<p><strong>Summary</strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Laser Systems is QuEra's horizontal laser infrastructure program. The team owns the full lifecycle of laser systems across all machine generations and across our sites in the US, Japan, and the UK.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":140,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The Laser Safety Engineer owns end-to-end laser safety by design. The work sits at the architecture and design stage, where protection is layered into the system: optics and coating selection, beam path routing, containment, scattered light detection, interlocks, and access control. Protective eyewear sits last in that order, behind the engineering controls above it.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":140,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Scope begins at the light source and follows the beam through free space and optical fiber to wherever the light is used. It covers heterogeneous setups on optical tables and off them, in rack-mounted chassis and on free-standing benches, whether deployed, under build, or in development.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":140,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Designs from HQ reach QuEra sites worldwide. The role works with the Laser Safety Officers and the local scientists and engineers in the UK and Japan, and with QuEra's Laser Safety Officer in Facilities, who holds the regulatory role and site-wide program authority.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":140,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Safety by Design</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"335559738":140,"335559739":60}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Own beam path safety review as a formal design gate for laser modules and systems, covering parasitic and scattered paths as well as primary paths</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":80,"335559740":264}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Specify layered protection at the design stage: optics and coating selection, beam containment, enclosures, beam dumps, and stray light management</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":80,"335559740":264}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Address fiber-borne hazards, including connector and end-face integrity, uncontrolled emission from damaged or disconnected fiber, and high power fiber delivery</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":80,"335559740":264}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Define scattered and stray radiation detection, including sensor selection, placement, thresholds, and integration with system telemetry</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":false,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":80,"335559740":264}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Controls and Interlocks</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"335559738":140,"335559739":60}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Design interlock and access control architecture across enclosures, doors, and emergency stop, with fail-safe behavior and machine-readable interlock state for automated operation</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":80,"335559740":264}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Retrofit containment and interlocks on deployed setups</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":false,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":80,"335559740":264}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Verification and Operations</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"335559738":140,"335559739":60}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Perform hazard analysis, define laser controlled area boundaries, and write laser safety acceptance criteria into module and system acceptance test procedures</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":80,"335559740":264}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Run hazard surveys and periodic spot checks across setups, investigate incidents and near misses, and specify PPE by area</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":false,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":80,"335559740":264}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Standards and Global Alignment</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"335559738":140,"335559739":60}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Own laser safety standards for the team across ANSI Z136, IEC and BS EN 60825, and JIS C 6802, and align QuEra practice across the three regimes</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":80,"335559740":264}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Work with the Laser Safety Officers and the local scien