Quantum Error Correction Architect

Lever, Inc.; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 155,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Unlimited paid time off

401K company matching

Disability insurance

FSA

Dependent care benefits

Life insurance

Daily catered team lunches

Job summary

Atom Computing is building quantum computers using neutral-atom arrays and seeking researchers to advance fault-tolerant quantum architectures. You will join the Quantum Engineering, Control Systems, and Software teams to demonstrate fault-tolerant operations on real hardware and contribute to scalable quantum computing initiatives.

The role requires a PhD in a related field and experience with quantum error correction.

Qualifications

• PhD in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
• Experience with quantum error correction theory or experiment.
• Ability to translate abstract ideas into concrete demonstrations on hardware.
• Familiarity with Python and Git.

Responsibilities

• Develop fault-tolerance schemes for gate-based atomic array quantum computers.
• Optimize atom movement during fault-tolerant computation.
• Collaborate with software and control teams to implement classical compute layers for fault-tolerant computation.
• Develop and implement decoders for quantum error correction.
• Develop and maintain tools for quantum simulation.
• Implement error correction on quantum hardware.

Skills

Self-motivated

Collaborative

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

PhD in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science

Tools

Python

Git

Job description

Atom Computing is building quantum computers using neutral-atom arrays and seeking researchers to advance fault-tolerant quantum architectures. You will join the Quantum Engineering, Control Systems, and Software teams to demonstrate fault-tolerant operations on real hardware and contribute to scalable quantum computing initiatives.

The role requires a PhD in a related field and experience with quantum error correction.