Senior Engineer, System Calibration

PsiQuantum • Milpitas, CA

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About The Position

At PsiQuantum we are developing and testing prototype modules which will scale into a datacenter-sized, fault-tolerant quantum computer. Once integrated into a final system, these modules and sub-systems need to be calibrated regularly to ensure we are producing single photons and entangled states that enable our quantum computation architecture. The Senior Engineer, System Calibration will be responsible for aggregating all calibrations necessary to operate our system. As part of this role, the Senior Engineer, System Calibration will conduct risk analyses, define operational requirements, and develop test requirements for calibrations performed in our system. This role is deeply cross-functional and will require working with component designers, system designers, test and validation engineers, and control software engineers. The Senior Engineer, System Calibration will organize and analyze information from a diverse set of technologies such as RF electronics, active photonics, analog mixed-signal hardware, lasers, cryostats, embedded systems, complex data acquisition systems, and quantum modules.

Requirements

• M.S. or Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related discipline with 3+ years of industry experience with a PhD, or 5+ years with a M.S.
• Demonstrated ability to work as an independent individual contributor or project manager on systems involving the integration of optical and electronic hardware, firmware, software, and data acquisition infrastructure.
• Demonstrated experience with some, or all, of the following: Active photonics, RF engineering, hardware design Optics, lasers, quantum computation, experimental control software Embedded systems, firmware, RTL, signal processing
• Demonstrated experience working on and leading cross-functional engineering teams.
• Proven track record of organizing complex technical concepts.
• Experience documenting projects, processes, or hardware designs.
• Demonstrated experience using python or a similar scripting language for data analysis and experiment control.
• Proven team player with an ability to work effectively across departments, sites, time zones.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an ability to communicate effectively to a variety of audiences including senior leadership and technical experts.
• Demonstrated interest in PsiQuantum’s mission and vision for quantum computing, with an ability to contribute within a fast-paced start-up environment consistent with PsiQuantum’s values of communication, collaboration, respect, results, and challenge.

Responsibilities

• Aggregate and structure all calibration and operational information from component and subsystem teams into a coherent system-level framework.
• Lead system-level calibration risk analysis and mitigation planning across hardware, firmware, and software interfaces.
• Develop modeling and analytical tools to understand how component-level calibrations behave and interact when integrated into the full system.
• Track calibration time estimates and actuals to model our system’s uptime and identify areas requiring optimization.
• Develop requirements for hardware, firmware, and software teams to meet uptime and performance targets.
• Specify test requirements to validate and de-risk calibrations at various levels of integration testing.
• Lead ad-hoc cross-functional working groups to collaboratively develop and refine high-risk calibrations.
• Partner with other system calibration engineers and software engineering teams to integrate calibrations into executable routines.
• Support validation activities by providing system-level context, debugging support, and root-cause analysis during prototyping and integration.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level