PhD Student: Quantum Networking with Superconducting Circuits

Immigration Policy Lab; Zürich; On-site; CHF 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

ETH Zurich’s Quantum Device Lab invites applications for Doctoral Students to develop superconducting qubit quantum networks and research in quantum networking applications. You will join a two-node network with a platform built around two dilution refrigerators and a cryogenic link enabling remote entanglement.

The project spans chip fabrication, packaging, networking protocols, and distributed control systems.

Qualifications

• Experience with quantum information processing experiments and remote/non-local applications.
• Commitment to a career in research, development or education in academia or industry.
• Proven record in one or more listed areas: superconducting circuits, quantum networking or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Join and operate a two-node quantum network within the Quantum Device Lab.
• Collaborate with a strong team in quantum computing with superconducting qubits.
• Contribute to diverse experimental tasks including electronics, microwave setups, and chip fabrication.
• Design experiments, plan research strategies and advance distributed control systems.

Skills

Quantum information processing

Experimental quantum optics

Microwave electronics

Digital electronics

FPGAs

Instrumentation & software development

Tools

Lithography

Deposition techniques

Cryogenic measurement setups

Job description

ETH Zurich’s Quantum Device Lab invites applications for Doctoral Students to develop superconducting qubit quantum networks and research in quantum networking applications. You will join a two-node network with a platform built around two dilution refrigerators and a cryogenic link enabling remote entanglement.

The project spans chip fabrication, packaging, networking protocols, and distributed control systems.