Opto-Mechanical Quantum Engineer — Build Scalable Hardware

Infleqtion; Louisville (CO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) match

Unlimited PTO

Equity package

Life and AD&D Insurance

HSA

Job summary

Infleqtion is seeking an Opto-mechanical Engineer to design precision opto-mechanical subsystems for scalable quantum hardware in a collaborative lab setting. You will work with physicists and engineers across disciplines to bring research concepts into repeatable production-grade hardware.

You will apply design-for-manufacturing principles, run detailed simulations, and perform experimental validation from early demonstrations to integrated systems, with a strong emphasis on documentation and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in optical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with optical alignment and laboratory work.
• Familiarity with SolidWorks for component design.
• Strong experimental rigor and documentation habits.
• Desire to learn basic Zemax (OpticsStudio).

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Opto-mechanical design

Optical alignment

Documentation skills

Laboratory work

Willingness to learn Zemax

Education

Bachelor's degree in optical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, or related field

Tools

SolidWorks

Zemax (OpticsStudio)

Job description

Infleqtion is seeking an Opto-mechanical Engineer to design precision opto-mechanical subsystems for scalable quantum hardware in a collaborative lab setting. You will work with physicists and engineers across disciplines to bring research concepts into repeatable production-grade hardware.

You will apply design-for-manufacturing principles, run detailed simulations, and perform experimental validation from early demonstrations to integrated systems, with a strong emphasis on documentation and