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Posted 108 days ago

Senior Quantum Experimentalist - Calibration team (copy)

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Role Type

🧪 Scientist / Researcher

Role Focus

🛠️ Advance Science

Seniority

🌸 PhD / Postdoc
🌳 Senior / Lead

Employer Type

🏢 Industry

This role seeks a Senior Quantum Experimentalist to join the Calibration team, focusing on optimizing and automating the calibration processes for the cat-qubit Quantum Processing Unit (QPU). The experimentalist will be responsible for characterizing gate performance and ensuring the QPU calibrations are maintained and up to date. This work is critical for extracting maximum performance from the quantum computer and directly contributes to the company's technological roadmap.

Key Responsibilities

Define and optimize the automatic calibration graphs for the quantum processor.

Integrate new methods for measuring gates and calibrating cat qubit quantum processors.

Improve experimental setups and tools used for quantum operations.

Report experimental results effectively to both internal teams and external audiences.

Manage and coordinate collaborations with external partners.

Required Skills

PhD and postdoc with 4+ years of experimental work experience in superconducting quantum circuits.

Microwave control and measurement of superconducting quantum circuits.

Data analysis and comparison to theory or numerical simulations.

Quantum gate design and benchmarking.

Knowledge of quantum error correction protocols.

Proficiency in scientific writing.

Nice-to-have Skills

Experience using Python for data analysis and comparison to simulations.

Technology Tags

Superconducting Circuits

The entire project is based on superconducting circuits, specifically Schrödinger cat qubits.

Qubits & gates

The work focuses on optimizing and characterizing the performance of quantum gates and qubits.

Error correction

The role explicitly requires knowledge of quantum error correction protocols, which cat qubits implement autonomously.

Microwave & RF

The role explicitly requires expertise in microwave control and measurement for superconducting circuits.

Noise & benchmarking

The role involves characterizing and optimizing gate performance and overall QPU noise management.

Control software

A key responsibility is defining and optimizing automatic calibration graphs and controlling the QPU.

Pulse-level control

Optimizing gate performance requires expertise in precise pulse-level control.