QuEra Computing
Mechanical Engineer
Tsukuba, Japan +1 · Full-time · Posted Apr 16, 2026
- Location
- Tsukuba, Japan
Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Experience
- Approximately 5 years of professional experience in mechanical design, with meaningful hands-on build, installation, or field-service exposure.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
About the job
Designs and documents mechanical components while supporting the hands-on assembly, installation, maintenance, and supplier coordination of neutral-atom quantum computing systems in Japan.
What you'll do
- Create CAD models, drawings, prototypes, and technical documentation for manufacturable mechanical parts and assemblies.
- Inspect, assemble, install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair deployed quantum computer modules; feed reliability lessons back into designs.
- Coordinate with Japanese suppliers and contract manufacturers on specifications, qualification, quality issues, documentation, and production readiness.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
- Approximately 5 years of professional mechanical design experience, with meaningful hands-on build, installation, or field-service exposure.
- Experience with 3D CAD and PDM software; strong knowledge of mechanical design, materials, manufacturing processes, GD&T, and DfM/DfA.
- Experience with machine shops and contract manufacturers; practical electrical skills; familiarity with product lifecycle and configuration management; business-level Japanese and English.
Nice to have
- Experience with supplier quality methods, thermal management or liquid cooling, opto-mechanical systems, power electronics, or prototype fabrication and testing.
- Experience with precision metrology, PLM/ERP/MRP systems, lean manufacturing, or MBSE.
Tools
Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Vault, GD&T, DfM/DfA, FMEA, 8D, CAPA, PPAP
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