Applied Materials – quantum computing and materials technology intern
The intern will be responsible for kicking off our technology exploration in the quantum computing and Si photonics domains, looking for specific segments and high-value problems to target, and making predictions about the market. The internship should result in an actionable plan for the CTO team to go-to-market. Learn more. For application instructions, contact Leslie Du at [email protected].
Argonne – postdoctoral researcher in quantum optics
Successful candidates will perform advanced spectroscopic studies of low-dimensional quantum materials in magnetic and/or microwave fields at cryogenic temperatures. Candidates with strong background in quantum optics, magneto-optics, nanophotonics, and cavity quantum electrodynamics are highly encouraged to apply. The selected individual will have access to state-of-the-art research facilities and become part of a highly vibrant team. Learn more and apply.
General Atomics – postdoc/PhD fellowship – AMO experimental physicist/engineer
GA is looking to support research in experimental physics relating to the construction of electro-optical systems that probe and manipulate single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond. This research is expected to advance the optical system design, device modeling, and characterization of the qubit properties, and explore techniques to entangle NV centers with nearby nuclear spins. In addition, there is an opportunity to research novel color center technologies, quantum architectures, and applications of NV color centers in quantum networking and quantum sensing. Learn more. To apply, send your CV or resume directly to Matthew Cha at [email protected] or Mike Jaris at [email protected].
HRL Laboratories – quantum optics experimentalist
The responsibilities of the HRL quantum optics experimentalist include the design, simulation, calculations, and construction of electro-optical experiments and prototypes; data collection and analysis; and presentation of the results to team members. Additional job functions include writing invention disclosures, writing proposals, publishing papers, attending and presenting at conferences, and briefing internal and external customers. Learn more and apply.
HRL Laboratories – quantum device yield engineer
The HRL quantum device yield engineer will relate electrical data taken at various temperature stages of testing, including quantum coherent spin qubit characterization, to fabrication processes and semiconductor device design as well as investigate device failures through materials characterization techniques, and organize, update, and summarize results. Learn more and apply.
HRL Laboratories – software engineer, quantum control
The successful candidate will build software for automating complex sequences of experiments; design and implement algorithms for accurately calibrating and benchmarking quantum devices; build rich visualizations to exhibit device characteristics and performance; collaborate with data engineering team to collect and organize data so that it can be readily used to understand and advance our quantum device technologies; and more. Learn more and apply.
HRL Laboratories – mechanical product designer
The HRL mechanical product designer will be responsible for the design, simulation, and development of a wide variety of systems and components; interface with system architects, electrical engineers, and scientists to derive requirements and develop integrated electromechanical cryogenic systems; and more. Learn more and apply.
HRL Laboratories – thermal analyst
The HRL thermal analyst will partner with scientists and engineers to analyze the thermal performance of novel cryogenic systems; perform detailed thermal nonlinear finite element modeling of mechanical and electrical hardware; identify thermal failure modes of electronic components including PCBs and solder fatigue; and more. Learn more and apply.
HRL Laboratories – theoretical quantum information scientist
The HRL theoretical quantum information scientist will analyze and design protocols and architectures for quantum information science applications; present ideas and results in effective technical presentations, write technical papers, reports and proposals; and more. Learn more and apply.
HRL Laboratories – qubit systems scientist
The HRL qubit systems scientist will solve high-impact problems by working with teams to bring solutions from other fields into fruition; develop software tools to automate complex data collection and analysis tasks; improve processes through careful curation, maintenance, and visualization of collected data; and more. Learn more and apply.
HRL Laboratories – hardware design engineer, quantum hardware
The HRL hardware design engineer in quantum hardware will oversee electrical components design and PCB schematic and layout; execute common industry practices regarding hardware design review processes with core group of design engineers; perform electrical simulations of component performance using finite element method solvers and RF simulation tool; capture design requirements and adhere to established process documentation control; and more. Learn more and apply.
