Senior Quantum Control & QEC Software Scientist

Amazon Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 192,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's MQS Center for Quantum Computing is seeking a Senior Applied Scientist to join the Software team. You’ll work with control hardware development and quantum error correction to build a quantum control system for fault-tolerant workloads.

The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration with scientists and engineers, and opportunities to publish research, release open‑source software, and mentor other researchers as the team pushes toward scalable quantum computing.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master's degree with 6+ years of applied research experience.
• Experience collaborating with scientists in a research environment.
• Experience with quantum error correction and quantum control systems.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to software/gateware runtime for a next-generation quantum control system.
• Build emulation tooling to explore control systems requirements for real-time QEC.
• Make engineering tradeoffs to inform the control software roadmap.
• Release open-source software and publish research; mentor other scientists.

Skills

PhD/Master+6yrs

Quantum error correction

Quantum control systems

Team collaboration

Education

PhD or Master’s + 6+ years

Tools

AWS tools & services

Open-source software experience

Job description

Amazon's MQS Center for Quantum Computing is seeking a Senior Applied Scientist to join the Software team. You’ll work with control hardware development and quantum error correction to build a quantum control system for fault-tolerant workloads.

The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration with scientists and engineers, and opportunities to publish research, release open‑source software, and mentor other researchers as the team pushes toward scalable quantum computing.