Quantum Control Systems Modeling Internship 2027

About the role

IBM Quantum is seeking motivated engineering students to learn about and develop the world’s first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer. You will work with a discrete event model simulator of our prototype distributed control system.

Responsibilities

• Contribute performance and monitoring improvement to an existing Rust based distributed modeling simulator.
• Develop software and automation tools for simulator test execution, data collection, and analysis.
• Debug simulation execution in a prototype distributed control system test environment.
• Collaborate with compiler, runtime, and FPGA development teams.

Qualifications

• Preferred Education: Bachelor's Degree.
• Pursuing a Bachelor's, Masters, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.

Requirements

• Experience with Rust, Git, Linux, and command-line environments.
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and work across disciplines.

Skills

• Experience with container environments such as Docker, Podman, or Kubernetes.
• Experience with observability systems such as Prometheus, MQTT, and Grafana.
• Experience with Quantum computing concepts.