Senior Engineer - Optomechanical Integration and Test

IonQ•Bothell, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

IonQ is developing the world's most powerful full-stack quantum computer based on trapped-ion technology. We are pushing past the limits of classical physics and current supercomputing technology to unlock a new era of computing. Quantum computing has the potential to impact every area of human society for the better. IonQ’s computers will soon redefine industries like medicine, materials science, finance, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cryptography, and more. IonQ is at the forefront of this technological revolution. We are in the process of building our Production Engineering Test Team to establish system-level validation and test, and to assist development of assembly and test documentation for our initial production systems including sub-systems and modules. As a Senior Optical Systems Test Engineer, you will be directly responsible for helping define and implement the infrastructure to support all levels and phases of hardware testing at IonQ. You will work with partner teams to understand the pain points and problems to be solved and be able implement scalable solutions. You have experience aligning and testing free space and fiber optical systems and developing test architectures for complex hardware systems, including design for test and manufacturing. You can work with partner teams to define your system in terms of requirements and help develop and execute an implementation plan.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent
5+ years developing and testing optical and mechanical designs for complex systems
2+ years of experience as a technical lead for your discipline
Experience with Optical system design, precision machine and design principles.
Understanding the principles of design for thermal stability/vibration
Design of fixturing/tooling design of optical components/Optical systems
Experience developing test solutions for a characterization/diagnostic test environment

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Mechanical or Optical Engineering or equivalent
8+ years of experience developing verification solutions for complex systems
Proficiency with FEA for stress, vibrational and thermal analysis.
Proficiency with geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
Experience navigating the trade space of new designs between performance, reliability, cost, and manufacturability using DFM techniques.
Demonstrated experience leading a design for test campaign through the entire product life cycle
Experience building scalable test solutions for hardware
Experience leading teams

Responsibilities

Work across relevant partner teams to gather requirements for a common test infrastructure
Own the design of the test infrastructure to support all aspects of testing
Interface with system owners to help develop verification strategies
Help develop and implement the test design process and associated documentation
Develop and implement design for test strategies
Help build the tools and processes to expedite validation and verification of future products