Quantum Systems Mechanical and Cryogenics Engineering Manager

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary engineering organization spanning Mechanical Engineering, Cryogenic Engineering (including cryofridge system design), and Physics, including both internal and external contributors; foster a culture of accountability, technical excellence, and professional growth.
• Own the lifecycle, upgrades, reliability, and maintenance strategy for cryogenic refrigerator systems across global sites, ensuring high system availability, continuous performance improvement, and consistent operational standards worldwide.
• Establish and scale engineering infrastructure and toolchains, including mechanical/model shop facilities and standardized workflows for mechanical CAD, thermal and structural simulation, and product data management (PDM), enabling efficient and repeatable hardware development.
• Own mechanical engineering standards and governance, driving rigorous design reviews, configuration control, reliability engineering, and design-for-manufacturing practices across parts and assemblies.
• Drive robust mechanical architecture, modeling, and simulationin close collaboration with system partnersacrossarchitecture, theory, experimental systems, instrumentation, readout, and control.
• Provide technical leadership, cross-team alignment, and strategic inputby innovating test and validation methodologies, objectively resolving technical conflicts, communicating effectively across global teams, and contributing to program-level planning and execution.

Other:

• Embody ourCultureandValues

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Cryogenics, Physics, or related field AND 8+ years industry experience in engineering, product/technical program management, or product development
  • OR Master's Degree inMechanical Engineering, Cryogenics, Physics, or related fieldAND 6+ years industry experience inengineering, product/technical program management, or product development
  • OR Doctorate Mechanical Engineering, Cryogenics, Physics, or related field AND 3+ years industry experience in engineering, product/technical program management, or product development
  • OR equivalent experience.

Other Qualifications

• Abilityto meet Microsoft,customerand/or government security screening requirements arerequiredfor this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will berequiredto pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
  • Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate willbe requiredto provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their U.S. permanent residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. * 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable.
• Ability toleverageAI tools to drive innovation and efficiency (e.g., performance modeling and analysis, research gathering,day to daytask automation).
• Ability to work in an "AI-first" environment using modern AI tools to accelerate discovery through hardware development.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+yearsdemonstratedtechnical leadership in complex hardware systems, including mechanical and/or cryogenic systems, experimental platforms, or precision instrumentation.
• 3+yearexperience leading end-to-end engineering development cycles, including requirements definition, design reviews, prototyping, validation, and data-driven iteration.
• 5+ years people management experience, including hiring, performance management, mentoring, and building high-performing multidisciplinary teams.
• 5+ years experience with cryogenic systems and/or cryogenic refrigeration platforms, including integration, performance optimization, reliability, upgrades, or lifecycle management.
• 5+years experienceleading mechanical design in extreme environments, such as cryogenic, vacuum, vibration-sensitive, or high-precision systems.
• 3+ years experience with thermal and structural simulation tools, mechanical CAD, and product data management (PDM) systems.
• 5+years experiencedriving design-for-manufacturing, reliability engineering, and scalable hardware deployment.
• 3+ years experience managing distributed teams and/or supporting multi-site laboratory or production operations.
• Familiarity with quantum systems, advanced research platforms, orhighly complexexperimental environments.
• 7+ years people management experience.
• Proven ability to lead experimental design, instrumentation, and analysis for thermal

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Quantum Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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