Psiquantum
Fiber Assembly Process Engineer (hiring from Associate to Senior levels)
Milpitas, California. Posted 5 months ago
The role
The Fiber Assembly Process Engineer will develop advanced assembly instrumentation for high-performance fiber splicing. This role involves studying fiber and splice reliability and combining fiber engineering, opto-mechanical automation, and semiconductor process development.
What you will do
- Study and root-cause sources of fiber splice loss and loss variability.
- Develop and deploy advanced fiber processing equipment working with industrial partners.
- Develop advanced measurement methodologies for validating fiber and fiber splice losses at datacenter scale.
- Use optical simulation tools to model behavior & performance fiber-fiber interfaces.
- Assess modal properties, loss mechanisms, dispersion, coupling, and other key fiber characteristics.
- Work with optical packaging and assembly validation teams to develop and deliver test methods.
Required qualifications
- MSc or PhD in photonics, optics, physics, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
- 5+ years of experience in fiber optics, optical system development and assembly.
- Strong understanding of optical fibers and fiber splicing & measurement equipment.
- Familiar with key opto-mechanical packaging and assembly equipment.
- Proficiency in Python and JMP.
- Experience with mechanical and/or optical instrumentation automation and control.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with back-end semiconductor packaging
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 using silicon photonics. The company focuses on building and deploying million-qubit, fault-tolerant quantum systems.