Advanced Optics Engineer

We are seeking an Advanced Optics Engineer in our Broomfield, CO location.

• Closely collaborate with a team of optical scientists, engineers, and technicians supporting the development of advanced optical systems for commercial and research quantum computing.
• Assemble, integrate and test (AI&T), ship, and deploy optical systems including characterization of lasers, Acousto-Optic Modulators (AOM’s) and Electro-Optic Modulators (EOM’s), active optical components and optical systems.
• Generate test protocols, characterization reports, requirements documents reviews, requirements modification requests, quality inspection checklist reviews and quality inspection sign offs.
• Perform optical phase noise measurements and low phase noise laser system characterization and frequency/phase noise locking of lasers to reference cavities, combs, and/or other optical references including AI&T of low phase noise beamlines with recommendations for improvements
• Generate optical subsystem build and test procedures for new employee onboarding and interns for effective handoffs.
• The ideal candidate will be a substantial and consistent contributor to optical subsystem design revisions, design reviews, subsystem team meetings, new documentation, new procedures, and recommendations for design maturity and producibility.

• Bachelor's Degree minimum
• Minimum 4+ years’ experience (advanced degree inclusive) using, measuring, and maintaining optical, opto-mechanical, and/or laser systems
• Minimum 2+ years of experience locking lasers to optical reference cavities, combs, and/or other frequency references including phase, frequency, and amplitude noise measurements, analysis, closed-loop system design and optimization for low noise performance
• Due to Contractual requirements, must be a U.S. Person defined as, U.S. citizen permanent resident or green card holder, workers granted asylum or refugee status.
• Due to national security requirements imposed by the U.S. Government, candidates for this position must not be a People's Republic of China national or Russian national unless the candidate is also a U.S. citizen.

• Ph.D. or Masters in Optics, Physics, Applied Physics, or related field preferred
• Experience collaborating with a team of scientists and engineers to complete well-defined projects as well as broader research initiatives
• Opto-Mechanical custom design including active components (such as Acousto-Optic modulators/Deflectors) including presentations to system stakeholders
• A demonstrated history of mentoring junior scientists and near-peer colleagues
• Broad understanding of optical principles and practices and intimate knowledge and experience applying this knowledge to projects
• Experience working with program management to track cost, schedule and technical milestones
• Experience with fiber-optic fusion splicing
• Experience with data analysis (measuring, plotting, analyzing, fitting and interpreting relevant data from optical testing experiments)
• Experience with engineering change documentation; ability to work from assembly drawings, schematics, wiring diagrams, sketches and other written, visual and oral instructions
• Experience with lens design principles, scattered/stray light analysis and software tools such as Zemax, Code V, and/or Oslo
• Opto-mechanical design in CAD software such as Onshape, Solid Works and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) experience

Non-Incentive Eligible

The pay range for this role is $124,000–$165,000 annually. Actual compensation within this range may vary based on the candidate’s skills, educational background, professional experience, and unique qualifications for the role.

Quantinuum is the world leader in quantum computing. The company’s quantum systems deliver the highest performance across all industry benchmarks. Quantinuum’s over 650 employees, including 400+ scientists and engineers, across the US, UK, Germany, and Japan, are driving the quantum computing revolution.

By uniting best-in-class software with high-fidelity hardware, our integrated full-stack approach is accelerating the path to practical quantum computing and scaling its impact…