Quantum Hardware Modeling - Research Scientist

About the role

At IBM Research, we are the innovation engine of IBM. Exploring what’s next in computing and shaping the technologies the world will rely on tomorrow. From advancing AI and hybrid cloud to pioneering practical quantum computing, we anticipate challenges and unlock new opportunities for clients, partners, and society. Working in Research means joining a team that accelerates discovery at the intersection of high-performance computing, AI, quantum, and cloud. You’ll collaborate with leading scientists, engineers, and visionaries to push boundaries and turn ideas into reality. With a culture built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration, IBM Research offers the opportunity to grow your career while contributing to breakthroughs that transform industries and change the world.

In this role, you will help design, simulate, and layout the next generation of IBM Quantum processors. Our ambitious quantum roadmap requires continuous improvements in processor performance, scalability, and reliability while introducing new capabilities and technologies. As a Research Scientist, you will invent and model new processor technologies, including novel gates that connect qubits across a quantum chip, inter-chip entangling gates, advanced readout schemes, and novel reset mechanisms. You will design, simulate, and lay out test devices and work closely with experimental teams to evaluate their performance. You will then integrate successful innovations into the next generation of IBM Quantum processors, helping to shape the future of quantum computing.

Responsibilities

• Design, simulate, and layout next-generation IBM Quantum processors.
• Invent and model new processor technologies, including novel gates, inter-chip entangling gates, advanced readout schemes, and reset mechanisms.
• Design, simulate, and lay out test devices.
• Collaborate with experimental teams to evaluate performance.
• Integrate successful innovations into future IBM Quantum processors.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of quantum computing theory, including error correction, quantum algorithms, and quantum device physics.
• Expertise in quantum hardware and device design, optimal control theory, and experimentation.
• Proficiency in experimental physics, including low-noise cryogenic amplifiers and simulation of quantum systems.
• Advanced knowledge of quantum operations, including multi-qubit gates optimization, quantum transduction, and decoherence mechanisms.
• Master’s degree in physics, electrical engineering, or related field.
• Experience in design and simulation of superconducting quantum processors.
• Experience with microwave simulation software.

Qualifications

• PhD in physics, electrical engineering, or related field.
• Experience measuring superconducting qubits.

Location: Yorktown Heights, US