Senior Quantum Platform Architect & Evangelist

NVIDIA; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 320,000 - 489,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a quantum computing expert to lead developer relations across the federal quantum ecosystem, defining collaborations and driving adoption of NVIDIA's quantum SDKs at national labs and federal programs. You will bridge scientists with product and engineering teams.

You’ll run workshops at user facilities, present at conferences, build reference implementations, and cultivate a nationwide network of collaborators to advance scalable quantum computing initiatives.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in physics, CS, EE, math, chemistry, or related field; PhD preferred.
• 14+ years of experience in quantum information science; 5+ years in industry or national laboratory or similar institution.
• Demonstrated expertise across quantum algorithms, error correction, or hardware and control systems; able to converse with a PI.
• Hands-on background in scientific computing, HPC, or GPU-accelerated software development.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication; public speaking to technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical and strategic interface to NVIDIA's most important QPU-builder partners.
• Develop detailed understanding of partner architectures, roadmaps, and system requirements; shape roadmaps.
• Create and drive multi-year joint roadmaps that integrate partner QPUs with NVIDIA GPUs, networking, systems, and software.
• Move engagements toward co-designed, productizable QPU-GPU systems and reference architectures.
• Lead cross-functional work across product, engineering, systems, networking, developer relations, and BD to deliver plans.
• Conduct technical workshops, hackathons, and hands-on training at national labs and conferences.
• Engage senior technical leaders to address integration challenges and real-time control.

Skills

Quantum information

Quantum algorithms

Quantum error correction

Public speaking

HPC

GPU programming

Education

Master's degree or PhD in related field

PhD preferred

Tools

CUDA-Q

cuQuantum

NVQLink

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a quantum computing expert to lead developer relations across the federal quantum ecosystem, defining collaborations and driving adoption of NVIDIA's quantum SDKs at national labs and federal programs. You will bridge scientists with product and engineering teams.

You’ll run workshops at user facilities, present at conferences, build reference implementations, and cultivate a nationwide network of collaborators to advance scalable quantum computing initiatives.