Senior Quantum Optics Scientist — Photonic Architectures

ORCA Computing Ltd

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 70,000 - 90,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

ORCA Computing in London is seeking a Research Scientist / Senior Research Scientist in Quantum Optics Theory & Architectures to advance its hybrid quantum-classical systems. You will design and evaluate photonic quantum computing architectures and collaborate with experimentalists to benchmark models against experiment.

Join ORCA’s roadmap to fault-tolerant quantum computing and help map component functionality to computational performance.

Qualifications

Strong knowledge of quantum optics and quantum computing architectures.
Experience developing and maintaining numerical simulations and codebases.
Ability to operate with high degree of independence while collaborating in a team.
PhD in physics or related discipline, or equivalent research experience.

Responsibilities

Design and evaluate photonic quantum computing architectures and light-matter interaction protocols.
Translate theory into practice by benchmarking models against experiments.
Model operation of near-term and mature nonlinear systems for performance mapping.