Monarch Quantum
Quantum Systems Engineer
San Diego, California, United States · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$165k-$200kDetected 10 days ago
ProcurementSystems EngineeringResearchLeadershipCollaborationFiber Optics
About the role
- Join our fast-paced and passionate team as a Quantum Systems Engineer.
- This is a dynamic, hands-on role for a self-starter who thrives in a fluid startup environment.
- The successful candidate will take end-to-end ownership of complex optical systems while working closely with a multidisciplinary team of engineers designing light engines for neutral atom, trapped ion, and quantum sensing applications.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate daily with AMO physicists and quantum engineers - participate in experimental planning and feed optical system constraints upstream into research decisions.
- Support laser safety compliance in accordance with IEC 60825-1 and institutional requirements.
- You're passionate about building systems from the ground up and comfortable with ambiguity and change.
Skills
- Ph.D. in Physics, Optical Engineering, or a closely related field, with hands-on thesis or postdoctoral work involving AMO laser systems.
- Strong proficiency in free-space optical alignment, beam diagnostics, and interferometric techniques.
- Experience implementing laser frequency stabilization and understanding of the underlying servo and feedback control theory.
- Familiarity with fiber optics, including coupling, delivery, and power handling.
- Ability to produce clean, complete engineering documentation alongside laboratory work.
- Laser safety awareness; comfort working within a formal laser safety program.
- The position carries full technical ownership of assigned systems and close collaboration with the research teams that depend on them.
- The expected annual salary range for this position is $165,000-$200,000.
- The background in AMO laboratory laser systems is beneficial.
- Your key responsibilities are as follows:
Compensation
- The expected annual salary range for this position is $165,000-$200,000.
Benefits
- You're creative, flexible, and eager to wear multiple hats.
- Monarch's comprehensive benefits package, which includes:
Visa & Work Authorization
- Employment is contingent upon the applicant being a U.S. person as defined by 8 U
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