Senior Electrical Systems Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Electrical Systems Engineer

• Focus: End-to-end electrical engineering programs for PCB and/or superconducting integrated circuits

• Key themes: Supplier/manufacturing engagement, multidisciplinary coordination, schedules and budget ownership

Description

Lead complex electrical engineering initiatives across PCB and/or superconducting integrated circuit development, validation, integration, and sustaining activities. Drive PCB supplier and manufacturing engagements, improve development/manufacturing processes, and coordinate cross-functional teams to meet business-critical milestones. Communicate clearly with technical and executive audiences and synthesize inputs into decision frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end planning and execution for electrical engineering initiatives (PCB and/or superconducting integrated circuits), including validation, integration, sustaining, program schedules, critical paths, risk mitigation, and cross-team dependencies.

• Coordinate PCB supplier and manufacturing engagements: capability assessments, technical reviews, readiness evaluations, process development, stack-ups, design rules, yield improvement, cost optimization, and performance tracking.

• Partner across qubit design, electrical, mechanical, systems, reliability, sourcing, supply chain, fabrication partners, contract manufacturers, system integrators, and leadership to align deliverables and resolve blockers.

• Develop and improve electrical/PCB development processes, documentation, quality frameworks, design review practices, design for manufacturing (DFM), testability, validation workflows, manufacturing readiness processes, and reporting dashboards.

• Own program budget, resource, and portfolio planning: build costs, vendor non-recurring engineering (NRE), capital needs, engineering resource forecasts, cost scenario modeling, actuals tracking, and alignment to fiscal expectations.

• Communicate across technical and executive audiences; influence outcomes without direct authority; mentor planning coordinators and engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Engineering, or related field with 6+ years industry/R&D experience OR Master’s with 4+ years OR Doctorate with 1+ year OR equivalent experience.

• Ability to meet security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check every two years.

• Ability to verify citizenship/status for access to export-controlled information.

• Ability to work in an “AI-first” environment using modern AI tools.

• Ability to use and help build AI agents/copilots for experimental workflows (e.g., instrument configuration, maintenance tracking, safety/readiness checklists, protocol templating, logbook summarization, and knowledge retrieval from manuals and configuration documentation).

Benefits

• Eligible for benefits and other compensation (role-specific).

• Typical base pay ranges vary by level/location; see company pay information for details.