Senior Experimental Physicist – Quantum Processors

D-Wave; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 123,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

D-Wave is seeking an Experimental Physicist to join the Processor Development team in Burnaby. You will work with a multi-disciplinary group to develop and optimize superconducting quantum processors, calibrate devices, and model real-world performance, contributing to new device concepts and environmental studies.

The role emphasizes independent experimentation, software-driven analysis, and collaboration across engineering, cryogenics, and applications teams, with opportunities to advance

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or M.Sc. in physics or related discipline, or equivalent experimental research experience.
• Strong critical thinking and technical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to learn new topics quickly and effectively.
• Strong software development experience related to experimental design and automation, data acquisition, and data analysis.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work on interdisciplinary teams.
• Excellent communication skills for summarizing results.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute experimental procedures to quantify and operate superconducting devices.
• Propose and design parametric improvements for processor performance.
• Develop theoretical models and simulations of experimental results.
• Create analysis routines to fit models to data and detect outliers.
• Document results for the processor development team.
• Contribute to LISP software infrastructure for modeling and calibration.
• Collaborate with internal teams including marketing, IP, apps development and engineering.

Skills

Critical thinking

Independent research

Collaboration

Communication

Adaptability

Programming

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

Ph.D. or M.Sc. in physics

Tools

LISP

Automation software

Job description

D-Wave is seeking an Experimental Physicist to join the Processor Development team in Burnaby. You will work with a multi-disciplinary group to develop and optimize superconducting quantum processors, calibrate devices, and model real-world performance, contributing to new device concepts and environmental studies.

The role emphasizes independent experimentation, software-driven analysis, and collaboration across engineering, cryogenics, and applications teams, with opportunities to advance