Opto-mechanical Engineer (Quantum Computing) Hardware

Front Door Defense; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Infleqtion is seeking an Opto-mechanical Engineer to design precision opto-mechanical subsystems that underpin scalable, high-performance quantum hardware. You will collaborate with physicists and engineers in a lab-focused environment.

Responsibilities include designing integration for lasers, optics, vacuum components, and detectors, applying high-fidelity simulations, and ensuring manufacturability from prototype to production.

Qualifications

• Experience designing opto-mechanical subsystems for precision hardware.
• Ability to analyze trade-offs and constraints in opto-mechanical systems.
• Familiarity with design-for-manufacturing and design-for-assembly principles.

Responsibilities

• Design and integrate opto-mechanical subsystems for lasers and optics.
• Collaborate with physicists and cross-disciplinary teams through the hardware lifecycle.
• Perform root-cause investigations and corrective actions in the lab.

Skills

Opto-mechanical design

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Design for manufacturing

Root cause analysis

High-speed detectors knowledge

Tools

FEA (finite element analysis)

Lab instrumentation

Job description

Opto-mechanical Engineer (Quantum Computing)

Develop opto-mechanical subsystems for scalable quantum hardware at Infleqtion

Location: Boulder, Colorado, Louisville, Colorado

Compensation: $130,000 - 155,000 USD / year

About The Role

Infleqtion Quantum Computing Product Group

At Infleqtion we solve the world's most challenging problems using cutting-edge quantum technology. Our mission is to commercialize atom-based quantum products that provide orders of magnitude improvements in sensing and computing applications. We are proud to work tirelessly to create and lead the quantum ecosystem towards meaningful advancements today and set the technology roadmap for tomorrow.

Opto-mechanical Engineer

Within Infleqtion's Quantum Computing Product Group, the Hardware Engineering Team seeks an Opto-mechanical Engineer as a designer responsible for the realization of precision opto-mechanical subsystems that underpin scalable, high-performance quantum hardware.

The successful candidate will support opto-mechanical, module-level designs working closely with physicists and cross-disciplinary engineering teams in a laboratory focused environment.

Job Responsibilities

Typically, you will be entrusted with:

• Working on opto-mechanical subsystems and supporting identification and escalation of technical risks, trade-offs and constraints.


• Designing components for opto-mechanical integration of precision components and assemblies supporting lasers, optics, vacuum-integrated components, state-of-the-art sensors, high-speed photodetectors, DMDs, SLMs, AODs, and EOMs.


• Collaborating with physicists and optical, mechanical, electrical, software, and systems engineers through the hardware development lifecycle, from early research demonstrations through integrated, scalable systems.


• Adhering to design-for-manufacturing and design-for-assembly considerations early in the product lifecycle and performing hands-on root-cause investigations, corrective actions, and laboratory subsystem's assembly.


• Using high-fidelity opto-mechanical simulations and executing on experimental strategies to characterize optical stability, drift, noise sources, and scaling limits, ranging from back-of-the-envelope calculations to detailed finite element analysis (FEA) encompassing tolerance stack-ups, thermal behavior, structural stiffness, and vibration sensitivity.


• Supporting the transition of opto-mechanical subsystems from research-grade configurations to repeatable, maintainable, and scalable hardware suitable for increased atom counts.


• Advancing current best practices for optical design workflows, laboratory procedures, documentation, and version control.