Senior Quantum Error Correction Theorist

Canaan Partners; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 87,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

D-Wave is seeking a talented and self‑motivated Quantum error correction (QEC) theorist to join our gate-model Quantum Engineering team.

You will contribute to novel QEC research and development that pushes the boundaries of fault‑tolerant computing using our dual‑rail cavity qubit architecture, ideal for researchers who enjoy close scientific collaboration with experimental physicists and engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. and/or a Master’s degree with 2 years of relevant experience in quantum computing, physics, CS, EE, or related field.
• Demonstrated research track record in QEC codes, fault-tolerant protocols, and/or QEC simulations/modeling.
• Proficiency in scientific programming (Python, Rust, Julia, MATLAB, C, C++ or similar).
• Strong teamwork and communication skills in interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Conduct pathfinding QEC research tailored for dual-rail cavity qubits for near-term and scalable fault-tolerant computing applications.
• Perform research towards fault-tolerant computation using erasure qubits on QEC topics, including error correcting codes, lattice surgery, magic state preparation, decoders, etc.
• Perform logical error rate and resource estimation investigation for QEC architectures.
• Design and perform detailed, hardware-accurate simulations of novel QEC protocols.
• Contribute meaningfully to D‑wave’s roadmap to realize fault-tolerant quantum computation with the dual-rail architecture.

Skills

Python

Rust

Julia

MATLAB

C

C++

Education

Ph.D. or Master's degree

Job description

D-Wave is seeking a talented and self‑motivated Quantum error correction (QEC) theorist to join our gate-model Quantum Engineering team.

You will contribute to novel QEC research and development that pushes the boundaries of fault‑tolerant computing using our dual‑rail cavity qubit architecture, ideal for researchers who enjoy close scientific collaboration with experimental physicists and engineering teams.