HRL Laboratories – project manager
The project manager will lead multi-disciplined technical teams in the design, fabrication, and checkout of cryogenic test systems; ensure completion of project tasks on time and within budget; ensure system designs meet all technical requirements; support line managers in employee development by providing performance feedback, growth opportunities within the program, and mentoring; and more. Learn more and apply.
HRL Laboratories – senior R&D systems engineer
The successful candidate lead the systems engineering activities for quantum research and development efforts from system conceptual design, concept, requirements development, architecture definition, and design definition of various demonstrations to establish technology readiness and identify long lead development needs; work on disruptive technologies to develop, document, analyze, and test operational, functional, and environmental requirements of non-recurring development research systems; leverage advanced model-based systems engineering methods and tools to perform complex analysis and trade studies to evaluate key performance parameters; and more. Learn more and apply.
HRL Laboratories – quantum device characterization scientist
The successful candidate will conduct low-noise, cryogenic experiments on sensitive spin qubit devices; develop new measurement techniques and methods; analyze results; write script level code to support experimental development and data analysis; report findings to other team members in oral presentations and written reports; analyze measurement results through application of relevant theory and modeling to define approaches for further device improvements in performance and/or yield; and more. Learn more and apply.
HRL Laboratories – qubit control engineer
The successful candidate will learn and understand how electrical signals drive quantum operations of spin qubits; collaborate with scientists and engineers to understand and refine control requirements; develop, implement, and document measurement techniques and use them to characterize control system performance, including signal generation and transmission; contribute to specification and design of custom electronic equipment; and more. Learn more and apply.
HRL Laboratories – quantum software summer intern
Internships on the Quantum Software team provide a unique opportunity to work on an impactful, independent R&D project. Successful interns will have unambiguously good skills in programming. Our programming languages of choice are Python, Common Lisp, JavaScript, and C++; though if you can program well in another language, we provide room for you to learn what you need with our stack. Learn more and apply.
HRL Laboratories – quantum network theorist
A theoretical/computational scientist will assist the HRL team in evaluating the potential performance and application viability of quantum networks, in the contexts of distributed quantum computation, quantum communication, and/or quantum sensing. The candidate must exhibit abilities to read and produce robust source code and associated mathematical analysis for the numerical evaluation of systems intended to distribute photonic and microwave entanglement, to interact with experimental practitioners, and to provide critical input to developing methods for engineering and evaluating quantum network systems. Learn more and apply.
HRL Laboratories – cryogenic physicist
The cryogenic physicist at HRL will be a main contributor toward the development of cryogenic hardware supporting spin qubit devices and testing relevant environmental control requirements. The successful candidate must be able to lead cryogenic design and associated cryogenic measurements by understanding all system requirements and how they translate to hardware requirements. Learn more and apply.
HRL Laboratories – advanced semiconductor test engineer, quantum devices
The advanced semiconductor test engineer on quantum devices will conduct ultralow temperature measurements of semiconductor devices; document, standardize, and automate test methodologies; analyze test results; write script-level code to support experimental development and data analysis; and report findings to other team members in oral presentations and written reports. Learn more and apply.
Infleqtion – program portfolio manager
The key responsibilities for the program portfolio manager including managing a portfolio of complex projects into a cohesive program, including managing purchases, subcontracts, cost, schedule, status, staffing, reporting, and overall communication cadence; preparing schedules and budgets in collaboration with principal investigators and key stakeholders across project teams; acting as the first point of contact for established customer relationships, including companies, partners, subcontractors, and vendors; assessing and managing subcontractor performance; and more Learn more and apply.
Infleqtion – sales manager, North American research market (Quantum Cores)
The key responsibilities for the sales manager include engaging with existing customer accounts to develop and maintain long-term relationships focused on sustained sales growth and proactively drives the cultivation of new sales opportunities; developing winning sales strategies to achieve company objectives and reports on progress in sales meetings; managing sales funnelling and actively growing new sales accounts; and more Learn more and apply.
