Research Scientist

About The Job

Google Quantum AI's goal is to build a practically useful quantum computer. The Modeling of Readout and Reset team aims at quantitative understanding of error mechanisms of these operations, resulting in operation improvement and development of new schemes with advanced performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop models for readout and reset in superconducting qubits, including numerical models of physical processes causing errors.
• Validate models with experimental results for system optimization and design.
• Collaborate closely with the hardware team to analyze and theoretically understand experimental data.
• Develop and maintain software and integrate it with data-taking infrastructure.
• Propose and analyze prospective readout and reset schemes with advanced performance.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• PhD degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with modeling of qubit systems.
• Experience in programming using Python.
• One or more scientific publication submission(s) for conferences, journals, or public repositories related to Quantum computing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with modeling superconducting qubit operations, particularly readout and reset.
• Experience with numerical simulations of quantum systems and with high-performance computing tools.
• Experience collaborating with experimentalists on quantum computing projects or analyzing/modeling experimental data.
• Experience with microwave engineering of superconducting qubits.
• Experience with error correction codes.
• Familiarity with circuit Quantum Electrodynamics (cQED).