Lead Manufacturing Engineer -1056

The role

You will lead manufacturing engineering for a team that industrializes and builds complex ultra-high-vacuum (UHV) hardware. You will set the manufacturing vision for next-generation systems and work hands-on with technicians to build, integrate and troubleshoot hardware.

What you will do

• Lead manufacturing engineering for the team and set technical direction, priorities, standards and best practices
• Create and maintain the manufacturing vision and integrated plan for next-generation systems
• Engage early with design partners to influence architecture and drive manufacturability, assembly, testability, reliability and cost
• Plan future manufacturing facilities and workstreams, including layouts, equipment, material flow, cleanroom needs and phased capacity expansion
• Own manufacturing readiness from concept through production release, including process flows, work instructions, inspection and test methods, and release criteria
• Partner with quality and drive cost initiatives to meet targets for material, labor, yield, cycle time and cost
• Work side by side with technicians to assemble, integrate, test and troubleshoot complex UHV systems
• Travel may be required up to 10%

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree minimum
• Minimum 8 years of experience in hardware manufacturing or product industrialization
• Must be a U.S. Person: U.S. citizen, permanent resident or green card holder, or granted asylum or refugee status

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Physics or a related technical field
• Experience as a manufacturing technical lead, defining manufacturing strategy, readiness plans and production investments
• Proven ability to influence product architecture through DFM/DFA, design reviews, prototyping and manufacturing risk assessment
• Experience planning or launching manufacturing facilities, production cells, cleanroom workstreams, capital equipment and capacity expansions
• Hands-on experience leading builds alongside technicians on high-complexity, low-volume hardware
• Experience establishing scalable production systems, including build travelers, inspection plans, test procedures, operator training and readiness reviews
• Strong technical ownership, organization, communication and cross-functional leadership

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and the chance to 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

• U.S. Person status is required due to contractual requirements
• Applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test
• Some positions involve export-controlled technology and may require U.S. government authorization for candidates who are not U.S. persons

About the company

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