PsiQuantum

Senior Hardware Test Automation Engineer, Photonics

Milpitas, California, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 2 days ago

PythonObject-Oriented ProgrammingAlgorithmsData AnalysisEMI/EMCTest AutomationCollaboration

About the role

As an integral part of the team developing a photonic quantum computer, the Hardware Senior Test Automation Engineer, Photonics" will be responsible for leading test automation and test station development for the electro-optical components.
This includes identifying required instrumentation, designing and building the test station, developing the software and methods required for automated testing calibration procedures, and acquiring data from various electrical, optical and electro-optical systems.

Lead the team designing, building, and validating electro-optical test stations in collaboration with Validation engineers. Deliver test station to both Engineering and Operations teams.
Manage equipment sourcing and station assembly and streamline the assembly process for ease of manufacturing.
Develop optimized software scripts to automate test measurements, data analysis, and device characterization. The test software should be designed to scale up from 1 to N DUTs
Analyze test data to extract key performance parameters, and create reports on production yields, and failure trends.
Build code using object-oriented programming design principles, in order to optimize code reuse and reduce errors
Since our founding in 2016, our singular focus has been to build and deploy million-qubit, fault-tolerant quantum systems.
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.
In 2024, PsiQuantum announced government-funded projects to support the build-out of our first utility-scale quantum computers in Brisbane, Australia, and Chicago, Illinois.
PsiQuantum also develops the algorithms and software needed to make these systems commercially valuable.

Master's degree in engineering, computer physical science, or equivalent degrees, or 6+ years of industry experience.
Proficiency in Python, including the principles of object-oriented programming, for automating data collection and data analysis.
Select the instrumentation and other needed devices that are required to make measurements on subassemblies, such as lasers, detectors, optical switches, function generators, and oscilloscopes.
Experienced with interfacing and automating optical hardware test equipment, including power meters, optical backscatter reflectometers (OBR), optical spectrum analyzers (OSA), oscilloscopes, function generators (AWG), and vector network analyzers (VNA).
Experienced in developing test methods such as tuning/calibration algorithms.

PsiQuantum's mission is to build the first useful quantum computers-machines capable of delivering the breakthroughs the field has long promised.
Our application, software, and industry teams work directly with leading Fortune 500 companies-including Lockheed Martin, Mercedes-Benz, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Mitsubishi Chemical-to prepare quantum solutions for real-world impact.

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