Quantum Error-Correction Architect

Booz Allen Hamilton; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 78,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Quantum Error Correction Scientist to shape fault-tolerant architectures and develop QEC concepts for practical quantum systems. You will work with theorists and engineers to optimize resources, verify logical operations, and advance error-corrected quantum performance.

You will collaborate with experimental teams, publish in peer-reviewed venues, and help define the Booz Allen quantum software stack within a mission-focused program.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in quantum fault-tolerance theory and decoders.
• Experience with Python, Julia, QEC frameworks, and tensor-networks libraries.
• Peer‑reviewed research history in quantum error correction.

Responsibilities

• Design fault-tolerant protocols under realistic architectural constraints.
• Analyze qubit connectivity and optimize architecture for performance.
• Design Clifford and non‑Clifford logical gates in modular architectures.
• Collaborate with experimental teams to enable physical implementations.

Skills

Quantum fault-tolerance

Decoders

Stabilizer formalism

QEC simulations

Experimental collaboration

Education

PhD in Quantum Information Science or related

Tools

Python

Julia

Tensor networks

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Quantum Error Correction Scientist to shape fault-tolerant architectures and develop QEC concepts for practical quantum systems. You will work with theorists and engineers to optimize resources, verify logical operations, and advance error-corrected quantum performance.

You will collaborate with experimental teams, publish in peer-reviewed venues, and help define the Booz Allen quantum software stack within a mission-focused program.