Power Systems Architect, Quantum Infra.

Job Description

Job Title: Principal Power Systems Architect, Quantum Infrastructure. Location: Milpitas, California, United States

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the main technical link between hardware teams and facility engineering for all electrical power system design matters
• Define how utility power is brought into, conditioned, distributed, and isolated across quantum computing facilities;
• Develop top-level specifications for power distribution systems including redundancy, fault tolerance, and maintainability
• Design electrical infrastructure from service entrance down to equipment-level interfaces

Power Quality and Noise Management

• Define and enforce power quality requirements for sensitive quantum hardware systems
• Analyze and mitigate electrical noise, harmonics, voltage transients, EMI, and grounding issues
• Address both conducted and radiated interference affecting quantum hardware performance;
• Evaluate coupling paths between high-power systems and sensitive electronics

Grounding, Shielding, and EMI Control

• Design grounding, bonding, shielding, and cable management strategies across the facility
• Establish electrical and physical zoning to isolate noisy and sensitive systems;
• Define mitigation strategies for ground loops, crosstalk, and electromagnetic interference
• Guide EMI/EMC best practices across both facility and hardware layers

Power Conditioning and Conversion

• Specify and evaluate isolation transformers, filters, surge protection, and harmonic mitigation systems
• Define UPS architecture including redundancy models, operating modes, and load segmentation
• Provide guidance on AC to DC conversion systems and power supply requirements
• Ensure reliability, safety, and noise control in all power conversion stages

Cross-Team Collaboration

• Work closely with electronics, hardware, manufacturing, and facility teams
• Translate facility-level constraints into hardware-level engineering requirements
• Participate in system design reviews and architecture trade studies
• Support commissioning, testing, and troubleshooting of integrated power systems

Documentation and Standards

• Create electrical design standards and interface control documents
• Define validation and commissioning procedures for facility power systems
• Document design assumptions, risks, and mitigation strategies
• Establish long-term guidelines for power system scalability and reliability

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Strong experience in power systems engineering or infrastructure design
• Deep understanding of facility electrical systems including transformers, switchgear, UPS, grounding, and distribution networks
• Strong knowledge of EMI, grounding, and power quality issues;
• Experience translating system requirements into engineering specifications
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical teams
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary environments

Preferred:

• PhD in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
• Experience with data center or mission-critical infrastructure power systems
• Strong background in power quality analysis including harmonics, transients, and voltage instability
• Experience in EMI and EMC mitigation strategies
• Knowledge of isolation transformers, filtering systems, and surge protection design
• Experience defining UPS strategies for mixed criticality systems;
• Familiarity with grounding and shielding design for sensitive electronics systems
• Experience in semiconductor fabs, research labs, or large-scale scientific infrastructure

Benefits and Compensation:

• Base salary range: $195,000 to $220,000 USD (standard US range)
• Bay Area range: $250,000 to $260,000 USD
• Full-time role with equity eligibility;
• Comprehensive benefits package (details not fully specified in listing)
• Opportunity to work on one of the most advanced quantum computing infrastructure programs in the world
• Exposure to large-scale facility design and next-generation computing systems

Other Information:

• Must comply with security and hiring verification policies; no fraudulent communication from unofficial sources
• No unsolicited recruitment agency resumes accepted
• Role involves collaboration across hardware, facility, and system engineering teams;
• Work contributes to building utility-scale quantum computing infrastructure based on silicon photonics architecture
• PsiQuantum focuses on fault-tolerant million-qubit systems and large-scale deployment