Technical Project Manager, Hardware

Team:Hardware Engineering

Reports to:Ben Lawson Director of Hardware Engineering

Location:Boston MA (On-site)

Type:Full-time

QuEra Computing is building neutral-atom quantum computers at the frontier of the field. Our Hardware Engineering team designs builds and deploys the complex modules and systems (involving optical electrical mechanical and manufacturing engineering disciplines) at the heart of our machines. Were looking for a Technical Project Manager to keep this fast-moving cross-disciplinary work coordinated visible and on track.

This is a hands-on project management role sitting between program management and project coordination. Your organization and diligence will enable the Hardware Engineering organization to execute and deliver. You manage the Hardware Engineering aspects of projects with outside groups (Science Software Test and Infrastructure) as well as within the hardware engineering team (Mechanical Electrical Optical and Manufacturing/Production).

• Field and triage incoming requestsfrom the Science team work with requesters to understand what is actually needed by when and at what priority relative to other requests then translate that into actionable work.
• Drive delivery completeness work with the HW Engineering team to ensure all the necessary equipment and planning is done for a successful deployment: all required modules components and facilities included in plan.
• Coordinate across disciplines manage dependencies requests and support between ME EE OE and production so cross-functional work stays aligned.
• Own project tracking in Jira break deliverables into tasks and sub-tasks capture duration and effort estimates enforce workflow best practices and keep boards clean current and accurate.
• Plan and manage resources track resourcing needs and escalate risks early.
• Chase status and remove blockers monitor projects follow up with owners for updates and proactively resolve stalls to keep projects on track.
• Make meetings count record actions with owners and due dates track them to closure.
• Audit project artifacts ensure projects have the required documents in the correct formats/templates and track them down when theyre missing.

Within your first 90 days: every active Hardware Engineering project is current and accurate in Jira; incoming Science requests follow a consistent intake path; and no deployment is delayed by a forgotten dependency missing part or stalled purchase.

• 58 years of project management or project coordination experience in a hardware engineering lab scientific instrumentation or manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional engineering work (mechanical electrical and/or optical) comfortable in conversations about components BOMs integration and installation logistics.
• Strong skills with project tracking tools (Jira preferred): task breakdown estimation tracking automation and workflow design.
• Persistent diplomatic follow-up comfortable driving accountability without authority.
• Strong organizational and communication skills; able to translate loosely defined requests into concrete scheduled work.

• Experience with hardware engineering development and production.
• Experience supporting system deployments or installations at customer or facility sites.
• PMP or Agile/Scrum certification.

• Direct visible impact: whether systems ship on time and deploy without surprises will be in large part your doing.
• Work alongside a world-class cross-disciplinary team building deep tech machines at the frontier of technology.
• Growth path into program management as the hardware organization scales.

This role is full-time on-site.

Salary Range: $150000-$190000. We consistently monitor external market data and update base salary ranges accordingly. We determine base compensation decisions on several factors including as geographic placement role-specific knowledge skills and/or addition to our base salary offerings we also provide equity grants for all new hires.

QuEra is committed to cultivating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We highly value diversity in our current and future employees and do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) based on race religion color national origin gender gender expression sexual orientation age marital status veteran status disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.