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Lead delivery of quantum hardware releases on schedule and within budget for the DARPA QBI program. Own master schedule and budget, act as primary DARPA contact, remove technical and operational blockers, align cross-functional teams, manage resources and vendors, drive process and validation improvements, and perform continuous risk analysis to prevent delays. Role requires regular travel to Toronto.

Manage U.S. government-funded research portfolio end-to-end: win funding, coordinate cross-functional proposal development, oversee award execution, ensure milestones and compliance, cultivate government and lab relationships, monitor funding landscape, and represent Xanadu at community events.

Define and flow down engineering requirements from high-level designs, document and manage requirement changes, maintain system architecture and interfaces, identify tools/process improvements, and coach teams on systems engineering practices for complex hardware/firmware/software products.

Lead development and optimization of fabrication processes for integrated photonic devices (electro-optic materials). Design experiments, own wafer lots at foundries, define metrology and failure analysis, improve yields, collaborate with internal and external photonics engineers, and implement process improvements to reduce loss and scale production.