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Senior Characterization and Test Engineer

PsiQuantum's mission is to build the first useful quantum computers: machines capable of delivering the breakthroughs the field has long promised. Since our founding in 2016, our singular focus has been to build and deploy million-qubit, fa

Company

PsiQuantum

Location

Milpitas, California

Status

Open

Posted

2026-08-27T00:01:55+00:00

PsiQuantum is hiring a senior characterization and test engineer for photonic devices, packages and subsystems in Milpitas, California, on-site. The role covers electrical, optical, thermal and mechanical test programs: test plans and DOEs, lab equipment, failure analysis, reliability qualification, Python automation and data tools. It asks for a bachelor’s with eight-plus years or a master’s with five-plus years, plus hands-on infrared thermography, laser Doppler vibrometers, Instron testers and C-SAM. The person sets technical direction for the characterization lab and mentors junior engineers.