Vectoratomic

Senior Staff Engineer - Electrical

Pleasanton, California, United States · Staff+

Work authorization required$175k-$215kDetected 96 days ago

Product ManagementThermal AnalysisPCB DesignAltiumEMI/EMCElectrical EngineeringCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

Vector Atomic, an IonQ company, is building quantum technology to transform navigation, timing, geophysical exploration, and telecommunications. Our team of engineers, scientists, software developers, and operations professionals works together to solve complex challenges and turn bold ideas into real-world solutions. We value collaboration, curiosity, and
diverse perspectives, and we give every team member the opportunity to make an immediate impact while growing their skills. If you're excited to work on breakthrough technology in a fast-paced, hands-on environment, we'd love to hear from you. As a key contributor, you'll harness your creativity to develop innovative electronic solutions for groundbreaking

Collaborate with physicists, electrical, mechanical, software, and optical engineers to translate system and schematic requirements into electronic designs for next-generation quantum instruments.
Own the end-to-end development of complex printed circuit boards (PCBs), including gathering requirements, designing schematics and layouts, coordinating fabrication, and verifying design performance.
Drive continuous improvement by updating and refining PCB designs, development processes, and engineering procedures.
Support manufacturing operations by troubleshooting customer-reported issues, developing test verification and assembly procedures, and ensuring boards meet yield, quality, and testability targets.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date design documentation in a cloud-based Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system, including revisions and Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).

Ph.D. or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field with 12+ years of professional experience, or equivalent practical experience.
Required expertise: Design high-density PCBs with fine-pitch BGAs, high-speed differential pairs, and mixed-signal architectures using modern ECAD tools such as Altium Designer.
Nice-to-have expertise: Expertise in Altium Designer for tasks including schematic capture, PCB layout, library management, and generating outputs.
Experience in designing and implementing RF circuits on traditional PCBs or ceramic substrates.
Knowledge of thermal analysis and designing PCBs with thermal considerations (such as heatsinking, copper pours, thermal vias, and component derating).
Professional experience in the precision sensor sector, encompassing fields like atomic clocks or INS instrumentation.

Our team of engineers, scientists, software developers, and operations professionals works together to solve complex challenges and turn bold ideas into real-world solutions.
We value collaboration, curiosity, and diverse perspectives, and we give every team member the opportunity to make an immediate impact while growing their skills.
If you're excited to work on breakthrough technology in a fast-paced, hands-on environment, we'd love to hear from you.
Assist with system integration and testing to ensure instrument specifications are met.
Assist with electronic board bring-up and debugging activities, documenting PCB rework and tracking issues as they arise.
Use electronic test and measurement equipment to characterize and verify board performance.
experience with Altium Designer is strongly preferred.
Comfortable working in a laboratory environment, including testing and debugging hardware using standard electronic instrumentation.

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