Infleqtion – senior RF engineer
The key accountabilities for the senior RF engineer include establishing and maintaining the technical competencies of the QRF team in the design, evaluation, improvement, and application development of RF sensing using the core quantum modalities already developed at Infleqtion. In addition, the senior RF engineer will drive coordination and collaboration of activities with functional managers, program managers, and technical leads. Learn more and apply.
Infleqtion – senior devops engineer
The senior devlops engineer will develop the platform underlying Hilbert’s high-frequency control system, which shoots lasers, controls microwaves, and otherwise manipulates matter to create quantum effects. Responsibilities include identifying weak points in infrastructure, envisioning better designs, and executing on that vision; developing code, documentation, tests, and a culture of continuous improvement; coding building, testing, automating and deploying on Linux and Windows environments; evaluating and creating tools to support operations, monitoring, and observability of complex and rapidly changing science machines; and more. Learn more and apply.
Infleqtion – senior electrical engineer
The senior electrical engineer will be responsible for leading design and development of electronic systems and subsystems for Infleqtion’s quantum products. In this role, the selected candidate will collaborate with researchers, other engineers, and manufacturing to bring Infleqtion’s disruptive quantum technologies to market. Learn more and apply to the position based in Austin, Texas, and the position based in Louisville, Colorado.
Infleqtion – product chief engineer
The product chief engineer will be responsible for overseeing the product development and delivery lifecycle, leading systems engineering efforts on critical product development programs, and driving implementation of Infleqtion’s product life cycle processes and procedures. In this role, the selected candidate will work cross-functionally as a key contributor to bring quantum technologies to market. Learn more and apply to the position based in Austin, Texas, and the position based in Louisville, Colorado.
Infleqtion – full stack engineer
The full stack engineer will improve performance of SuperstaQ infrastructure; accelerate developer velocity by improving CI/CD processes and setting up developer tools; maintain and monitor servers; develop and maintain security best practices for SuperstaQ; and more. Learn more and apply.
JPMorgan Chase – Research Technologies Associate Program intern
The summer intern will contribute to the conception and delivery of novel solutions to problems faced by internal project teams and be responsible for helping advance the field of quantum computing and communication in the areas of algorithms and applications (such as artificial intelligence, optimization and finance). The successful candidate will also co-design and implement advanced AR/VR and IoT/5G solutions integrating security and privacy enforcement, computer vision, and edge computing technologies, co-design and implement advanced AR/VR and IoT/5G solutions integrating security and privacy enforcement, computer vision, and edge computing technologies, and more. Learn more and apply.
Keysight – Women in Quantum Mentoring Program
Keysight Technologies is a partner in a professional mentoring program to cover the needs of the wider community of women in quantum. Mentors will work with mentees on technical, soft, and business skills in quantum information science. Enrollment for this program takes place three times a year. Learn more and join the program as a mentor or a mentee.
Quantum Opus – undergraduate and graduate student interns
Interns are desired to improve the company’s low-loss, high-speed photon detectors, superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors, and custom engineering solutions for nanowire response, mid-infrared photon counting, custom cryogenic systems, and integration with waveguides and photonic chips. These technologies will enable next-generation experiments in quantum optics, optical quantum computation, single-photon communication, low-flux biophotonics, and remote sensing. Applicants: Send a resume and cover letter to [email protected] explaining why you are interested in working with Quantum Opus, your areas of interest, and your unique expertise. At this time, only U.S. citizens will be considered for positions.
