Lead Diffractive Optical Engineer - 981

The role

You will join a team of physicists and optical engineers building commercial and research quantum computing systems. You will lead design and development projects that validate technologies, methods, alignment and suppliers for production.

What you will do

• Take part in a team of physicists, optical and opto-mechanical engineers supporting quantum computing systems
• Test, assemble and develop metasurface components, lenses, micro-optical and photonic systems
• Lead development and design projects that validate technologies, methods, alignment and suppliers toward production solutions

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree minimum
• Minimum 8 years of experience (advanced degree included) with optical design of refractive, reflective, diffractive and photonics components and systems
• U.S. Person status: U.S. citizen, permanent resident or green card holder, or granted asylum or refugee status

Nice to have

• Ph.D. or Master's in Optics, Applied Physics or a related field
• Designing high NA photonic collection optics
• Tolerancing and analysis of optical systems
• Coherent optics with diffractive optics (DOEs) and/or metasurfaces
• Micro-optics, fiber optics and/or photonic components
• Measurement of optical components and systems
• Polarization optical components
• Debugging and troubleshooting optical and photonic systems
• Wavelengths from UV to infrared
• Optical modeling software (Zemax preferred; Code V, LighTools, FRED)

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and work on groundbreaking technology
• Flexible work arrangements
• Employer-subsidized medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match and student loan repayment benefit
• Equity opportunities
• Generous paid time off, sick leave and 12 paid holidays a year
• Paid parental leave
• Employee discount programs

Before you apply

• Pre-employment drug test required for safety-sensitive positions
• U.S. Person status required due to contractual requirements
• Some positions involve export-controlled technology; a non-U.S. person may need government authorization, and hiring depends on whether it can be obtained

About the company

Quantinuum is a quantum computing company delivering a full-stack platform for real-world deployment, with more than 800 employees. It is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, and operates in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and Singapore.