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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # staff-level engineer - **Company:** Psiquantum, Corp. - **Location:** Milpitas, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $176,500.0 - $207,400.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Testing (Software), Board Bringup, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Configuration Management, Computer Engineering, Data Reduction, Software Debugging, Document Management Systems, Digital Electronics, Firmware, Hardware Design, Systems Analysis, Python (Programming Language), LabVIEW, MATLAB, Quantum Computing, Software Reliability Testing, Requirements Management, Software Requirements Analysis, Systems Architecture, Scripting, Test Scripts, Integration Tests - **Published:** October 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-staff-electro-optic-hardware-design-engineer-milpitas-ca--079a4cf0-c571-403c-9e39-a3851184d061 ## About the Role * B.S. or higher in electrical engineering, optical engineering, physics, mechanical engineering, or a related field, with substantial relevant industry experience. * Demonstrated ownership of detailed electro-optic or opto-mechanical hardware design through prototype, verification, qualification, and manufacturing release. * Strong hands-on knowledge of fiber-optic components and subsystems, including amplifiers, attenuators, polarization control, optical power monitoring, photodetection, and practical fiber management. * Experience integrating optical, analog and digital electronics, thermal management, mechanical packaging, connectors, power distribution, communications, and safety features in rack-mountable or blade-format equipment. * Proficiency developing requirements, interface-control documentation, optical and electrical budgets, verification matrices, test plans, procedures, acceptance criteria, and formal test reports. * Strong experimental judgment, including test design, instrumentation, measurement uncertainty, data analysis, and the ability to distinguish component limitations from integration or test artifacts. * Experience leading EVT/DVT, hardware bring-up, structured debugging, failure analysis, root-cause investigation, and corrective-action closure. * Proven ability to direct vendors and contract manufacturers while maintaining technical ownership, schedule discipline, document quality, and configuration control. * Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to collaborate across disciplines and distill complex technical work into efficient executive-level updates., * Experience with high-power or low-noise optical amplification, photonic calibration, metrology, quantum photonics, or precision instrumentation. * Familiarity with laser and electrical safety, EMI/EMC, thermal and environmental qualification, reliability methods, and applicable product-compliance practices. * Experience creating automated laboratory or production test systems using Python, LabVIEW, MATLAB, or similar tools. * Working knowledge of statistical tolerance analysis, measurement-system analysis, design of experiments, reliability growth, and supplier quality methods. * Experience transferring low-volume, high-complexity hardware into repeatable production and supporting sustaining engineering or field failure analysis., Acceptance Testing, Agriculture, Algorithms, Analysis Skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Benchmarking, Bill of Materials (BOM), Biotech and Pharmaceutical, Budgeting, Calibration, Change Control, Component Selection, Computer Engineering, Computer Firmware, Construction, Consumer Electronics, Contract Management, Contract Manufacturing, Corrective Action, DFT (Design for Test), Data Analysis, Data Modeling, Data Reduction, Debugging Skills, Document Management, Documentation, Electrical Engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetic Compatibility, Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), Electronic Engineering, Electronics, Emerging Technology, Experiment Design, Failure Analysis, Finance, Fortune 500 Customers, Funding, Government, Government Funding, Hardware Architecture, Hardware Design, Hardware Development, High Tech Industry, Injections, Instrumentation, Integration Testing, Intel Product Family, LabVIEW Programming Language, Laboratory, Laboratory Testing, Leadership, MATLAB, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Operations, Manufacturing/Production Testing, Material Moving, Mechanical Design, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Testing, Metrology, Optical Engineering, Performance Analysis, Photonics, Physics, Polarization, Power Amplifier, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Production Support, Production Systems, Prototyping, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Quality Control, Quantum Computing, Quantum Mechanics, Reliability Testing, Requirements Management, Requirements Validation/Verification, Root Cause Analysis, Schematics, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Software Testing, Statement of Work (SOW), Statistics, System Architecture, Systems Analysis, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Technical Leadership, Technical/Engineering Design, Test Design, Test Requirements, Testing, Thermal Management, Tolerance Analysis, Traceability, Trade Studies, Vendor/Supplier Management, Writing Skills ## Description We are seeking a senior- or staff-level engineer to own the detailed design, integration, and qualification of electro-optic hardware modules used in advanced photonic systems. Working alongside the Photonic Hardware Architect, this role turns system requirements and high-level concepts into robust rack-mountable or blade-format products containing optical amplifiers, attenuators, polarization controllers, power monitors, control electronics, and related optical and electro-optic subassemblies. The engineer will lead internal design execution, direct external development partners, and establish the experimental evidence and verification rigor needed for sound technical and production decisions., * Own detailed electro-optic module design from requirements and concept selection through prototype build, EVT, DVT, and transfer to manufacturing. * Translate system architecture into complete optical, electrical, mechanical, thermal, firmware-control, and test interfaces for rack-mountable boxes and blade assemblies. * Serve as the hands-on technical lead connecting system architects, photonics, electronics, mechanical engineering, test, operations, and external suppliers. Responsibilities: * Own the detailed design and integration of electro-optic modules incorporating optical amplifiers, variable or fixed attenuators, polarization controllers, optical switches, splitters, couplers, filters, power monitors, photodiodes, control electronics, and associated fiber infrastructure. * Convert system and subsystem requirements into engineering specifications, interface definitions, optical power and noise budgets, schematics, component selections, bills of materials, mechanical layouts, tolerance analyses, and assembly documentation. * Lead design trade studies across optical performance, noise, stability, dynamic range, control bandwidth, thermal behavior, reliability, serviceability, manufacturability, cost, and schedule; document decisions and residual risks. * Design controlled experiments, select appropriate instrumentation and statistical methods, analyze data, and make technically defensible decisions when models, component data, or vendor claims are insufficient. * Plan and execute module bring-up, characterization, margin testing, environmental testing, fault-injection testing, and reliability-oriented testing; automate measurements and data reduction where practical. * Author verification and acceptance requirements, test plans, procedures, and reports for engineering builds and externally supplied modules, including clear pass/fail criteria and traceability to requirements. * Lead EVT and DVT for internally developed and vendor-developed hardware; investigate failures, drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions, and ensure closure of test anomalies and design risks. * Oversee internal design reviews and configuration control, ensuring that drawings, schematics, BOMs, firmware or control interfaces, calibration data, and released test documentation remain consistent and production-ready. * Own technical collaboration with contract manufacturers and specialist vendors, including statements of work, requirements flow-down, design reviews, prototype acceptance, supplier qualification, and resolution of quality or yield issues. * Partner with manufacturing and operations to implement design-for-manufacture, design-for-test, calibration, alignment, service, and end-of-line acceptance strategies that support repeatable builds and field use. * Communicate status, decisions, risks, and recovery plans clearly across functions; provide concise, decision-oriented executive updates without losing the underlying technical rigor. Core competencies / what success looks like: * Detailed module designs meet performance, interface, safety, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability requirements with objective verification evidence. * EVT and DVT are executed with complete, traceable documentation; failures and technical risks are surfaced early and closed decisively. * Internal teams and external suppliers deliver build-ready designs, consistent documentation, and repeatable acceptance results. * Technical decisions are made quickly but rigorously through focused experiments, clear trade studies, and concise communication.