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Monarch Quantum, Inc.MI

Senior Principal Robotics Process Engineer

Monarch Quantum is a San Diego-based integrated photonics company building Quantum Light Engines™ - scalable, integrated photonics systems that power quantum computing, sensing, and communications applications.

Monarch Quantum, Inc.

Employee count: 51-200

Salary: 165k-225k USD

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Overview

Join our fast-paced and passionate team as a Senior Principal Robotics Process Engineer. As we scale, you will be instrumental in building our foundation from the ground up. This is a dynamic, hands-on role for a self-starter who thrives in a fluid startup environment. You'll have the opportunity to work on cutting edge technologies, work closely with leadership, and develop and implement engineering practices that support our mission and growth. Your key responsibilities are as follows:

Responsibilities

  • Work independently and in a team while over-communicating with the manager and the teammates. Will mentor junior engineers.
  • Execute complex engineering tasks involving planning, preparation, data/information collection and analysis and decision-making in a process involving peer reviews and documentation of the results.
  • Use tenacity, patience, self-discipline and passion for excellence to assure accuracy of execution schedule, data quality/integrity, conformance to company best practices, clarity in communication and documentation.
  • Use every opportunity to grow competency through mentorship, curiosity, communication, exposure and initiative
  • Drive innovation in modeling, design, analysis, and alignment methods to support product roadmap.
  • Perform alignment system architecture trade studies with complex and interdependent performance requirements.
  • Support business development with architecture concepts, feasibility analysis, and white paper writing
  • Support project engineering with project scope, schedule, and risk analysis.
  • This position requires access to export-controlled information. Employment is contingent upon the applicant being a U.S. person as defined by 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3).

Experience & Education

  • A bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Physics, or a related field
  • A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, ideally within a startup or technology company.

Skills

  • Demonstrated successful execution of engineering tasks including use of mechanical CAD and quantitative analysis/programming tools, instrumentation and measurement, part fabrication or procurement, integration and test, data collection, analysis and documentation.
  • Demonstrated successful execution of automated test or component alignment using robotics, machine vision, or electrical test equipment for photonics alignment.
  • Demonstrated successful execution of engineering project to perform complex photonics alignment using robotics and automation .

Startup Mindset

  • You're creative, flexible, and eager to wear multiple hats.
  • You're passionate about building systems from the ground up and comfortable with ambiguity and change.

Compensation

The expected annual salary range for this position is $165,000-$225,000.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
  • Fidelity 401(k) plan with 4% employer matching
  • 20 paid time off (PTO) days per year
  • 13 paid company holidays
  • 9/80 work schedule (every other Friday off)

Equal Opportunity

Monarch Quantum is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, citizenship status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status or any other characteristics protected under applicable federal, state and local laws.

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Salary: 165k-225k USD

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About Monarch Quantum, Inc.

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Quantum technology promises to transform humanity's ability to process information, simulate nature, and sense reality at speeds and scales previously unimaginable - revolutionizing drug discovery, climate modeling, energy storage, financial optimization, and artificial intelligence. Yet today's quantum systems face a foundational bottleneck: the lack of reliable, high-precision, commercially scalable photonics systems. Current quantum hardware teams struggle with rooms filled with fragile laboratory lasers, optics, modulators, and countless connecting wires, making integration painfully slow and expensive.

Monarch Quantum exists to solve this problem. We build integrated photonics systems - Quantum Light Engines™ - that consolidate hundreds of discrete optical components into compact, factory-aligned, ruggedized subsystems. By uniting chip-scale lasers, modulators, detectors, fiber optics, low-noise electronics, and control systems into turn-key modular platforms, we enable quantum systems integrators to bypass the time-consuming process of custom laser development. Our mission is to make high-precision, integrated photonics as dependable and repeatable as any other component in the stack, so our customers can focus on quantum innovation instead of rebuilding laser benches - accelerating the path from lab prototype to deployed quantum systems and delivering quantum at scale.

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9/80 Work Schedule

Flexible 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off.

401(k) with employer match

Fidelity 401(k) retirement plan with 4% employer matching contributions.

Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

Comprehensive health insurance coverage for medical, dental, and vision care.

Paid Time Off

20 paid time off (PTO) days per year in addition to 13 paid company holidays.

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