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory – lab manager for the Detector Microfabrication Facility
The Detector Microfabrication Facility (DMF) at SLAC is a new 5,500-square-foot class-100 cleanroom with a toolset dedicated to fabrication and metrology of superconducting materials and devices. The focus of the lab manager position will be initially to assist with the build-out and commissioning of DMF, including assistance in tool acceptance and installation, and establishment of safety protocols for tool start-up, commissioning and operations. During this phase, the lab manager will report to the DMF construction project organization. Completion of the DMF cleanroom is expected in 2024, after which the lab manager turn to facility operations, with responsibilities including safety and training protocols, facility and tool maintenance programs, and hazardous material handling. Once operations commence, the lab manager will report under the DMF operations organization. Learn more and apply.
University of Chicago – media relations manager for quantum and innovation
The successful candidate will lead media relations for quantum research across UChicago, including the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, the Chicago Quantum Exchange, and Duality. The manager will work with national journalists and Chicago-based media to place stories that convey the importance and potential of this transformative field and UChicago’s role in fueling innovation and discovery. The position calls for someone who can work effectively across a broad and decentralized organization, build relationships, identify opportunities, and bring together various stakeholders to drive measurable results. Learn more and apply.
University of Chicago – QuSTEAM quantum influencer
The STAGE Lab at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering is looking for science influencers. The influencers will play an important role in QuSTEAM (quantum information science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics). Funded by the National Science Foundation, QuSTEAM is an initiative to create a transformational undergraduate curriculum – an inclusive curriculum for a diverse community of future scientists and engineers, one that will provide a new way of learning the emerging field of quantum information science and engineering (QISE). The science influencers will be responsible for finding imaginative ways and unique methods to reach and attract untapped talent pools, such as underrepresented minorities and HBCUs, to professional pathways/careers in QISE. To apply, submit a letter to [email protected] about why you want to do this and why you think you’d be the right person for the job and a resume, if available. Questions can be directed to [email protected].
University of Chicago – assistant professor/associate professor/professor in quantum science and engineering (theory)
Candidates must have a strong record of independent research in theoretical quantum science and engineering. Areas of interest include (but are not limited to) quantum information, quantum communication, quantum sensing, quantum error correction, quantum mechanical materials modeling, quantum optics and quantum simulation (including simulation on classical and quantum computers). Candidates for associate or full professor must have evidence of leadership in their field and an outstanding track record of independent research. Learn more and apply.
University of Chicago – postdoctoral researcher
A position is available in the group of Giulia Galli at the University of Chicago for a postdoctoral scholar focusing on the study of quantum embedding methods for electronic structure calculations on classical and quantum computers, with a focus on materials for quantum technologies. The project will be under the director of Galli and conducted in collaboration with Marco Govoni at Argonne National Laboratory and with the developers of the WEST code within the Midwest Integrated Center for Computational Materials, headquartered at Argonne. Candidates with a background in condensed matter physics or materials science and electronic structure are invited to apply. Learn more about the position. Contact Giulia Galli for more information.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – professor (open rank) theoretical quantum information science – physics
The Department of Physics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign seeks highly qualified candidates to fill a full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty position at any rank. Exceptional scientists from all subfields of theoretical quantum information science are encouraged to apply, particularly those with overlap in atomic, molecular, optical physics and/or condensed matter. Learn more and apply.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – professor (open rank) computer science
The Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invites applications from exceptional candidates in all areas of computer science. It particularly encourages applications from candidates working in quantum computing; parallel computing; computer systems; interactive and social computing (HCI, wearable computing, AR/VR, graphics, computational social science, fairness); and ML systems and architectures. Learn more and apply.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – faculty (open rank) electrical and computer engineering
Qualified candidates will be considered at all levels and in all areas of electrical and computer engineering, broadly defined. Areas of particular emphasis in this year’s search are scalable AI systems, computer system architecture, device growth and/or fabrication, signal processing, electromechanical systems, and quantum systems. Learn more and apply.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – postdoctoral researcher
The Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center has an immediate opening for ion trap test bed experiment. The goal of this project, supervised by Professor Brian DeMarco, is to develop a distributed ion trap quantum processor using 88Sr+ ions. The IQUIST test bed is a dynamic environment that also supports superconducting qubits, a collaboration with the Lincoln Lab ion trap group. There is also an opportunity to work part time with Professor Jake Covey on his Yb optical tweezer experiment. Candidates with experience in experimental AMO physics are encouraged to apply by contacting Brian DeMarco at [email protected].
