Introduction
Research Scientists at IBM drive the leading edge of quantum computing technologies with the industry’s most advanced hardware and software. Join an elite team of engineers and scientists building a path towards scalable fault tolerant quantum computation.
Your role and responsibilities
A successful candidate will
- identify feasible quantum algorithms and application areas for early fault tolerant quantum devices
- benchmark resource requirements depending on problem parameters implementation details and circuit synthesis strategies
- develop understanding in relevant application domains such as physics chemistry etc. develop estimates of relevant problem parameters and characterize performance and accuracy of quantum algorithms in practice
- and compare quantum methods to the classical state of the art.
Required education
Doctorate Degree
Preferred education
Doctorate Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
- Doctorate degree in Engineering Physics or Computer Science or related software experience
- Experience with quantum algorithm design analysis and resource estimation
- Familiarity with programming languages for scientific computing (Python or equivalent)
Preferred technical and professional experience
- Familiarity with programming languages for high-performance computing (Rust C++ or equivalent)
- Experience with large-scale software engineering projects involving multiple contributors and programming languages