Job Description
We are seeking a highly qualified Optics Engineering Manager in our Broomfield, CO Location. This role will oversee the design, fabrication, assembly, testing, and delivery of high-performance optical subsystems and assemblies. You’ll lead a multidisciplinary team of optical engineers, technicians, and scientists, ensuring technical excellence, operational efficiency, and on-time delivery. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring both technical depth in optics and proven management skills. As such, ideal candidates will boast a broad and deep understanding in one or more of classical or quantum optics, lasers, and integrated photonics.
Quantinuum believes that employees work better, more efficiently and more collaboratively in close proximity to other employees, where ideas can be exchanged readily, and decisions can be made more quickly for the benefit of the Company and our customers. All employees should work at their assigned location; however, this role may offer the opportunity to work remotely up to 2 days per week, with approval.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee the development, integration, and testing of large, complex optical systems.
- Collaborate with systems engineering, mechanical, and electronics teams to ensure optical subsystems meet performance, cost, and schedule goals.
- Develop and implement quality control procedures, test protocols, and documentation.
- Drive continuous improvement in design, manufacturability, and throughput for higher-TRL, deployable systems.
- Identify team-level staffing needs and fill key gaps via: mentoring, coaching, and training direct-reporting engineers, scientists, and technicians; hiring and developing staff with the right skills for success; perform technical goal setting; employee performance assessments; and compensation adjustments
- Lead communication and coordination with the larger optics teams across our CO and MN sites, and foster teamwork and relationship building throughout the optics groups
- Partners with vendors and suppliers on sourcing, fabrication, and qualification of optical components and assemblies, with focus on scalable solutions for future systems.
- Contribute to planning and execution of our technical roadmap as required for Sol, Apollo, and beyond products
YOU MUST HAVE:
- Bachelor’s Degree minimum
- Minimum 10 years (degree-inclusive) experience designing, developing, building, using and maintaining optical, opto-mechanical, and/or laser systems
- Minimum 1 year of experience serving as the (technical and/or people) leader of an advanced technical team
- 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.
WE VALUE:
- Master’s or PhD - in Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field preferred
- Hands-on experience with alignment, testing, and troubleshooting of optical systems.
- Demonstrated experience taking complex optical systems from design through production.
- Direct experience with people management in a technical industry
- Experience bringing cutting-edge optical systems to higher TRL level for deployability
- Familiarity with quality systems and production best practices.
- Excellent communication, project management, and organizational skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment.
$170,000 - $185,000 a year
Compensation & Benefits:
Incentive Eligible – Range posted is inclusive of bonus target when applicable
The pay range for this role is $170,000 – $185,000 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 across multiple industries.
By joining Quantinuum, you’ll be at the forefront of this transformative revolution, shaping the future of quantum computing, pushing the limits of technology, and making the impossible possible.
What’s in it for you?
A competitive salary and innovative, game-changing work
Flexible work schedule
Employer subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) match for student loan repayment benefit
Equity, 401k retirement savings plan + 12 Paid holidays and generous vacation + sick time
Paid parental leave
Employee discounts
Quantinuum is an equal opportunity employer. You will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status. Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
