by the U.S. Government, candidates for this position must not be a People's Republic of China national or Russian national unless the candidate is also a U.S. citizen.