Bob Buckley

Hardware Engineer at Google

Goleta, California, United States

About

- Manage a team to develop & scale the cryogenic electrical link between qubits & electronics - Develop quantum microwave technology & metrology tools for scalable quantum computers - Pioneered, demonstrated, & published novel quantum-optical measurements with NV center - Developed laser & photonic components: simulation, design, test, assembly, package Publication list: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mnvpf5IAAAAJ&hl=en

Experience

  • Hardware Engineer at Google
    Dec 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 7 mos

    - Manage a team to develop & scale cryogenic signal transmission & filtering - R&D of new cryogenic microwave components that enable quantum computers to scale in size & performance - Requirements identification & test development for emerging technologies - Coordinate cross-team efforts, optimizing complex ‘full-system’ design - Python hardware control & data analysis, contributing to Git codebase

  • Photonic Design Engineer at Freedom Photonics LLC
    Jul 2017 - Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    - Designed, developed, and tested new photonic technologies - Laser simulation, design, test, & characterization - Hybrid photonic packages for next-generation devices (example) - Prototype assembly & testing of new enabling technologies - Chip-to-chip hybrid integration of laser array to chip I designed - Miniature optical bench development for remote atomic sensing - Photonic simulation and scripting (Matlab, Lumerical, Python) - Photonic component layout (C++) & design review process - Co-authored & won SBIR grant proposals

  • Farming and Ranching, Mechanical repair and fabrication at Buckley Farms
    Feb 2014 - Dec 2019 · 5 yrs 11 mos

    Success in farming requires a results-oriented mindset using effective time and resource management to accomplish farm duties. In addition to these, performing mechanical work on complex farm machinery has allowed me to hone diagnostic, repair, and fabrication skills.

  • Materials Engineer at GE Aviation
    Sep 2013 - Jan 2014 · 5 mos

    During my time as an engineer in the inlets and exhaust systems department at GE Aviation, I worked with high-temperature mechanically-tough ceramic composite materials, including finding ways to successfully pattern resistive and conductive materials, despite their rough and cracked surfaces.

  • Graduate Research Assistant at University of California, Santa Barbara
    Sep 2007 - Jul 2013 · 5 yrs 11 mos

    Researched spin coherence in semiconductors using optical techniques in David Awschalom's lab. •Built custom cryogenic scanning confocal optical systems for time-resolved measurements of spin dynamics •Demonstrated the coherent coupling of light to a single NV center spin in diamond for pioneering measurements in its control and readout •Helped find and subsequently study optically addressable spin coherence in silicon carbide defects •Held successful collaborations towards mutual research goals •Trained and mentored numerous graduate students within the group