Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

The role

The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer designs complex optomechanical and optoelectronic subsystem assemblies. You will work with teams in cryogenics, optics, electronics, and manufacturing using Design for Manufacturability principles.

What you will do

• Translate high-level, ambiguous requirements into practical design solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to iterate and refine concepts.
• Rapid prototype concepts to iterate designs.
• Ownership of designs from prototype to production.
• Generate and maintain process flow documentation.
• Conduct DFMEA, PFMEA & risk analysis heat maps.
• Generate & maintain BOM’s & build standards.
• Execute basic structural and thermal analyses to down-select designs.
• Practice proper engineering revision control.

Required qualifications

• Experience designing mechanical assemblies for optoelectronic devices, such as optical transceivers, co-packaged optics, and datacenter switching systems.
• Expertise in Design for Manufacturability, Design for Assembly.
• Expertise with GD&T.
• Expertise with tolerance analysis methods.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies and design principles in emerging or unfamiliar fields.
• Willingness to support colleagues in achieving team objectives.
• Demonstrated independent judgment.
• Continuous learning mindset.
• Proven ability to execute deliverables against schedule and quality targets.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering or a relevant discipline.
• 2–5 years of experience, with a focus on optomechanical design and/or optoelectronic packaging.

Nice to have

• Experience designing systems for cryogenic and vacuum environments
• Experience with fiber optical industry
• Experience designing semiconductor-related optomechanical assemblies, particularly for vacuum environments or applications sensitive to temperature-induced drift

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.