Scientific Software Engineer - Virtual Machine & Emulation

QuEra Computing Inc.; Boston (MA); In loco; USD 120.000 - 160.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

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

Competenze

• 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.

Mansioni

• 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.

Conoscenze

Quantum computing

C/C++

CPython

Bytecode interpreters

Formazione

Master's degree in Computer Science

Strumenti

CPython

Bytecode interpreters

C/C++ tooling

Descrizione del lavoro

Scientific Software Engineer - Virtual Machine & Emulation at QuEra Computing, Boston, MA, USA. A mid-level full time position in the Scientific Software and Compilation team, listed under software engineering.

Summary QuEra Computing Inc. seeks a creative and collaborative Scientific Software Engineer to help solve the unique software challenges of integrating high-level applications into state-of-the‑art neutral-atom quantum computers. You will have the opportunity to work with a vibrant scientific software team and a community of industry and academic collaborators and to help our growing team of diverse experts address fascinating challenges, ranging from classical compiler techniques to direct integration with low-level hardware components. Directly interacting with our compiler toolchain Kirin, you will be building QuEra’s multi‑level hardware simulation tools across compiler pipeline together with experimental & computational physicists. This involves the development of new features and infrastructure for simulating hardware execution. You will be co‑designing compilers and hardware simulation infrastructure for the next generation of quantum computing using cutting‑edge neutral‑atom and quantum error correction technologies. This new direction involves multiple new challenges in both engineering and science.

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

Qualifications

• Masters 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


• Experience with modern C/C++ projects and tooling around those projects Exper