Applied Science Manager, Center for Quantum Computing

About the role

The Amazon Center for Quantum Computing (CQC) is seeking to hire an Applied Science Manager to innovate in physical design and simulation methods, and develop the software stack used to design superconducting quantum computers. In this role, you will lead a team developing scientific software for quantum electronic design automation.

Responsibilities

• Hire and develop Applied Scientists that build physical design and simulation software
• Partner with science teams to understand needs and drive adoption of improved methods and tooling
• Influence engineering team development priorities in high-performance computing infrastructure
• Manage tactical and strategic initiatives with scientific projects pursued within team
• Enable creative and innovative experimentation while striving for operational excellence

Requirements

The ideal candidate is expected to advance the state of the art for computational science in service of realizing a fault-tolerant quantum computer.

Qualifications

• PhD in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field
• 3+ years of scientists or machine learning engineers management experience
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language