Quantum Hardware Modeling Research Scientist

What you'll do

• Design, simulate, and layout next-generation IBM Quantum processors to improve performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Invent and model new processor technologies including novel gates, inter-chip entangling gates, and advanced readout schemes.
• Develop and implement novel reset mechanisms for quantum hardware.
• Simulate and lay out test devices to evaluate performance in collaboration with experimental teams.
• Integrate successful innovations into the next generation of IBM Quantum processors.
• Apply quantum computing theory and physics to develop new ideas for error correction and algorithms.
• Engineer advanced quantum hardware designs using optimal control theory and experimental physics principles.
• Optimize multi-qubit gates and address decoherence mechanisms to advance quantum operations.

What we're looking for

• Master's degree in physics, electrical engineering, or a related field.
• Doctorate degree in physics, electrical engineering, or a related field (preferred).
• Deep understanding of quantum computing theory, including error correction, algorithms, and device physics.
• Expertise in quantum hardware design, optimal control theory, and experimental physics.
• Proficiency in simulating quantum systems and physical systems using microwave simulation software.
• Experience in the design and simulation of superconducting quantum processors.
• Knowledge of advanced quantum operations, such as multi-qubit gates optimization and decoherence mechanisms.
• Experience measuring superconducting qubits (preferred).