Senior Fiber Optics & Assembly Engineer

PsiQuantum; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 151,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401(k) with company match

Equity grants

Financial wellness tools

Wellness benefits

Family support programs

Life and disability insurance

Paid leave

Holidays

DTO (Discretionary Time Off)

End-of-year shutdown

Job summary

PsiQuantum seeks a Senior Fiber Assembly Process Engineer to lead the development of advanced assembly instrumentation for high-speed fiber splicing and to study fiber and splice reliability at datacenter scale.

You will combine fiber engineering with opto-mechanical automation and semiconductor process development to deliver robust, scalable solutions for quantum-ready fiber systems.

Qualifications

• MSc or PhD in photonics, optics, physics, engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in fiber optics, optical system development and assembly.
• Strong understanding of optical fibers and fiber splicing & measurement equipment.
• Familiar with opto-mechanical packaging and assembly equipment.
• Proficiency in Python and JMP.
• Experience with mechanical and/or optical instrumentation automation and control.
• Familiarity with back-end semiconductor packaging is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Study and root-cause sources of fiber splice loss and loss variability.
• Develop and deploy advanced fiber processing equipment working with industrial partners.
• Develop advanced measurement methodologies for validating fiber and fiber splice losses at datacenter scale.
• Use optical simulation tools to model behavior & performance fiber-fiber interfaces for a wide range of advanced fiber designs.
• Assess modal properties, loss mechanisms, dispersion, coupling, and other key fiber characteristics relevant to demanding optical applications, through optical modeling and experimental validation, model closure.
• Work with the optical packaging and assembly validation teams to develop and deliver test methods for the performance and reliability of fiber interfaces.

Skills

Fiber optics

Fiber splicing

Python

JMP

Instrumentation automation

Optical measurement

Opto-mechanical packaging

Education

MSc or PhD in photonics, optics, physics, engineering, or related field

Tools

JMP

Job description

PsiQuantum seeks a Senior Fiber Assembly Process Engineer to lead the development of advanced assembly instrumentation for high-speed fiber splicing and to study fiber and splice reliability at datacenter scale.

You will combine fiber engineering with opto-mechanical automation and semiconductor process development to deliver robust, scalable solutions for quantum-ready fiber systems.