PsiQuantum
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Photonic Systems
Palo Alto, California, United States · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$130k-$160kDetected 1 day ago
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About the role
- The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer is responsible for designing highly complex optomechanical and optoelectronic packages.
- You will work closely with photonics, packaging, process, test, quality, supply chain, and external manufacturing partners to translate architecture and requirements into buildable, manufacturable, and verifiable package designs.
- Strong design skills incorporating mechanics of materials, thermodynamics, electronics integration, optical alignment, and precision design principles are a must.
Responsibilities
- Ownership of package and subassembly designs from prototype through production readiness.
- Expertise in Design for Manufacturability, Design for Assembly, and supplier-ready build documentation.
- Generate and maintain process flow documentation, build travelers, and assembly sequence definition.
- Fixture design & fabrication for alignment, attach, metrology, handling, and production build support.
- Test set-up design & fabrication for optical, mechanical, thermal, and process verification activities.
- Generate & maintain BOM's, build standards, material callouts, and configuration-controlled package documentation.
- Generate & maintain Specification & Drawing Trees for package, subassembly, fixture, and supplier documentation.
- Ability to execute basic structural, thermal, warpage, and tolerance analyses to down-select designs and reduce build risk.
Requirements
- Experience with subcontractor management, supplier technical coordination, and manufacturing partner support.
- Master's Degree or above in Mechanical Engineering, Optomechanical Engineering, Packaging Engineering, or a relevant discipline.
- 5 years of experience, with a focus on optomechanical design, optoelectronic packaging, photonics packaging, or precision mechanical systems.
- Strong communication & interpersonal skills across engineering, operations, quality, and supplier teams.
- Willingness to support colleagues and external partners to achieve schedule, quality, and build-readiness objectives.
- Exercises independent judgement in resolving design, interface, and manufacturability tradeoffs.
- Continuous learning mindset with interest in photonics packaging, process development, and production scale-up.
- Execution of deliverables against schedule & quality targets in a fast-moving productization environment.
Compensation
- $130,000 - $160,000 USD
- Bay Area Pay Range
- $170,000 - $185,000 USD
- The ranges below reflect the target ranges for a new hire base salary.
- U.S. Base Pay Range
Benefits
- Full time roles are eligible for equity and benefits.
Company info
- We are not accepting unsolicited resumes from employment agencies.
- Base pay is only one part of the total compensation package.
- PsiQuantum will only reach out to you using an official PsiQuantum email address and will never ask you for bank account information as part of the interview process.
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