Quantum Systems Performance Intern: Benchmark & Demonstrate

IBM

Town of Yorktown (NY)

On-site

USD 33,000 - 45,000

Full time

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Job summary

IBM Research invites you to join our quantum computing team as a research internship focused on system performance, capabilities, and demonstrations. You will work with IBM researchers to develop methods for understanding and improving quantum processors, guided by a mentor.

This internship offers hands-on experiments, exposure to quantum characterization, benchmarking, error mitigation, and collaboration across theory, software, and hardware to translate advances into demonstrations.

Qualifications

  • Enrolled in a Ph.D. program or a research-focused Master’s in a related field with a quantum emphasis.
  • Coursework or research experience in quantum computing or quantum information science.
  • Demonstrated ability to perform independent research and communicate findings clearly.

Responsibilities

  • Explore quantum system performance questions with mentor and team.
  • Design and execute experiments on quantum processors to characterize performance and demonstrate capabilities.
  • Develop quantitative methods for assessing performance, benchmarking and error analysis.
  • Investigate error mitigation, dynamic circuits, and error correction approaches to extend computations.
  • Collaborate across theory, software, and hardware to connect advances to demonstrations and publications.

Skills

Python programming
Scientific computing
Research experience

Education

Graduate program enrollment

Tools

Qiskit
NumPy
SciPy
Matplotlib

Job description

IBM Research invites you to join our quantum computing team as a research internship focused on system performance, capabilities, and demonstrations. You will work with IBM researchers to develop methods for understanding and improving quantum processors, guided by a mentor.

This internship offers hands-on experiments, exposure to quantum characterization, benchmarking, error mitigation, and collaboration across theory, software, and hardware to translate advances into demonstrations.

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