Senior Materials & Process Engineer, Quantum Hardware

Infleqtion, Inc.; Louisville (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Health Savings Account

Unlimited PTO

401(k) match

Life and AD&D Insurance

Flexible Savings Account

Paid FMLA, parental leave

Employee Assistance Program

Student Loan Repayment

Equity program

Job summary

Infleqtion, Inc. in Louisville, CO is seeking a Senior Materials and Process Engineer to support the conception and maturation of quantum product processes, including glass substrate processing, bonding, silicon wafer work, and laser integration.

The role involves collaboration with physicists and engineers to define system requirements, documentation of designs, and testing via DOE and statistics. Travel up to 5% may be required; office-based environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, materials science or materials engineering, engineering physics, or similar
• At least 4 years of experience in materials processing, product design, development and testing
• Experience with adhesive/epoxy selection and testing for low outgassing applications
• Experience with microscale/nanoscale processing (e.g., MEMS design and testing, wet bench etching, cleaning)
• Experience with several materials characterization techniques including high resolution microscopy, SEM, EDS, XPS, SIMS, XRD and X-ray CT scanning
• Experience with laser systems and laser safety, and ideally optics and opto-mechanics
• Experience with vacuum processing and UHV systems, designing and troubleshooting them (including helium leak checking or bomb testing)
• Proficient with physical vapor deposition technologies, including ion beam and/or magnetron sputtering
• Proficient with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and/or multi-physics modeling (e.g., COMSOL)
• Proficient with DOE/SPC/CIP techniques and software such as JMP and/or MiniTab

Responsibilities

• Develop materials bonding and fabrication techniques for construction of vacuum cells, vapor cells, and quantum components
• Collaborate with physicists and optical, electrical, mechanical, and software engineers to define mechanical and optomechanical system requirements
• Produce engineering documentation, including technical drawings, mechanical assembly packages, work instructions and standard operating procedures
• Support root cause analysis or failure mode investigations
• Validate processes through design of experiments, hands-on testing and statistical analysis
• Other duties or projects as assigned

Skills

Materials processing

Bonding techniques

Microscale/nanoscience

Vacuum systems

Finite Element Analysis

DOE/SPC/CIP methods

Laser systems

SEM/EDS/XPS analysis

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in mechanical/ electrical / materials science or related field

Tools

JMP

MiniTab

SEM

XPS

XRD

Job description

Infleqtion, Inc. in Louisville, CO is seeking a Senior Materials and Process Engineer to support the conception and maturation of quantum product processes, including glass substrate processing, bonding, silicon wafer work, and laser integration.

The role involves collaboration with physicists and engineers to define system requirements, documentation of designs, and testing via DOE and statistics. Travel up to 5% may be required; office-based environment.