Director of Packaging Engineering and Site Manager

Job Title: Director of Packaging Engineering and Site Manager

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Compensation: $180,000 – $210,000, commensurate with experience

Type: Full-time

Organization: Elevate Quantum

Elevate Quantum is 501c3 non-profit that is dedicated to dramatically accelerating the pace of innovation in quantum from the industry’s largest cluster, the Mountain West. With a consortium that includes over 120 organizations spanning Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming, Elevate Quantum is uniquely positioned to transform cutting-edge research into world-changing companies. Our mission is to ensure U.S. economic and strategic security and to establish leadership in the Quantum Century.

We are recognized as a Designated Tech Hub by the U.S. Department of Commerce, a testament to our role in advancing quantum technology. This designation has brought significant federal and state investments, aimed at building our operations and ensuring sustained growth and innovation in quantum technology.

Our consortium features leading names in the quantum industry such as Quantinuum, Atom Computing, Infleqtion, Vescent, and Maybell Quantum. We are also partnered with market giants like Google, Microsoft, AWS, and Lockheed Martin and research powerhouses like Sandia, NIST, CU Boulder, LANL, Colorado School of Mines, and more. This mix of leading companies, research organizations, and workforce builders like Front Range Community College, University of New Mexico, College of New Mexico - Ingenuity NCWIT, and others, will help us ensure that we maintain rigorous attention to detail while navigating a fast-moving and dynamic environment.

We are now launching a first-of-its-kind quantum packaging and heterogeneous integration facility in Albuquerque, NM. This facility, developed in close partnership with Sandia National Laboratories and University of New Mexico, will support next-generation chip and photonics-based packaging techniques relevant to quantum systems.

In pursuit of this objective, Elevate Quantum is seeking a dynamic and experienced Director of Packaging Engineering and Site Manager to lead the stand-up and operations of our packaging facility. This role is both highly strategic and deeply operational. The successful candidate will serve as the technical and site lead, responsible for developing new capabilities, overseeing low-volume production, managing staff, and building external partnerships—including with Sandia National Labs.

This is a rare opportunity to shape a critical piece of quantum infrastructure in an emerging technology field with global implications.

• In partnership with the Elevate Quantum officer team, build and lead a new business unit focused on chip-based packaging processes that are quantum-relevant (ion traps, neutral atom, etc.).
• Work closely with Elevate Quantum’s officer team to define technical roadmaps and commercialization strategies.
• Act as a technical expert in business development settings and at industry conferences.

• Work hand in hand with the COO/CFO to oversee on-the-ground operations of the Albuquerque facility, including build-out, equipment installation, and lab commissioning.
• Develop and implement standard operating procedures (SOPs), lab safety protocols, and process documentation.
• Track progress and report on milestones to Elevate Quantum's COO/CFO.

• Lead development and optimization of quantum packaging processes, and implement capabilities such as active fiber alignment, wire bonding, flip-chip bonding, solder jetting, and metrology.
• Manage cleanroom operations and production of novel chip-based quantum and opto-electronic packages.
• Drive continuous process improvement and implement rigorous quality assurance practices.

• Recruit, train, and supervise a growing technical team.
• Collaborate with Sandia National Labs to access process IP, develop training programs, and coordinate joint R&D efforts.
• Engage with university and commercial partners to expand capability and customer base.

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