Quantum Control Research Associate: Optimized Gates

Imperial Enterprise; Innsbruck; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Imperial Enterprise seeks a candidate with a PhD in theoretical/numerical quantum information/quantum technologies to design optimised driving schemes for entangling gates on trapped ions. The role spans collaboration with an experimental partner in Innsbruck (UIBK & AQT) and a theory partner in Sofia, within the QuantERA project FALCON.

You will design noise-resilient gate schemes, identify dominant sources of imperfections, and develop control solutions.

Qualifications

• PhD in theoretical/numerical work in quantum information/quantum technologies.
• Postdoc experience is desirable but not necessary.
• Strong interest in collaborative work and ability to communicate with experimental partners.
• Ideally strong background in optimal control applied to quantum-optical systems.

Responsibilities

• Design optimised driving patterns for realisation of noise-resilient quantum gates of trapped ions.
• Identify main sources of imperfections in experiments that reduce gate fidelities and develop optimal control solutions for resilience.
• Use analytical and numerical tools and interact regularly with project partners.

Job description

Imperial Enterprise seeks a candidate with a PhD in theoretical/numerical quantum information/quantum technologies to design optimised driving schemes for entangling gates on trapped ions. The role spans collaboration with an experimental partner in Innsbruck (UIBK & AQT) and a theory partner in Sofia, within the QuantERA project FALCON.

You will design noise-resilient gate schemes, identify dominant sources of imperfections, and develop control solutions.