QPU Production Test Development Manager
Core
Lead engineers and technicians to validate new QPU designs and verify manufactured QPUs meet performance criteria, owning test strategy and laboratory capability.
Role type
Senior IC hardware test manager (quantum computing)
Builds
Certified QPUs for computing, networking, sensing, and security applications
Domain
Quantum computing hardware / cryogenic systems
Required skills
Test strategy development, team leadership, root cause analysis, test automation (Python), hardware troubleshooting, data analysis, measurement uncertainty, cryogenic testing, vacuum systems, optics/lasers, device packaging
Preferred skills
Trapped ion systems experience, startup/scale-up environment experience, cross-functional collaboration
Technologies
Python, cryogenic systems, vacuum systems, optics, lasers, electronics
Responsibilities
Lead and grow a team of test engineers and technicians; Own QPU test strategy from design validation through manufacturing verification; Plan and coordinate parallel test campaigns across multiple sites; Establish reliable test infrastructure and automated workflows; Lead response to ambiguous results and QPU failures through structured root cause analysis
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with people management
