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Oceania, Australia, Sydney

Posted 99 days ago

Mechanical Engineer

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Role Type

🛠️ Engineer / Developer

Role Focus

🏗️ Build Systems

Seniority

🌿 Experienced

Employer Type

🏢 Industry

This role seeks a Mechanical Engineer to join the Quantum Sensing division to design, assemble, and test mechanical subsystems for world-leading quantum sensors, such as gravimeters and magnetometers. The engineer will focus on high-precision components like laser systems, optical setups, and ultra-high vacuum systems. Responsibilities span the entire technology lifecycle, including requirements definition, detailed CAD design, prototyping, testing, verification, and validation for robust field deployment, collaborating closely with a diverse team of scientists and engineers.

Key Responsibilities

Own the design of mechanical subsystems for quantum sensors, including laser systems, free-space optical systems, ultra-high vacuum systems, and structural components.

Manage the full technology lifecycle, including requirements definition, CAD design, prototyping, testing, verification, validation, and field demonstrations.

Use Inventor CAD and engineering skills to contribute to the detailed mechanical design and testing of quantum sensors based on established requirements.

Perform analysis and subsystem testing to demonstrate that systems meet specified performance and environmental requirements.

Collaborate with a diverse team of physicists, engineers, and stakeholders to design and integrate the highest-precision measurement systems.

Required Skills

Bachelor's degree or higher in mechanical engineering or a relevant discipline

2-5 years of experience designing and prototyping high-precision mechanical designs, including analysis, drawings, and tolerancing

Demonstrated experience designing with Inventor or similar CAD software

Nice-to-have Skills

Experience operating in an R&D or research environment

Experience with mechanical design for optical or other high-precision systems

Prior experience working in highly-regulated fields such as aerospace or medicine

Experience with FEA for structural, modal, or thermal analysis

Technology Tags

Sensors Basics

The role is centered on the design, assembly, and testing of quantum sensors.

Magnetometers

The job explicitly involves designing, assembling, and testing magnetometers.

Inertial Sensors

The work supports GPS-denied navigation and involves expertise in inertial navigation.

Cryogenic & vacuum

The role requires designing ultra-high vacuum (UHV) systems.

Lasers

The role explicitly requires designing and testing laser systems within the sensing hardware.

Navigation

The job supports key products providing solutions for GPS-denied navigation.

Cold atoms

The role works with experts in cold-atom interferometry for state-of-the-art technology development.

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