Technical Project Manager Contract Jobs in Boston, MA

Team: Hardware Engineering

Reports to: Ben Lawson, Director of Hardware Engineering

Location: Boston, MA (On-site)

Type: Full-time

QuEra Computing is building neutral-atom quantum computers at the frontier of the field. Our Hardware Engineering team designs, builds, and deploys the complex modules and systems (involving optical, electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing engineering disciplines) at the heart of our machines. We're looking for a Technical Project Manager to keep this fast-moving, cross-disciplinary work coordinated, visible, and on track.

This is a hands-on project management role sitting between program management and project coordination. Your organization and diligence will enable the Hardware Engineering organization to execute and deliver. You manage the Hardware Engineering aspects of projects with outside groups (Science, Software, Test and Infrastructure) as well as within the hardware engineering team (Mechanical, Electrical, Optical, and Manufacturing/Production).

• Field and triage incoming requests from the Science team - work with requesters to understand what is actually needed, by when, and at what priority relative to other requests - then translate that into actionable work.
• Drive delivery completeness - work with the HW Engineering team to ensure all the necessary equipment and planning is done for a successful deployment: all required modules, components, and facilities included in plan.
• Coordinate across disciplines - manage dependencies, requests, and support between ME, EE, OE, and production so cross-functional work stays aligned.
• Own project tracking in Jira - break deliverables into tasks and sub-tasks, capture duration and effort estimates, enforce workflow best practices, and keep boards clean, current, and accurate.
• Plan and manage resources - track resourcing needs and escalate risks early.
• Chase status and remove blockers - monitor projects, follow up with owners for updates, and proactively resolve stalls to keep projects on track.
• Make meetings count - record actions with owners and due dates, track them to closure.
• Audit project artifacts - ensure projects have the required documents in the correct formats/templates and track them down when they're missing.

Within your first 90 days: every active Hardware Engineering project is current and accurate in Jira; incoming Science requests follow a consistent intake path; and no deployment is delayed by a forgotten dependency, missing part, or stalled purchase.

• 5-8 years of project management or project coordination experience in a hardware engineering, lab, scientific instrumentation, or manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional engineering work (mechanical, electrical, and/or optical) - comfortable in conversations about components, BOMs, integration, and installation logistics.
• Strong skills with project tracking tools (Jira preferred): task breakdown, estimation tracking, automation, and workflow design.
• Persistent, diplomatic follow-up - comfortable driving accountability without authority.
• Strong organizational and communication skills; able to translate loosely defined requests into concrete, scheduled work.

• Experience with hardware engineering development and production.
• Experience supporting system deployments or installations at customer or facility sites.
• PMP or Agile/Scrum certification.

• Direct, visible impact: whether systems ship on time and deploy without surprises will be, in large part, your doing.
• Work alongside a world-class, cross-disciplinary team building deep tech machines at the frontier of technology.
• Growth path into program management as the hardware organization scales.

This role is full-time on-site.

Salary Range: $150,000-$190,000. We consistently monitor external market data and update base salary ranges accordingly.  We determine base compensation decisions on several factors, including as geographic placement, role-specific knowledge, skills, and/or experience.  In addition to our base salary offerings, we also provide equity grants for all new hires.

QuEra is committed to cultivating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We highly value diversity in our current and future employees and do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.