SlipstreamJobs tracks this role from the company's public career site. Apply directly on the employer's site.
Atom Computing is seeking a Subsystem Build and Test Manager to lead the daily production and assembly of precision optical and mechanical subsystems for quantum computing hardware. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with operational oversight of a multidisciplinary team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead daily production of optical breadboards, bonded assemblies, vacuum/mechanical hardware, RF control cards, electronics chassis, and cable assemblies
- Recruit, train, and qualify engineers and technicians; allocate build owners, benches, fixtures, and shared instruments across parallel subsystem workstreams
- Collaborate with Engineering on first-of-a-kind builds and with Manufacturing Engineering & Quality to establish repeatable assembly methods and subsystem test procedures
- Confirm material kits, released instructions, qualified personnel, and calibrated equipment are ready before work begins; maintain clean-handling and laboratory safety practices
- Provide hands-on direction for optical alignment, precision assembly, and troubleshooting; coordinate specialist bonding, electronics, and vacuum work and escalate design issues
- Oversee approved subsystem measurements and acceptance tests, including optical characterization, electronic checkout, and applicable mechanical or vacuum verification
- Maintain build, inspection, and test records; release subsystems to SI&T with traceable results and resolved or formally dispositioned issues
- Track build progress, first-pass acceptance, rework, and cycle time; resolve bottlenecks and use repeat-build findings to improve methods and fixtures
Requirements:
- BS in optical, mechanical, electrical, or manufacturing engineering, physics, or a related field (advanced degree preferred)
- 10+ years building and testing precision optical or scientific hardware
- 3+ years leading multidisciplinary engineers and technicians
- Hands-on experience with optical bench assembly and alignment, plus working experience coordinating electronic or vacuum/mechanical subsystem production
- Experience moving engineering prototypes into controlled repeat builds; production of quantum-computer, atomic-physics, or advanced photonics hardware preferred
- Practical knowledge of optical assembly, alignment, cleanliness, bonding coordination, and the measurements used to verify precision optical subsystems
- Working knowledge of electronic/RF assembly, chassis and cable checkout, and vacuum/mechanical build requirements
- Ability to plan labor, bench, and instrument capacity while maintaining required inspection and test gates
- Experience with released drawings, work instructions, calibrated equipment, nonconformance records, and traceable subsystem release packages
- Strong hands-on leadership and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to coach engineers and technicians and distinguish process problems from design issues
- Capable of lifting and moving objects up to 25 pounds
