Quantum Error Correction Theorist II: Gate-Model Research

D-Wave; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 87,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

D-Wave Quantum Inc. is seeking a talented Quantum Error Correction Theorist II to join our gate-model Quantum Engineering team in New Haven, CT.

You will contribute to novel QEC research and development using our dual-rail cavity qubit architecture, collaborating closely with experimental physicists and engineers to push the boundaries of fault-tolerant quantum computing. You will conduct pathfinding QEC research, explore codes, lattice surgery, decoders, and error rate estimation, and design

Qualifications

• Ph.D. and/or Master’s degree with 2 years of relevant experience in Quantum Computing, Physics, CS, EE, or related field.
• Demonstrated research track record in QEC codes, fault-tolerant protocols, or QEC simulations/modeling.
• Proficiency in scientific programming (Python, Rust, Julia, MATLAB, C, C++ or similar).

Responsibilities

• Conduct pathfinding QEC research for dual-rail cavity qubits for near-term and scalable fault-tolerant computing.
• Research toward fault-tolerant computation with erasure qubits across QEC topics (codes, lattice surgery, decoders, etc.).
• Perform logical error rate and resource estimation for QEC architectures.
• Design and run hardware-accurate simulations of novel QEC protocols.
• Contribute to D-Wave’s roadmap to realize fault-tolerant quantum computation with the dual-rail architecture.

Skills

Python

Rust

Julia

MATLAB

C

C++

Education

PhD or Master’s degree

Job description

D-Wave Quantum Inc. is seeking a talented Quantum Error Correction Theorist II to join our gate-model Quantum Engineering team in New Haven, CT.

You will contribute to novel QEC research and development using our dual-rail cavity qubit architecture, collaborating closely with experimental physicists and engineers to push the boundaries of fault-tolerant quantum computing. You will conduct pathfinding QEC research, explore codes, lattice surgery, decoders, and error rate estimation, and design