Cryogenics Engineer

Responsibilities

• Document
• test, and inspection procedures
• to ensure a common standard across the company and the highest level of customer support
• Safety & Standards
• Engineer for Safety: Apply pressure-safety, relief-sizing, and oxygen-deficiency hazard practices to systems that handle helium-3/helium-4 mixture, liquid nitrogen, and high vacuum.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in mechanical engineering, physics, or
• Strong grounding in heat transfer, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics at cryogenic temperatures, including low-temperature material properties.
• in 3D CAD (SolidWorks preferred) and analysis tools such as Python, MATLAB, or ANSYS.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred

Experience designing, building, or significantly

• Master's degree or PhD in a relevant field.
• Experience with helium-3/helium-4 gas-handling systems.
• Experience with brazing, welding, indium seals, or other cryogenic joining and sealing methods.
• Background in quantum computing, scientific instrumentation, or superconducting hardware.
• Experience with pressure-system design under ASME or equivalent codes.
• Experience in a high-growth, venture-backed startup.

About Us

Maybell Quantum is building the hardware foundation of the quantum era. Our redesigned dilution refrigerator gives labs more fridges per room, more experiments per fridge, and a level of reliability and usability the field has never had. We are a fast-growing, venture-backed team of scientists and engineers, and the cryogenic systems we design in Denver ship to leading quantum computing groups around the world.

We are seeking a Cryogenics Engineer to

test

validate,

troubleshoot, and refine our products and the subsystems that comprise them

You will work alongside our R&D scientists, mechanical and electrical engineers, and manufacturing tea m to elevate our products d rive customer success from installation through long-term operation, and delive r an exceptional customer experience

Test

• Validat e,
• Iterate
• Develop Test Plans

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• uild comprehensive experiments that push our products to the limit to ensure the highest quality standards and to find ways for “ the best to perform even better.
• Operate and

T

• roubleshoot: Become the equivalent of a “test pilot” for the most advanced cryogenic systems in the world, with a heavy focus on evaluating the user experience and risks to uptime.
• Drive

Innovation

• Work with our product and engineering teams to refine our platforms
• ’ designs based on your te sts and discoveries.
• Support our Customer Success Team

Support Global Operations

• Partner with our customers to root-cause and solve issues, allowing them to achieve the next breakthrough in quantum computing.
• Occasionally travel on

site

to assist when

Required

• an equivalent technical field.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, or operating cryogenic systems.
• Hands-on experience with high-vacuum systems and helium leak detection.
• Experience safely handling cryogens such as liquid nitrogen and liquid helium.

Proficiency

• Self-starter who can drive results independently in a fast-moving environment.
• Able to work on-site in Denver, CO.

Preferred

modifying dilution refrigerators or other sub-kelvin systems (ADRs, helium-3 systems).

What We Offer

• Base Salary: $90,000 – $120,000/yr, depending on experience and qualifications, plus equity and performance bonus.
• Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k); paid time off and paid holidays
• Impact: Direct influence on the success of a company developing revolutionary technology.
• Exceptional Team: Collaboration with world-class scientists, engineers, and business leaders who are defining a new industry.