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PsiQuantum · 3 months ago

Senior Test Automation Engineer, Photonics

positionMilpitas, California, United States
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$155K/yr - $200K/yr
date6+ years exp

PsiQuantum is on a mission to build the first real, useful quantum computers, capable of delivering world-changing applications. The test automation engineer will be responsible for developing and implementing the software, methods, and test infrastructure required by standard test flows for various electrical, optical, and electro-optical subsystems.

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Responsibilities

Leading a complex, high speed electro-optical test station project which includes definition of requirements, equipment sourcing, station assembly, and testing and validation of the finished system
Review of sub-system designs including integration of optics, electronics, firmware, software and thermal design
Designing and building laboratory setups comprised of light sources, detectors, switches function generators, oscilloscopes, etc
Developing SW scripts to automatically drive the measurements setups and feed data into a database
Developing SW and algorithms to perform data analysis and extract key performance parameters
Developing test plans, standard tests procedures and automated test flows
Transferring test procedures and instructions to lab operators

Qualification

PythonElectro-optical testingTest automationTechnical project managementManufacturing execution system (MES)SQLData analysisCalibration algorithmsSoft skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in engineering or physical science with 6+ years of industry experience
Experience in the design and testing of high-speed electro-optical sub-systems such as line cards used in telecommunications equipment or similar
Able to drive the sourcing and testing of test equipment, optical assemblies, and electronics
Proficiency in Python, including the principles of object-oriented programming, for automating data collection and data analysis
Experience developing test methods such as tuning/calibration algorithms
Experience 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)

Preferred

Technical project management experience preferred
Experience with manufacturing execution system (MES) and SQL is preferred

Benefits

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Company

PsiQuantum

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PsiQuantum focuses on developing a scalable quantum computer using photonic qubits.
dateFounded in 2016
location
Palo Alto, California, USA
people-size501-1000 employees
web-link
https://www.psiquantum.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$2.3B
Key Investors
BlackRockAtomicoFounders Fund
2025-09-10Series E· $1B
2025-05-30Series Unknown· $22M
2024-11-05Secondary Market

Leadership Team

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Peter Shadbolt
Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer

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