Optical Systems Engineer at Logiqal
Princeton, NJ
$125,000–$200,000from the description
Jul 19, 2026
Princeton, NJ
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on designing, assembling, and testing optical systems for quantum processors, including laser beam delivery setups, optical pattern generation, and wide-field microscopes and projection systems. The engineer will collaborate with physicists to define and validate performance specifications, and with software engineers on control integration, ultimately scaling successful prototypes into modular systems for a large quantum computing facility. The position suits candidates from early-career to experienced levels; quantum physics background is not required.
Mid level · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
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This is a hardware/optical engineering role — not a computer or software occupation — focused on designing, assembling, and testing optical systems (laser delivery, pattern generation, wide-field microscopes) for quantum processors. None of the available SOC codes cleanly fit; 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used as the closest available option, but the role is more accurately an Optical/Photonics Engineer (SOC 17-2199 or 17-3023), which is not in the permitted code list.
The posting explicitly welcomes candidates 'at every career stage, from recent bachelor's graduates to experienced researchers and engineers,' so no minimum experience or degree is hard-gated. Seniority is set to Mid as a midpoint default given the wide range described.
Skills listed are derived from the explicit role responsibilities in the posting. No specific named tools, software packages, or platforms are mentioned, so only the core optical engineering competencies are captured.
The Princeton, NJ location falls within the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA CBSA (35620).
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): optical system design, laser beam delivery systems, optical system assembly and test.
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