Senior Optical Packaging & Assembly Engineer
PsiQuantum · Daresbury, England, United Kingdom
Posted 24 days ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 24 days PsiQuantum's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of PsiQuantum's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at PsiQuantum
- high 72 stale, 3 reposted of 81 open
- Hiring momentum
- 108 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
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About this role
The Senior Optical Packaging & Assembly Engineer at PsiQuantum will focus on developing and implementing high-performance opto-electronic packaging workflows for photonic integrated circuits. Responsibilities include designing optical packages, developing scalable assembly processes, reviewing BOMs, and collaborating with internal teams and external vendors to scale packaging designs. The role is based in the UK R&D facility in Daresbury Lab.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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What you need
- Master’s Degree or above in Optical Engineering, Physics or equivalent
- 3+ years of experience working on PIC packaging design & qualification
- 5+ years of experience working with optical fibers, optical measurements
- 3+ years of experience working on FAU / optical connector to chip attachment
- Experience with optical data analysis
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Role involves collaboration with external vendors and partners, which may require strong communication skills
- Focus on optical packaging may limit exposure to other areas of quantum computing
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Listed by PsiQuantum on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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