Senior Quantum Photonics Engineer: Cryogenic Interconnects

IQM; Espoo; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Learning budget

Global team

Job summary

IQM in Espoo, Finland, is advancing room-temperature electronics with cryogenic quantum hardware. You will contribute to optical interconnects and an experimental platform to scale superconducting quantum computers.

The work spans device characterization, cryogenic measurements, and integration with the control stack. The role requires a PhD with 5+ years in electronics/photonic quantum computing, strong Python, and experience in dilution refrigerators.

Qualifications

• PhD in applied physics, electrical engineering or related field.
• At least five years of relevant academic or industrial experiência in electronics, photonics or quantum computing.

Responsibilities

• Build and run an experimental platform for superconducting quantum computing with optical links.
• Design experiments in a dilution refrigerator and optimize RF/microwave environment.
• Characterize optical and cryogenic components and demonstrate single/two-qubit gates using optical interconnects.
• Analyze gate fidelities, noise, drift, and dissipation to improve performance.

Skills

Python

RF measurements

Cryogenics

Electronics

English

Experiment setup

Education

PhD in applied physics or electrical engineering

Tools

Network analyzers

Pulse generators

Cryogenic equipment

Job description

IQM in Espoo, Finland, is advancing room-temperature electronics with cryogenic quantum hardware. You will contribute to optical interconnects and an experimental platform to scale superconducting quantum computers.

The work spans device characterization, cryogenic measurements, and integration with the control stack. The role requires a PhD with 5+ years in electronics/photonic quantum computing, strong Python, and experience in dilution refrigerators.