About the vacancy
Process Automation
Manufacturing Engineering
About Your Next Job
QuantaMap is a Leiden-based deep-tech startup building novel metrology tools for the quantum industry — a SQUID-on-tip microscope that images temperature, current, magnetic fields, and surface structure simultaneously at nanoscale resolution, under cryogenic conditions. Our current prototype loads the probe and sample at room temperature and then cools the entire system to 1 K — a cycle that takes 24 hours. That turnaround is too slow for routine fab inspection. As our Mechanical Engineering intern you'll design and develop an automated sample exchange system that operates at cryogenic conditions, dramatically reducing cycle time.
About Your Next Colleagues
At QuantaMap you'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with a small, highly motivated team of engineers, physicists, and researchers.
About Your Tasks and Responsibilities
Design the next-generation cryogenic sample exchange mechanism, from first-principles calculations through simulation to final mechanical design. Work closely with the design team throughout the full engineering cycle. Document your designs, test results, and learnings rigorously.
About Your Skills and Experience
Pursuing an MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a similar field. Hands-on experience designing precision parts, ideally for high-tech or demanding environments.
Bonus: knowledge of cryogenic technology, semiconductor manufacturing, or experience from team-based design challenges.
Only apply if...
Currently enrolled in a relevant bachelor's or master's programme. Able to commit to a minimum of 5 months. A demonstrable drive to take ownership, communicate openly, and hold your work to a high standard — even when the goalposts move. We value potential and passion as much as experience, so don't hesitate to apply if you don't tick every box.
Contact person
Johannes Jobst
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At Quantamap, we are developing cutting-edge tools for metrology and defect inspection for quantum chips and other quantum hardware. We concluded that one of the major road-blocks of quantum computing is that when chips do not work as well as they should (they often don't), there is no way to find out which component failed, and how to improve the production processes. Our novel microscope, based on SQUID-on-tip, will solve this and help enable the quantum revolution. We are a growing team of people motivated to solve hard problems that do not have solutions yet. We believe that our technology will have a major impact on the quantum industry, and will also have applications in different fields in science and emerging technology. We are committed to diversity and work to build an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.