Optical Engineer

About Quantinuum

Quantinuum is the world’s largest integrated quantum company, driving breakthroughs in materials discovery, cybersecurity, and next-generation quantum AI. With a team of more than 600 employees, including more than 420 of them being scientists and engineers, we are leading the worldwide 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. As we celebrate the International Year of Quantum, there has never been a more exciting time to be part of this rapidly evolving field.

Job Summary

We are seeking an Optical Engineer in our Broomfield, CO Location.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in a team of physicists, optical, and opto-mechanical engineers supporting the development of commercial and research systems for quantum computing.
• Test, Assemble, and Develop metasurface components, lenses, micro-optical, and photonic systems in new and novel ways to create, deliver and measure light in our next generation quantum computer systems.
• Lead development and design projects that validate technologies, methods, alignment, and suppliers that leads to production solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree minimum.
• Minimum 2+ years’ experience (advanced degree inclusive) with optical testing and alignment of components and systems.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. or Masters in Optics, Applied Physics, or a related field.
• 2+ years experience with testing optical properties of components, lens systems and photonic assemblies.
• Experience translating optical designs, specifications, and drawings into alignment and testing setups and verification.
• Experience with coherent optics utilizing diffractive optics (DOEs) and/or metasurfaces.
• Experience with micro-optics, fiber optics, and/or photonic components.
• Experience with polarization optical components.
• Experience debugging and troubleshooting optical and photonic systems.
• Experience working with wavelengths from UV to Infrared.
• Experience with optical modeling software (Zemax preferred, Code V, LighTools, FRED).
• Experience with CAD software a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

The pay range for this role is $97,000 – $125,000 annually. Actual compensation within this range may vary based on the candidate’s skills, educational background, professional experience, and unique qualifications for the role.