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Staff Hardware Design Engineer (open to other levels)

psiquantum · Milpitas, California, United States · On-site

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About psiquantum

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 mission of PsiQuantum's Staff Hardware Design Engineer role is to support the Electronics team by owning hardware designs integral to the underlying system of the quantum computer. This engineer will collaborate in cross-functional teams of thermal, mechanical, firmware, optical engineers. The designs will meet the requirements of the overall system architecture and physical framework of the quantum computer.

What they're looking for

  • Master's or Ph.D. Degree or above in Electrical Engineering, Physics or equivalent
  • 7 years of relevant experience in product development and release to volume manufacturing leading to a successful commercial product
  • Zone 1 - Bay Area and NYC
  • Zone 2 - Examples include Los Angeles and Washington DC
  • Zone 3 - Examples include Austin, Chicago, and Sacramento
  • Zone 4 - Examples include Nashville and Phoenix/Tempe and many remote locations
More about this role

[Open to considering all levels up to Principal - posting is at Staff level]

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.

In 2024, PsiQuantum announced government-funded projects to support the build-out of our...

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