Integrated Photonics Design Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Personnel Manager for a team of engineers and scientists whose charter is to conceptualize and execute PIC designs and development for quantum computing systems
• Collaborate with technical staff on developing photonic roadmaps, technology development, and advanced R&D activities
• Guide and coordinate optical R&D efforts from concept through design validations for multi-year photonic projects
• Plan and nurture career development of direct-reporting engineers/scientists through mentoring, coaching, and training
• Implement best practices and behaviors in an R&D environment to ensure quality and requirements are met
• Identify key technologies, innovations, infrastructure, projects and resources needed to improve photonic design and development capabilities to meet business needs
• Lead efforts recruiting and retaining high performing technical PIC design staff
• Clearly and effectively communicate to positively impact the team, actively listen, and strengthen communications between technical and management teams

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree minimum
• Minimum 8 year’s of industry experience developing and designing PIC solutions
• Minimum 3 years’ experience managing technical teams

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or Masters in Photonics, Optics, or Applied Physics
• Involvement in photonics design projects from concept to production
• Experience with photonic simulation tools (Lumerical, Tidy3D, RSoft, or similar guided mode and FDTD solvers)
• Experience with photonic layout tools (Klayout, GDSFactory, or similar)
• 4+ years’ experience with the design of photonic waveguide, splitters, couplers, gratings, and/or active photonic components
• 4+ years’ experience leading integrated photonic designs from requirements, design, layout, fabrication, and test
• Experience managing teams across multiple geographic locations
• Experience with photonic integrated circuit fabrication and testing processes and tools
• Experience with photonic materials and their behaviors and metrology
• Experience developing PIC design tools and infrastructure to improve development times and quality
• Experience executing engineering trade studies and communicating with other disciplines to provide roadmaps and solutions
• Experience working with wavelengths from UV to Infrared

Skills

Compensation & Benefits:

• Incentive Eligible – Range posted is inclusive of bonus target
• The pay range for this role is $180,000 – $225,000 annually.
• Actual compensation within this range may vary based on the candidate’s skills, educational background, professional experience, and unique qualifications for the role.

Pay

$180,000 – $225,000 annually

Schedule

N/A

Benefits

• Incentive Eligible – Range posted is inclusive of bonus target
• The pay range for this role is $180,000 – $225,000 annually.
• Actual compensation within this range may vary based on the candidate’s skills, educational background, professional experience, and unique qualifications for the role.
• Quantinuum is the world leader in quantum computing. The company’s quantum systems deliver the highest performance across all industry benchmarks.
• Quantinuum’s over 650 employees, including 400+ scientists and engineers, across the US, UK, Germany, and Japan, are driving the 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.
• By joining Quantinuum, you’ll be at the forefront of this transformative revolution, shaping the future of quantum computing, pushing the limits of technology, and making the impossible possible.