Quantum Simulation Scientist: Fault-Tolerant Modeling & HPC

Booz Allen Hamilton; Washington; On-site; USD 78,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Quantum Scientist and Modeling and Simulation Specialist to shape a scalable, noise‑aware simulator for fault‑tolerant quantum circuits across hardware models. You’ll work with quantum physicists, algorithm designers, and hardware engineers to accelerate discovery.

You’ll develop high‑efficiency simulators (state‑vector, tensor‑network, stabilizer), integrate realistic noise models, and build HPC pipelines for fast exploration of quantum workflows.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in quantum circuit simulation, including error correction pipelines.
• Experience in numerical linear algebra, HPC, and parallel programming.
• Experience with quantum software frameworks such as Qiskit, Cirq, or PennyLane.
• Experience implementing custom noise models and performance-optimized kernels.
• Ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance.
• Doctorate degree in Physics, CS, Applied Math, or Electrical Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Develop, refine, and validate high‑efficiency quantum circuit simulators (state‑vector, tensor‑network, stabilizer).
• Implement noise‑aware simulations informed by real‑world hardware constraints.
• Integrate mid‑circuit measurements, decoders, and conditional gates for error‑correction simulations.
• Collaborate with hardware teams to incorporate noise models, gate sets, and connectivity maps.
• Provide simulation‑based feedback for resource estimation and bottleneck analysis.
• Build scalable pipelines for HPC clusters, GPUs, or distributed systems.

Skills

Quantum circuit simulation

Numerical linear algebra

High-performance computing

Parallel programming

Security clearance (Top Secret)

Education

PhD in Physics/CS/Math/EE

Tools

Qiskit

Cirq

PennyLane

CUDA

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Quantum Scientist and Modeling and Simulation Specialist to shape a scalable, noise‑aware simulator for fault‑tolerant quantum circuits across hardware models. You’ll work with quantum physicists, algorithm designers, and hardware engineers to accelerate discovery.

You’ll develop high‑efficiency simulators (state‑vector, tensor‑network, stabilizer), integrate realistic noise models, and build HPC pipelines for fast exploration of quantum workflows.