Senior Quantum Hardware Design Engineer

PsiQuantum; Milpitas (CA); Hybrid; USD 236,000 - 277,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401(k) with company match

Equity grants

Wellness benefits

Paid leave programs

Company holidays

Discretionary time off (DTO)

Job summary

PsiQuantum is seeking a Principal Hardware Design Engineer to own hardware designs critical to the quantum computer's system, collaborating with thermal, mechanical, firmware, and optical engineers to meet the architecture and physical framework requirements.

You will design, test, and refine analog/digital circuitry, ensure signal integrity and EMI control, and contribute to documentation and software for measurements across multiple engineering domains.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics or equivalent.
• 10 years of relevant product development experience leading to volume manufacturing and multiple successful products.

Responsibilities

• Design, create schematics, and oversee PCB layout of analog and digital circuitry including high-speed transceivers, 10+ Gbps links, FPGA, MCUs, clock distribution, power filters, and PDN.
• Ensure robust signal integrity and EMI suppression in all designs.
• Design and create test setups for electro-optic modules testing.
• Characterize, optimize, and debug analog, digital, and electro-optic circuitry using mixed-signal oscilloscopes, VNAs, signal generators, multimeters, and DC supplies.
• Develop software to drive measurements.
• Analyze data and extract key performance parameters.
• Maintain detailed documentation of hardware designs, test results, and design changes.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Signal integrity

EMI suppression

Measurement programming

Education

Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering/Physics

Tools

Vector network analyzer

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

DC power supplies

Job description

PsiQuantum is seeking a Principal Hardware Design Engineer to own hardware designs critical to the quantum computer's system, collaborating with thermal, mechanical, firmware, and optical engineers to meet the architecture and physical framework requirements.

You will design, test, and refine analog/digital circuitry, ensure signal integrity and EMI control, and contribute to documentation and software for measurements across multiple engineering domains.