University of Wisconsin–Madison – professor of computer sciences
Duties will include individual and classroom teaching in computer science at the undergraduate and graduate levels and advising and mentoring graduate students majoring in computer science or related areas; scholarly research in one or more area(s) of computer science; service to the department, college, university, and academic community, nationally or internationally. The department invites highly qualified candidates in all areas of computer science, especially machine learning, programming languages and software engineering, robotics, quantum computing, security and privacy, and theory to apply to positions at the assistant, associate, and full professor levels that will begin in August 2023. Learn more and apply.
University of Wisconsin–Madison – postdoctoral position for quantum computing experiments in semiconductor quantum dot qubits
Candidates should have a Ph.D. in physics and experience with experimental methods in solid-state quantum physics. These could include experience with cleanroom fabrication, high-frequency electronics and cryogenics. In addition, the individual should be self-motivating and provide a positive and collaborative attitude in a lab atmosphere. Applicants should send a CV and cover letter to Mark Eriksson at [email protected].
University of Wisconsin–Madison – assistant professor of physics, atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Successful candidates will have the opportunity to collaborate with existing quantum research at UW-Madison, within the Wisconsin Quantum Institute and the HQAN and Q-NEXT quantum centers, with the UW Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, and with external research centers. The candidate will be expected to perform teaching at all levels. Undergraduate and graduate classroom and individual instruction as well as supervision of graduate thesis research are required, and the candidate will be expected to help support the department’s commitment to advance diversity and equity. Learn more and apply.
University of Wisconsin–Madison – assistant professor of physics, condensed-matter physics
Successful candidates will connect with existing departmental research activity in the fields of solid-state quantum information processing, strongly correlated materials, biomaterials, mesoscopic devices and quantum transport, low-dimensional electronic systems, quantum many-body physics, and topological materials. The candidate will be expected to perform teaching at all levels. Undergraduate and graduate classroom and individual instruction as well as supervision of graduate thesis research are required, and the candidate will be expected to help support the department’s commitment to advance diversity and equity. Learn more and apply.
University of Wisconsin–Madison – postdoctoral position in experimental quantum error correction with neutral atoms
The Saffman Lab at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has an immediate postdoctoral position available for experimental studies of quantum error correction with neutral atom qubit arrays. Learn more and apply by emailing Mark Saffman at [email protected].
University of Wisconsin–Madison – postdoctoral positions in nanophotonics, topological photonics, low-temperature molecular spectroscopy, chemical vapor deposition for photonics, and single-molecule biophysics
The Goldsmith lab at UW–Madison has openings for multiple postdoctoral researchers at the interface of nanophotonics and spectroscopy: photonics-enhanced spectroscopy, molecular quantum optics, and single-molecule spectroscopy. For researchers who are particularly enamored of optics table-type experimental science, we are also looking for a more long-term research scientist. More details can be found on the Goldsmith Group webpage. Interested individuals should contact Randall Goldsmith at [email protected].
Zurich Instruments – application scientist quantum technologies
The application scientist, quantum technologies, will establish new and maintain existing customer contacts, securing future sales mainly related to quantum technologies; represent Zurich Instruments at trade shows and visit customers around the world; work with leading quantum researchers across the US and help them solve complex technical challenges; and more. Learn more and apply.
Zurich Instruments – application scientist, quantum technologies – Germany
The successful candidate will establish new customer contacts and maintain existing ones, securing future sales mainly related to quantum computing; represent Zurich Instruments at trade shows and visit customers worldwide with a focus on Germany; provide application-specific customer support, including on-site system integration; and more. Learn more and apply.