PsiQuantum is on a mission to build the first commercially useful quantum computer to solve humanity. Backed by Founders Fund and Redpoint.
About the role
The Manager, Cryogenic Process & Distribution Engineering is responsible for the architecture, design, and integration of the cryogenic process and distribution systems supporting PsiQuantum's global cryogenic infrastructure.
What they're looking for
- Master's degree or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Cryogenic Engineering, or a related discipline (Bachelor's degree with extensive experience considered)
- 10+ years of experience designing and operating large-scale cryogenic systems involving helium and nitrogen refrigeration
- Strong knowledge of cryogenic thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and hydraulic system design
- Demonstrated experience with cryogenic process design, PFDs, P&IDs, HAZOPs, and process safety
- Experience integrating complex cryogenic systems including cryoplants, cryostats, and cryogenic distribution systems
- Experience working with EPC contractors and cryogenic equipment manufacturers
More about this role
PsiQuantum's mission is to build the first useful quantum computers: machines capable of delivering the breakthroughs the field has long promised. Since our founding in 2016, our singular focus has been to build and deploy million-qubit, fault-tolerant quantum systems.
Quantum computers harness the laws of quantum mechanics to solve problems that even the most advanced supercomputers or AI systems will never reach. Their impact will span energy, pharmaceuticals, finance, agriculture, transportation, materials, and other foundational industries.
Our architecture and approach is based on silicon photonics. By leveraging the advanced semiconductor manufacturing industry, including partners like GlobalFoundries, we use the same high-volume processes that already produce billions of chips for telecom and consumer electronics. Photonics offers natural advantages for scale: photons don't feel heat, are immune to electromagnetic interference, and integrate with existing cryogenic cooling and standard fiber-optic infrastructure.
That approach has since been tested at the highest level of scrutiny the U.S. government applies to emerging technology, and it has held up. In 2025, PsiQuantum...
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