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Director – Hardware Producibility and Manufacturing COE - 212

Broomfield, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 Jan 2025

About the role

Science Led, Enterprise Driven – Accelerating Quantum Computing Quantinuum is the world’s largest integrated quantum company, pioneering powerful quantum computers and advanced software solutions. Quantinuum’s technology drives breakthroughs in materials discovery, cybersecurity, and next-gen quantum AI. With approximately 500 employees, including 370+ scientists and engineers, Quantinuum leads the quantum computing revolution across continents. We unite best-in-class software with high-fidelity hardware to accelerate quantum computing. With integrated full-stack technology, our world-class team is rapidly scaling quantum computing. Quantinuum recently secured $300M in funding, visit our news pages to learn more about this and other Quantinuum scientific breakthroughs and achievements: https://www.quantinuum.com/news We are seeking a Director – Hardware Producibility and Manufacturing COE in our Broomfield, CO location. Quantinuum believes that employees work better, more efficiently and more collaboratively in close proximity to other employees, where ideas can be exchanged readily, and decisions can be made more quickly for the benefit of the Company and our customers. All employees should work at their assigned location; however, this role may offer the opportunity to work remotely at times, with approvals. The quantum computing industry is embarking on a new phase of business. We are transitioning from a paradigm of occasional and remote, exploratory usage of experimental quantum computers to a model in which numerous customers demand exceptionally high-performance, commercial-scale machines dedicated and operated within their local facilities. To meet this need, we must dramatically scale up the producibility and economy of this highly complex multiphysics technology. We are seeking a unique and exceptional leader to head Quantinuum’s Producibility Center of Excellence (PCOE) for exactly this purpose. The role will have direct responsibility over a core engineering team (mechanical/manufacturing/quality/component), own the data and configuration management functions, and collaborate expertly with other scientific, design, and supply-chain functions to achieve our producibility goals. Key metrics of success will include time to delivery (on-time-to-request), inventory reduction, first-pass assembly yield, touch-labor reduction, and system-over-system cost reduction. The leader in this role must have a strong background in transitioning deep-tech laboratory prototypes into manufacturable and economical low-rate production.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop, document, and train best practices and processes for documenting and managing system design packages
Oversee quality control of design packages, ensuring completeness of documented configurations to allow ease of procurement, material management, export control, etc.
Partner with other functions such as supply chain, IT, and finance to ensure connectivity of enterprise tools such as design software, PLM, and SAP
Establish configuration and data management systems, and maintain operability thereof
Implement procedures for configuration control board, document release, change management
Develop and execute strategy around contracting manufacturing of mechanical systems against
Execute and achieve YoY cost reduction targets and cycle time improvement targets for mechanical systems
Identify and execute on outsourcing opportunities
Ensure that mechanical design and build meet business goals for industrial esthetics as well as functionality
Develop and implement strategies for successful and safe packaging and shipping of highly complex electromechanical and electro-optical systems
Be accountable for on-time delivery of mechanical systems against business needs
Partner with supply-chain on make-buy analyses for mechanical components and systems
Own and manage execution of the above plans, including scope, schedule, budget, and resource management
Identify department-level staffing needs and fill key gaps via hiring, mentorship, cross-training, and managing of 1st-line managers.
Perform talent resource reviews, give real-time coaching and feedback, succession planning