Senior Quantum Cryogenic Control Electronics Scientist

Amazon Web Services (AWS); San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 172,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in San Francisco seeks a Senior Applied Scientist to research and design cryogenic control hardware for large-scale quantum processors.

You will model superconducting digital logic and co-design control approaches with qubit devices to scale qubit systems end-to-end. The role involves taking designs from concept through simulation, layout, design review, and fabrication handoff while evaluating wiring, power, and thermal budgets.

Qualifications

• PhD or master’s with 4+ years in CS/CE/ML
• Proven patent or publication record in top conferences/journals
• Proficient in Java, C++, Python
• Experience in algorithms, data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel/distributed computing, HPC

Responsibilities

• Design and simulate superconducting digital circuits and cryogenic control/readout electronics for scalable qubit control
• Develop and validate Josephson-junction circuit models, timing and margin analyses, and verification methodology for superconducting digital designs
• Quantify system-level trade-offs — wiring count, power dissipation, latency, footprint — across control architectures
• Co-design control interfaces with qubit-device colleagues to integrate control electronics with quantum devices
• Deliver design artifacts through design-request and design-review processes, including tapeout-ready layouts and verification reports
• Present results internally and, where appropriate, publish in peer-reviewed venues

Skills

Java

C++

Python

Algorithms

Data structures

Parallel computing

High-performance computing

Education

PhD or Master’s in CS/CE/ML

Tools

Unix/Linux

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in San Francisco seeks a Senior Applied Scientist to research and design cryogenic control hardware for large-scale quantum processors.

You will model superconducting digital logic and co-design control approaches with qubit devices to scale qubit systems end-to-end. The role involves taking designs from concept through simulation, layout, design review, and fabrication handoff while evaluating wiring, power, and thermal budgets.