Quantum VM & Emulator Engineer

QuEra Computing Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

QuEra Computing Inc. in Boston, MA is seeking a mid-level Scientific Software Engineer to help solve software challenges for integrating high-level applications into neutral-atom quantum computers.

You will work with a vibrant scientific software team on compiler and hardware simulation infrastructure, co-designing the DSL emulator, and contributing to a cutting-edge quantum computing stack. The role focuses on building and maintaining a multi-level hardware VM, collaborating with QEC scientists

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science with focus on quantum computation/architecture/programming language/compiler, or equivalent professional experience.
• Enthusiastic about building tools used by non-software developers.
• Experience with bytecode interpreters, CPython interpreter.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a multi-level hardware virtual machine that emulates QuEra’s domain-specific language (DSL) for pulse-level programs and its associated compilation stack.
• Support integration into control stack.
• Collaborate with Quantum Error Correction (QEC) scientists and hardware control team to plan and simulate hardware features required for executing QEC algorithms.
• Collaborate with other members of the scientific software team to perform gate-level and atom-move hardware simulation.

Skills

Quantum computing

C/C++

CPython

Bytecode interpreters

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

CPython

Bytecode interpreters

C/C++ tooling

Job description

QuEra Computing Inc. in Boston, MA is seeking a mid-level Scientific Software Engineer to help solve software challenges for integrating high-level applications into neutral-atom quantum computers.

You will work with a vibrant scientific software team on compiler and hardware simulation infrastructure, co-designing the DSL emulator, and contributing to a cutting-edge quantum computing stack. The role focuses on building and maintaining a multi-level hardware VM, collaborating with QEC scientists