Research Associate In Optimal Quantum

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

We are looking for a candidate with experience in optimal quantum control for the collaborative QuantERA project FALCON. The successful candidate is expected to design optimised driving schemes that allow the experimental partner in Innsbruck (UIBK & AQT) to implement entangling gates with trapped ions that achieve high fidelities under practical conditions, . at finite temperature and without accurate calibration.

The candidate should have strong interest in collaborative work, and they should collaborate both with the experimental partner in Innsbruck and with the theory partner in Sofia.

Your main role would be the design of optimised driving patterns for the realisation of noise-resilient quantum gates of trapped ions. Together with the other consortium partners you would identify the main sources of imperfections in the consortium’s experiments that result in reduction of gate fidelities, and you would develop optimal control solutions to achieve resilience to the identified imperfections.

You would use both analytical and numerical tools for your work, and you would interact on a regular basis with all the project partners.

We are looking for a candidate who holds a PhD with theoretical/numerical work in the fields of quantum information/quantum technologies. Additional experience as Postdoc is desired but not necessary.

You should have a strong interest in collaborative work, and the ability to communicate with experimental partners.

Ideally, you would have a strong background in optimal control and it’s application to quantum-optical systems.

What we can offer you the opportunity to grow in your career at a world-leading institution within a collaborative European project on the interface between academia and the quantum tech industry

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