Staff Supply Chain Manager / Supplier Engineer - Mechanical, Vacuum and Cryogenics

The role

The Staff Supply Chain Manager / Supplier Engineer will drive supply chain performance for the overall supply base, specifically for mechanical and cryogenic components. This role supports the shift from R&D to production of fault tolerant quantum computers.

What you will do

• Negotiate delivery, pricing, and other contract terms with key technology suppliers in the mechanical and cryogenic space.
• Buildup, oversee, and project manage supplier relationships and performance for large scale, long term engineering and capital programs.
• Scale and mature a global supply base for cryogenics vacuum chambers and related electronic and mechanical components.
• Develop and enhance supplier selection and on-boarding processes.
• Develop and grow supplier technical capabilities to meet requirements for performance, quality, capacity, and cost.
• Partner with engineering and operations teams to align supplier performance with internal milestones and goals.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a business or technical field
• Ability to thrive working independently after receiving high level direction on expectations and goals
• Demonstrated business acumen in managing trade-offs for technical supplier selections
• Successful ramp up of small and/or immature supply chains
• Contract negotiation and management experience
• Business process development and improvement
• Strong project management and technical and business problem solving skills
• 10-15+ years of experience as a Supply Chain Manager or Supplier Engineering role
• Experience with ERP (NetSuite) and PLM (Arena) or similar systems
• Working knowledge of MS Office suite including project, powerpoint, excel, and word

Nice to have

• MBE or ME
• Experience in cryoplants and cryogenics
• Experience in opto-mechanical assemblies
• Experience in electro-mechanical assemblies

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)
• end-of-year company shutdown

About the company

PsiQuantum's mission is to build the first useful quantum computers. The company uses silicon photonics to build and deploy million-qubit, fault-tolerant quantum systems.