Deposition & Etch Equipment and Production Engineer (H/F)

Alice & Bob is developing the first universal, fault-tolerant quantum computer to solve the world’s hardest problems.

The quantum computer we envision building is based on a new kind of superconducting qubit: the Schrödinger cat qubit 🐈‍⬛. In comparison to other superconducting platforms, cat qubits have the astonishing ability to implement quantum error correction autonomously!

We're a diverse team of 250+ brilliant minds from over 35 countries united by a single goal: to revolutionise computing with a practical fault-tolerant quantum machine. Are you ready to take on unprecedented challenges and contribute to revolutionising technology? Join us, and let's shape the future of quantum computing together!

The role

You join as a Tool Owner and hands-on production engineer on the deposition and etch scope: superconductor deposition, metal evaporation (including shadow-angle evaporation), and dry etching. These are the long-run tools the weekly output depends on — when a chamber goes down, the line feels it within a day.

You're accountable for a defined set of tools: their uptime, maintenance, utilization, and the qualified recipes that run on them at industrial cadence. For each tool, you form a binome with a Process Owner from Process Development Engineering — you own the asset and its execution, they own the recipe and its process window; you solve the hard problems and qualify operators together.

You're joining a team at its creation, reporting to the Cleanroom Operations Manager. You'll build the operation rather than inherit one.

Two Tool Owner positions are open in parallel — one on lithography, one on deposition and etching. If your experience spans both, apply to whichever fits best; the team will route you accordingly.