# Senior Principal Opto-Electronics Test Engineer

Join our fast-paced and passionate team as a Senior Principal Opto-Electronics Test Engineer. As we scale, you will be instrumental in building our foundation from the ground up. This is a dynamic, hands-on role for a self-starter who thrives in a fluid startup environment. You'll have the opportunity to work on cutting edge technologies, work closely with leadership, and develop and implement engineering practices that support our mission and growth. This is a senior individual contributor role with broad technical scope - spanning device-level characterization through system-level validation - and direct influence over how opto-electronic hardware is qualified and released across the organization. The ideal candidate brings deep experience from the opto-electronics industry - telecom, datacom, optical interconnect, or high-power laser applications - and a track record of building test infrastructure that is rigorous, repeatable, and scalable. This role requires sustained laboratory execution combined with the systems thinking to design validation frameworks that serve both development and production environments. Your key responsibilities are as follows: Test Infrastructure & Aut

- **Id**: 1014443
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/monarch-quantum-senior-principal-opto-electronics-test-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Diego, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-17T21:51:10Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-17
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T11:14:35Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 54
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6734
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Quantum Computing Hardware, Optics & Photonic Components

## Company

- **Id**: 678365
- **Name**: Monarch Quantum
- **Domain**: monarchquantum.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/monarchquantum>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 37
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 54
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 180000
- **Max**: 260000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 260000

## Technologies

- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 54

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-17T21:51:10Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 44
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.808
- **P room**: 0.55
- **Age days**: 54
- **Expected fill days**: 54
- **Reasons**: conf:3, velocity, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 260000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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