Research Consultant - Quantum Computer Architecture

Position

Research Consultant – Quantum Computer Architecture

Remote Status

On-Site

Job Id

721

# of Openings

1

Location Note

On-Site

Security Clearance Requirement

Current U.S. government clearance or U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain a clearance

Program Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Current U.S. government security clearance or ability to obtain a security clearance
• PhD in Physics or related field; qualified candidates with a master's degree in a related discipline will be considered
• A minimum of 5 years of related professional experience and/or research experience; experience in related research activity will be considered
• At least one publication in a related subject
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and efficiently within a dynamic, interdisciplinary environment
• Accurate communication of technical and scientific issues to people with varying levels of expertise
• Persuasive speaking/writing skills

Role and Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and expertise for quantum computing devices
• Assimilate and integrate technical inputs from internal / external organizations and analyze technical deliverables and reports
• Conduct technical writing and material for presentation
• Conduct independent reviews and summaries of related technical literature and emerging technologies and participate in technical exchanges and workshops related to program technical areas
• Develop and document testing methodology and protocols, ensuring they align with program technology components
• Cook up, align, and schedule technology development tasks and perform continuous analysis of technical progress in comparison to planned cost and schedule
• Perform technical and programmatic risk analysis/review and tracking

Qualifications

• Experience and knowledge in development and simulation techniques related to operation of fault-tolerant quantum computers such as resource-state distillation, logical algorithm layouts, and logical gate execution
• Experience with analysis of alternatives and improvements to feasibility of techniques (different qubit modalities, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to review and analyze research and reports in this area of study relating to quantum computing and qubit technologies

Desired Experience

• Experience in quantum information research (experiment or theory), particularly in quantum computing research is preferred
• Postdoc experience or equivalent is preferred
• Fault Tolerant Quantum Computing/Quantum Error Correction is desired
• Noise modeling in STIM circuits is desired
• Quantum Characterization Verification and Validation techniques is desired

Pay Range

$115,000 - $215,000 per year