Senior Validation Engineer, Electro-Optical Devices

Entangled Future; Milpitas (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

competitive health coverage for you &/

401(k) with company match

equity grants

wellness benefits

family support programs

life and disability insurance

paid leave programs

company-designated paid holidays

DTO

end-of-year company shutdown

Job summary

PsiQuantum in Milpitas, CA is seeking a Senior Validation Engineer for Electro-Optical Devices. You will develop methods to validate the performance of electro-optical subsystems, drive measurements in the Engineering environment, debug issues, and supervise larger quantity builds in manufacturing.

Join a senior-level role in hardware engineering with a focus on debugging, data analysis, and collaboration with Design and Operations to ensure milestones are met and yield targets achieved.

Qualifications

• Experience with Python is preferred.
• Familiarity with EDVT & Fast Fail methodology.
• Familiarity with programming CPUs to interface with FPGA's is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Review electro-optical design from PCBA + optical assemblies to complex designs with integrated optics, electronics, firmware, software, and thermal design.
• Identify key parameters to measure and methods for the specific measurements, in collaboration with the Design team.
• Write the full validation plan for characterization of new designs and estimate time to complete measures on large quantities of devices.
• Design and run experiments to validate design functionality and performance: labs with light sources, detectors, switches, function generators, oscilloscopes; develop scripts and data analysis to extract key performance parameters.
• Own the validation effort: supervise measures, provide reports with yield indications for operations; identify issues and root causes to enable fixes.
• Work with operations/manufacturing to review build data and yield indications.

Skills

Python

FPGA interfacing

EDVT

Fast Fail methodology

Job description

Senior Validation Engineer, Electro-Optical Devices at PsiQuantum, Milpitas, California (remote). A senior-level full time position in the 4565 - SubSystem Validation team, listed under hardware engineering.

Come join us.

Job Summary

The Senior Validation Engineer will be responsible for developing and implementing the methods and techniques to validate the performance of various electro-optical subsystems, drive measures in the Engineering environment, debug issues, and supervise larger quantity builds in manufacturing

Note: PsiQuantum will only reach out to you using an official PsiQuantum email address and will never ask you for bank account information as part of the interview process. Please report any suspicious activity to [e-mail].

Actual compensation may vary outside of these ranges and is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, a candidate's qualifications, relevant education and training, competencies, experience, geographic location, business needs, and internal equity. Your recruiter can share more details about the salary range applicable to your location during the hiring process.

• Zone 1 - Bay Area and NYC
• Zone 2 - Examples include Los Angeles and Washington DC
• Zone 3 - Examples include Austin, Chicago, and Sacramento
• Zone 4 - Examples include Nashville and Phoenix/Tempe and many remote locations

This position includes the following benefits:

• competitive health coverage for you and your dependents
• 401(k) with company match
• equity grants
• access to financial wellness tools and planning resources
• wellness benefits
• family support programs
• life and disability insurance
• paid leave programs
• company-designated paid holidays
• discretionary time off (DTO)
• an end-of-year company shutdown

Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.

Responsibilities

• Review electro-optical design from simple PCBA + Optical assemblies to more complex designs where multiple PCBA & optical parts work together. Including integration of optics, electronics, firmware, software, and thermal design.
• Identify key parameters to measure and methods for the specific measurements, in collaboration with the Design team.
• Write the full validation plan for the characterization of new designs, estimate time to complete measures on large quantities of devices.
• Design and run experiments to validate design functionality and performance: from building laboratory setups comprised of light sources, detector, switches; function generators, oscilloscopes, etc., to developing software scrips and algorithms to collect relevant data, perform data analysis and extract key performance parameters.
• Own the validation effort: supervise the measures, provide reports with expected yield indications for the operation team. Identify issues, provide detailed descriptions and help identify root cause, enable design and/or process engineer to identify fixes. Have a high awareness of milestones and impact of delay on overall program.
• Work with operations team / manufacturing to review build data and yield indication.

Requirements

• Experience with Python is preferred.Experience with EDVT & Fast Fail methodology.
• Familiarity with programming CPUs to interface with FPGA's is a plus.