Cisco
Quantum Team Hardware Engineering Technical Leader
$179K–$329K
Santa Monica, California, US · Onsite Only · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Experience
- Bachelor's +12 years of related experience, or Master's +8 years, or PhD +5 years; also requires 7+ years of rack design, integration, and deployment experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD.
About the job
Architects, integrates, and delivers customer-ready rack-mounted quantum hardware systems, coordinating power, thermal, RF/microwave, and optical/fiber components and supporting assembly and testing infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Design and optimize multi-chassis rack systems, including power distribution, layout, RF/microwave routing, and fiber management.
- Unify engineering outputs into manufacturable, serviceable rack architectures and deliver systems to customer data centers and research facilities.
- Help establish assembly and test infrastructure for scaling quantum hardware delivery.
What they ask for
- 7+ years designing, integrating, and deploying high-density electro-mechanical, optoelectronic, or telecom racks.
- Experience with 3D CAD software (SolidWorks, Creo, or Inventor), rack layout design (EIA-310), structural enclosures, and cable routing.
- Experience with AC/DC power distribution, grounding, safety isolation, rack thermal/airflow management, and environmental interlocks.
- Experience with optical telecommunication components and architecture, and designing or operating optical data center rack systems.
Nice to have
- Experience defining and performing Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), including site-readiness specifications.
- Experience producing and interpreting engineering drawings, schematics, and assembly procedures; exposure to quantum optics, quantum communication, or quantum networking hardware.
Pay
$179,000.00 to $254,300.00 USD base salary; $194,600.00 - $328,600.00 USD base salary; $179,000.00 - $294,000.00 USD base salary
Tools
SolidWorks, Creo, Inventor, EIA-310, PDUs, UPS
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