Photonics Engineer

PsiQuantum

1 month ago

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Palo Alto, CA

Onsite

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About this role

PsiQuantum is hiring a photonics-focused engineer to advance high-performance integrated photonic components for its silicon photonic quantum computer platform. The role centers on modeling and data-driven design of photonic devices and circuits and developing software tools and automation to support photonic design and analysis. The position supports collaboration with foundry, testing, and architecture teams to enable scalable, manufacturable photonic integrated circuits.

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PhD or Equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science

About PsiQuantum

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PsiQuantum is a quantum computing company focused on building the world’s first commercially useful quantum computer. They pursue a photonic approach—using single photons, silicon photonics, and large-scale integrated optics—designed from the ground up for error correction and fault tolerance. PsiQuantum emphasizes manufacturability by leveraging semiconductor-scale fabrication and industry partnerships to scale to large qubit counts. Their goal is to deliver machines that enable commercial breakthroughs in chemistry, materials, optimization, and other hard computational problems.