Software Engineering Intern Quantum Information Science 2027

IBM; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) invites interns to join the Quantum Information Software group in Cambridge, MA. The role involves turning advances in fault-tolerant quantum computing into production-quality software and collaborating with researchers and engineers.

You will contribute to compiling quantum programs, building infrastructure, and exploring new execution models while benchmarking cutting-edge techniques and contributing to open-source quantum software projects.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to quantum compilation architectures for fault-tolerant quantum programs
• Building and extending software infrastructure for representing, analyzing, and transforming large-scale quantum programs
• Designing and implementing compiler passes for the analysis and optimization of quantum circuits
• Contributing to new execution models and software abstractions for next-generation quantum workloads
• Developing and evaluating tools and techniques for noise learning and scalable execution of error-mitigated workloads
• Implementing and benchmarking state-of-the-art compilation and optimization techniques from the research literature
• Contributing to open-source quantum software projects and tooling

Job description

As an intern in the Quantum Information Software group at IBM, you will work with researchers and software engineers to turn advances in fault-tolerant quantum computing into production-quality software. Your role may include:

• Contributing to quantum compilation architectures for fault-tolerant quantum programs
• Building and extending software infrastructure for representing, analyzing, and transforming large-scale quantum programs
• Designing and implementing compiler passes for the analysis and optimization of quantum circuits
• Contributing to new execution models and software abstractions for next-generation quantum workloads
• Developing and evaluating tools and techniques for noise learning and scalable execution of error-mitigated workloads
• Implementing and benchmarking state-of-the-art compilation and optimization techniques from the research literature
• Contributing to open-source quantum software projects and tooling