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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. Your key responsibilities are as follows:\nDrive daily execution of reliability engineering development activities, including a large testbed development initiative and vendor reliability initiatives. \nOwn the risk identification failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) process. \nDevelop photonics module reliability testing and execution strategy, including Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) and Reliability Demonstration Testing (RDT) \nLead system architecture reliability trade studies to influence design-for-repairability, prognostic data acquisition, and system redundancy decision-making. \nDevelop Reliability Characterization and Reliability Growth campaign for photonics components which includes analysis and test activities. \nProvides technical, logistical and problem-solving leadership, develops and employs best engineering practices. Anticipates risks and identifies opportunities, then manages both through the projects. \nResponsible for project execution per internally and customer defined processes, reaching, documenting and defending project milestones: requirement, design and test readiness reviews, integration and test events, test reports, installation and support activities. \nRequirements\nThis position requires access to export-controlled information. Employment is contingent upon the applicant being a U.S. person as defined by 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3).\nExperience:\nA bachelor’s degree in an engineering field. \nMinimum of 5 years of relevant experience. \nExperience in hardware reliability engineering and/or hardware quality engineering is preferred. \nSkills:\nProven record of successfully leading hardware engineering projects or initiatives. \nUnderstanding of reliability, availability, and maintainability for complex hardware systems. \nAbility to execute projects independently and in partnership with internal teams and third party vendors. \nStartup Mindset:\nYou're creative, flexible, and eager to wear multiple hats. \nYou're passionate about building systems from the ground up and comfortable with ambiguity and change. \nBenefits\nThe expected annual salary range for this position is $125,000-$175,000.\nAs a full-time employee, you will be eligible for Monarch’s comprehensive benefits package, which includes:\nMedical, Dental, and Vision insurance\nFidelity 401(k) plan with 4% employer matching\n20 paid time off (PTO) days per year\n13 paid company holidays\n9/80 work schedule (every other Friday off)\nMonarch Quantum is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, citizenship status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status or any other characteristics protected under applicable federal, state and local laws.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3268,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Vision insurance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Quantum Computing Hardware","Optics & Photonic Components"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-06T14:50:16Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":54,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-09T06:01:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":175000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/monarch-quantum-senior-reliability-project-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/monarch-quantum-senior-reliability-project-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-10T00:08:14Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":119,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4881,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-11T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":678365},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=678365"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fmonarch-quantum-senior-reliability-project-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fmonarch-quantum-senior-reliability-project-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fmonarch-quantum-senior-reliability-project-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/monarch-quantum-senior-reliability-project-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fmonarch-quantum-senior-reliability-project-engineer"}]}