Systems Engineer

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Job Responsibilities

System Definition & Requirements Management

• Develop and maintain the functional and physical decomposition of Atom’s quantum computing systems, subsystems, and critical technologies.
• Contribute to and maintain the requirements baseline, traceability matrices, and verification plans using industry standard tools
• Translate scientific objectives into verifiable system and subsystem performance requirements
• Manage change control processes for evolving architectures and requirements.

System Architecture & • Design Integration

• Define and manage system performance budgets across fidelity, timing, throughput, reliability, power, space and thermal performance.
• Develop and maintain system-level design documentation and interface control documents (ICDs)
• Coordinate with modeling and simulation teams to evaluate performance trade-offs and scalability of quantum system architectures.

Risk Management & • Technical Planning

• Identify, quantify, and track technical risks, opportunities, dependencies, assumptions, and mitigations
• Support development of risk registers and FMEA/FMECA for design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, MRR, SIR, ORR)
• Contribute to the ongoing development of Atom Computing’s Systems Engineering Management Plan.

Integration, Verification, and Validation (IV&V)

• Develop and coordinate IV&V plans, linking test protocols to system requirements
• Oversee system-level test protocols with Quantum Engineering & • Theory

• Track verification status, test evidence, limitations, and requirements closure
• Participate in system integration reviews and readiness assessments

Collaboration & • Communication

• Act as technical liaison between Theory, Quantum Engineering, Hardware, Software, Controls, and Optical Engineering
• Communicate system-level technical status, risks, decisions, and dependencies to quantum engineering, engineering and program leadership.
• Support customer interactions, including government program reviews, technical interchange meetings, and milestone reporting.
• Prepare and present system architecture, requirements, risk, integration, and verification artifacts for internal and external design reviews.

Experience & Education

• BS or higher in Systems Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering or a related field
• 2+ years of systems engineering experience in complex, multidisciplinary R&D or production environments (quantum, aerospace, defense, advanced computing, or similar)

Qualifications

Required

• Proven ability to lead requirements development, interface control, and V&V planning across engineering and science disciplines
• Experience with systems engineering tools, configuration management systems, and engineering change control practices.
• Strong understanding of system lifecycle processes, integration, verification, and technical reviews.
• Demonstrated experience with risk management frameworks

Preferred

• Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in engineering, physics, or a related discipline
• Familiarity with quantum computing, atomic, and optical (AMO) physics, control system integration, or FPGA/ASIC development cycles.
• Experience preparing and presenting SRR/PDR/CDR/TRR/SIR/ORR artifacts
• Knowledge of reliability engineering, fault-tolerant architectures, and data-driven verification.
• Experience supporting government-funded research or procurement programs (DoD, DoE, DoC, DARPA)

\n$120,000 - $145,000 a year\n