Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, PsiQuantum
$145-195k
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
Quantum computer builder
Open for applications
Quantum computer builder
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$145-195k
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create the world’s first useful fault tolerant, error corrected quantum computer that will solve otherwise impossible problems.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum 6 years of industry engineering design experience
- Bachelor’s Degree or above in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Material Science
- Experienced user of SolidWorks or similar 3D CAD software
- Complex thermal management design challenges preferred
- Packaging process development and validation experience
- Thermo-mechanical analysis
- Semi conductor and opto-electronics package design and assembly
- Willingness to follow and help develop internal design guidelines
- Excellent attention to detail
What the job involves
- This experienced Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will join PsiQuantum’s Mechanical Engineering team in the design and specification of components and assemblies to package advanced electronic and optical modules in rack-mounted chassis and other enclosures, and develop engineering layouts for multiple modules to satisfy large-scale system requirements
- Generate CAD models and specification drawings for custom mechanical components, including stamped and formed sheet metal, and develop specifications to capture design intent including GD&T
- Select appropriate off-the-shelf components for use in assemblies
- Perform analysis of thermal performance in packaging designs that may include heatsinks, fans, thermoelectric coolers, heat pipes, liquid cooling, or other devices
- Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and optical engineers on adjacent teams on system and component design
- Plan and document layouts for multiple enclosures across multiple equipment racks, including cable management and routing and power distribution
- Develop and document pilot manufacturing process instructions and quality inspection criteria
- Manage item and BOM data in Arena PLM system and initiate or resolve change orders as appropriate
- Communicate ideas and concepts to internal and external teams by means of drawings, presentations, and/or emails
Our take
Quantum computing will change the world more than any other imminent technological development, and PsiQuantum sits at the forefront of the charge to build the first quantum computer that will actually work.
The company is unique for the scale of their ambitions. Rather than focusing on what they term “intermediate milestones” like building smaller proof of concept systems, PsiQuantum builds the first large-scale, error-corrected computer, using photonics to deliver over 1,000,000 qubits (current quantum machines have yet to cross the 1,000 qubit mark).
There are plenty of companies building quantum computers, including the likes of IBM, Google and Honeywell, but these prototypical machines lack the size to correct errors, making them exponentially less useful than what PsiQuantum aims for. While other companies operate in the same sphere, PsiQuantum is unequivocally a leader in its field, founded by world-class academics and raising hundreds of millions in funding to reach unicorn status.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jun 2024
$125m
CONVERTIBLE
Apr 2024
$611.9m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $1.6bn
Company HQ
Palo Alto, CA
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Leadership
Jeremy O'Brien
(CEO)Prior to founding PsiQuantum, researched and taught at universities across the world, including Bristol, Stanford, Osaka, Sydney and Queensland.
Mark Thompson
(Chief Technologist)Previously worked as an R&D Engineer at Toshiba and was a research fellow at the University of Cambridge. Is currently a Professor of Quantum Photonics at Bristol University as well as Chief Technologist at PsiQuantum.
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