Manufacturing Engineer (Quantum Computing)

Location: Broomfield, Colorado, United States; onsite. Travel may be required up to 10%.

Salary: USD 120,000–190,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops a full-stack quantum computing platform for real-world applications across pharmaceuticals, materials science, financial services, government, industrial sectors, and research institutions.

What you will do

• Lead a production line for complex ultra-high-vacuum hardware, ensuring safe, high-quality execution of build schedules.
• Work with technicians to assemble, integrate, test, troubleshoot, and deliver low-volume, high-complexity hardware while providing real-time technical direction.
• Translate production priorities into daily and weekly plans and coordinate labor, materials, tooling, documentation, and technical support.
• Own and improve process flows, assembly sequences, work instructions, build travelers, inspection and test methods, training, and readiness criteria.
• Use build data, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, defect and rework trends, cycle time, and yield to improve production quality and performance.
• Partner with engineering, physics, quality, and supply chain teams on engineering changes, manufacturability, reliability, throughput, cost, tooling, fixtures, test equipment, and workstation improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 5 years of experience in hardware manufacturing or a product industrialization environment.
• Must be a U.S. Person: U.S. citizen, permanent resident or green card holder, or worker granted asylum or refugee status.
• Experience with complex, low-volume hardware production and meeting schedule, quality, and safety commitments.
• Strong technical ownership, organization, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills, including close engagement with technicians on the production floor.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in manufacturing, mechanical, manufacturing or industrial engineering, physics, or a related technical field.
• Experience with UHV systems, precision mechanical assemblies, cryogenic systems, or comparable scientific hardware.
• Experience establishing production structures through process flows, work instructions, build travelers, inspection plans, test procedures, operator training, and readiness reviews.
• Experience improving quality, yield, cycle time, throughput, and rework using root-cause analysis, corrective action, Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methods.
• Experience with DFM/DFA, tooling and fixture design, configuration control, engineering changes, quality systems, and CAD or PLM/PDM tools such as Onshape and Arena.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on quantum computing technology with a global organization of more than 800 employees.
• Flexible work arrangements supporting work-life balance.
• Employer-subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company match, student loan repayment benefit, equity opportunities, paid time off, sick leave, 12 paid holidays, and paid parental leave.
• Safety-sensitive roles require a pre-employment drug test.

Hiring process

• Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis with no application deadline.
• Reasonable accommodations are available during the application and interview process upon request.