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 system engineering department is hiring a thermal mechanical engineer. You will be responsible for performing structural and thermal simulations to optimize the design of electro-optical sub-assemblies. Your work will directly impact on the performance and reliability of our quantum computer sub-systems.
What they're looking for
- M.Sc., or Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Physics or related field
- 5+years of hands-on modeling and simulation experience in the semiconductor industry
- Strong understanding of thermal conduction and convective heat transfer methodologies
- Deep knowledge of solid mechanics principles, including stress, strain, fatigue, creep, constitutive models of elastic, visco-plastic, and plastic materials
- Proficiency with simulation tools such as ANSYS (Mechanical, Icepak and Fluent), COMSOL, or equivalent, including nonlinear and transient analyses
- Working knowledge of lab-scale validation techniques
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.
In 2024, PsiQuantum announced government-funded projects to support the build-out of our first utility-scale quantum computers in Brisbane, Australia, and Chicago,...
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