Quantum Gate Research Scientist: Error Benchmarking

Google Inc.; Goleta (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's Quantum AI team in Goleta is seeking a Research Scientist to advance gate measurement for high-fidelity quantum logic. You will identify noise processes, design and test error‑metrology circuits, and collaborate with theory, hardware, and software colleagues to push toward scalable, error‑corrected quantum computation.

The role emphasizes cross‑disciplinary analysis, architecture studies, and translating hardware requirements into forward‑looking designs, with individual pay reflecting

Qualifications

• PhD in Physics, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Experience collecting and analyzing data in an experimental setting.
• Experience with programming and statistical analysis of datasets.
• Experience with techniques to characterize and calibrate hardware performance.

Responsibilities

• Characterize and identify limiting error mechanisms in quantum logic gates.
• Collaborate with theory team to build and verify physics models for noise and error processes in quantum logic gates.
• Perform detailed architecture modeling, analyze design parameters and build hardware system specifications for forward-look architectures.
• Develop software infrastructure and tools for wider team use.

Skills

Gate measurement

Experimental data analysis

Programming & stats

Hardware calibration

Education

PhD in Physics

Job description

Google's Quantum AI team in Goleta is seeking a Research Scientist to advance gate measurement for high-fidelity quantum logic. You will identify noise processes, design and test error‑metrology circuits, and collaborate with theory, hardware, and software colleagues to push toward scalable, error‑corrected quantum computation.

The role emphasizes cross‑disciplinary analysis, architecture studies, and translating hardware requirements into forward‑looking designs, with individual pay reflecting