Applied Scientist, Quantum Materials & Simulations

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking an Applied Scientist on the Materials team in Pasadena, CA, focusing on understanding and mitigating materials-driven loss in superconducting quantum processors.

You will join a multi-disciplinary team, bridging theory and experiment, with opportunities to drive design improvements from characterization to practical recommendations for superconducting quantum hardware.

Qualifications

• PhD in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, material science, physics or equivalent.
• Expertise in materials characterization techniques.
• Experience with computational modeling of materials or disordered systems.

Responsibilities

• Combine materials characterization and numerical simulations to investigate how material defects affect qubit performance.
• Develop multi-technique characterization workflows for thin films and interfaces.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to translate materials insights into actionable process improvements and publish results when appropriate.

Skills

Materials characterization

Computational modeling

Disordered solids

Education

PhD in mechanical engineering or related field

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking an Applied Scientist on the Materials team in Pasadena, CA, focusing on understanding and mitigating materials-driven loss in superconducting quantum processors.

You will join a multi-disciplinary team, bridging theory and experiment, with opportunities to drive design improvements from characterization to practical recommendations for superconducting quantum hardware.