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Salary: USD 185,000 - 210,000 / annual
Infleqtion is seeking a Mechanical Systems IPT (Integrated Product Team) Lead to drive the mechanical design and integration of quantum gravity gradiometer payloads for the QGG Pathfinder program. This role bridges atomic physics, aerospace hardware, electronics, and mission assurance to mature flight-relevant quantum sensing technology.
You will lead the mechanical systems IPT across opto-mechanical assemblies, structures, thermal/mechanical accommodations, fixtures, and mechanical interfaces. Your core responsibility is translating cross-disciplinary technical ambiguity into released mechanical product definition that can be built, verified, and integrated. You own the mechanical path from concept and trade studies through CAD, analysis, drawings, procurement readiness, assembly support, and test feedback.
Key responsibilities include: leading mechanical design reviews and manufacturing readiness reviews; driving closure of mechanical requirements, interfaces, margins, and action items; coordinating with subsystem IPT leads, AI&T, quality, procurement, and suppliers; ensuring designs meet alignment, optical access, serviceability, cleanliness, vacuum, thermal, vibration, and integration constraints; guiding tolerance strategy, GD&T, DFMA, and material/process choices; identifying and mitigating mechanical risks before they become blockers; mentoring mechanical engineers and designers; and supporting program planning with credible schedule and ETC/EAC inputs.
Required qualifications: Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related field; 8+ years of mechanical engineering on complex aerospace, precision instrumentation, opto-mechanical, vacuum, or electromechanical systems; demonstrated aerospace hardware experience on flight or flight-relevant systems; proven ability to lead cross-functional mechanical design closure from requirements through released drawings and build support; strong CAD and PDM/PLM experience (SolidWorks preferred); expertise in GD&T, tolerance analysis, DFMA, mechanical drawings, and design review facilitation; working knowledge of structural, thermal, vibration, alignment, cleanliness, and assembly constraints; and ability to communicate with physicists, optical engineers, electrical engineers, manufacturing, quality, and program management.
Preferred: space payload or NASA/JPL program experience; opto-mechanical systems, laser/optical benches, precision mounts, or UHV-compatible hardware experience; experience leading small technical teams or IPTs; FEA, hand calculations, modal/thermal analysis, or precision alignment budget expertise.
