Senior Manager of Specialty Engineering - 1093

Quantinuum; Broomfield (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Quantinuum in Broomfield, CO, seeks a Senior Manager of Specialty Engineering to lead Quality, Materials & Process, and Reliability Engineering for quantum hardware. The role builds teams, labs, data systems, and standards to improve quality, material robustness, and system reliability throughout the product lifecycle.

The candidate will drive QMS strategy, partner with R&D and manufacturing, and implement practical controls across design, development, and production functions in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related technical field.
• 8+ years in quality, reliability, materials and process, product, systems, or manufacturing engineering for complex hardware.
• 8+ years in QMS processes, non-conformance, root cause analysis, CAPA, risk management, and verification of corrective-action effectiveness.
• 5+ years leading technical teams including people leadership and capability development.
• 5+ years partnering with R&D and product teams to mature technology from prototype to production readiness.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and scale the Quality Engineering, Materials and Process Engineering, and Reliability Engineering disciplines.
• Define capability roadmaps, competency models, standards, and hiring plans for each discipline.
• Coach engineers and leaders, establish communities of practice, and capture lessons learned.
• Plan resources across technology development, product realization, production, supplier, and sustaining needs.
• Own the hardware QMS strategy, architecture, maintenance, and continuous improvement.
• Establish practical QMS controls for design, risk, inspection, traceability, non-conformance, supplier quality, calibration, audits, CAPA, and reviews.
• Own hardware failure analysis capability including triage, containment, strategy, methods, root-cause, reporting, and learning.
• Partner with functional leaders to embed quality processes in daily engineering and manufacturing work.
• Guide selection, development, qualification, approval, and change control of materials and special processes used in precision hardware.
• Establish material and process specs, approved lists, qualification plans, process controls, supplier requirements, and technical standards.

Skills

Quality Engineering

Materials & Process

Reliability Engineering

Leadership

Risk Management

Project Leadership

ISO 9001

Technical Standards

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

QMS

Job description

Senior Manager of Specialty Engineering - 1093 at Quantinuum, US Broomfield, CO. A senior-level full time position in the Hardware Manufacturing team, listed under hardware engineering.

We are seeking a Senior Manager of Specialty Engineering in our Broomfield, CO location to lead Quality Engineering, Materials and Process Engineering, and subsystem Reliability Engineering for complex quantum computing hardware. This leader will build and develop the people, methods, laboratories, data systems, and technical standards required to improve product quality, material and process robustness, and system reliability across the product lifecycle.

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

WE VALUE

• Advanced degree - Masters or PhD - in Physics, Engineering, or related technical field preferred
• Demonstrated experience building or significantly improving one or more specialty engineering functions, technical centers of excellence, or cross-functional engineering systems.
• Ability to lead technically ambiguous investigations, integrate evidence across disciplines, and make clear risk-based recommendations.
• Experience developing engineers, setting technical standards, and balancing strategic capability building with urgent program execution.
• Leadership experience spanning two or more of the following: Quality Engineering, Materials and Process Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Supplier Quality, Failure Analysis, or Systems Engineering.
• Experience with low-volume, high-complexity hardware in quantum, aerospace, semiconductor, photonics, precision instrumentation, medical device, or similarly rigorous environments.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 or comparable quality-system frameworks and experience translating requirements into practical engineering controls.
• Experience with precision mechanical assemblies, optics and photonics, electronics, vacuum systems, cryogenic systems, cleanrooms, and contamination-sensitive hardware.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and scale the Quality Engineering, Materials and Process Engineering, and Reliability Engineering disciplines.
• Define capability roadmaps, competency models, technical standards, career development expectations, hiring plans, and succession depth for each discipline.
• Coach engineers and technical leaders, establish communities of practice, and ensure lessons learned are translated into repeatable organizational capability.
• Plan and prioritize specialist resources across technology development, product realization, production, supplier, and sustaining needs.
• Own the strategy, architecture, implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the hardware QMS.
• Establish practical QMS controls for design and development, risk management, inspection and acceptance, product traceability, non-conformance, supplier quality, calibration, training, audits, CAPA, and management review.
• Own the hardware failure analysis capability, including issue triage, containment, investigation strategy, analytical methods, root-cause determination, reporting, and organizational learning.
• Partner with functional leaders so quality processes are embedded in daily engineering and manufacturing work, not treated as a separate compliance activity.
• Guide selection, development, qualification, approval, and change control of materials and special processes used in precision mechanical, optical, photonic, electrical, vacuum, and cryogenic hardware.
• Establish material and process specifications, approved materials and process lists, qualification plans, process controls, supplier requirements, and technical standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree minimum required.
• Minimum 8+ years of experience in quality, reliability, materials and process, product, systems, or manufacturing engineering for complex hardware.
• Minimum 8+ years of experience with QMS processes, non-conformance, root cause analysis, CAPA, risk management, and verification of corrective-action effectiveness.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience leading technical teams, including direct people leadership and capability development.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience partnering with R&D and product teams to mature technology from prototype through qualification and production readiness.
• 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.