College Park (MD)

Remote (Continental US)

QC82 is on a quest to build a scalable, commercially transformative photonic quantum computer. We were founded in 2020 by the world’s experts in photonic quantum computing, photon sensing, and integrated semiconductor devices to conquer on-chip photonic fault tolerance and open up room temperature photonic quantum computing for practical applications. We are now assembling a world class team and looking for exceptionally talented team members dedicated to the mission of QC82.

QC82’s co-founders have demonstrated cluster-state entanglement for continuous-variable quantum computing implementations, developed quantum photonic chips with 40 entangled qumodes, and designed low-noise single-photon detectors at telecom wavelengths. QC82 is bringing together all this technology for on-chip photonic quantum computing.

Job Summary:

We are looking for an electronic control architect to join the system architecture team in the design of a fault-tolerant quantum computer. This role will involve close collaboration with quantum architecture and quantum error correction teams in addition to working with the hardware development teams. The objective will be to architect low latency and high throughput classical compute engines to control the quantum photonic units.

Responsibilities:

• Design hardware control architectures for the implementation of classical control functionality of a quantum computer system

• Design functionality and determine requirements for FPGA and ASIC implementations of hardware control

• Contribute to our Quantum Computing system architecture and design, functional architecture development and control systems roadmap

• Design methodologies for evaluating implementation concepts and determine their feasibility

• Work closely with electronics, photonics, controls and architecture teams to capture all requirements for control and feedback of the computer system

Experience/Qualifications:

• PhD in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science or related field (strong candidates with MS plus 4 years of relevant experience also considered)

• Experience with Verilog/VHDL

• Experience with C/C++ and Python

• Experience with HDL to define complex systems

• A curiosity and desire to dig deep into technical details, and synthesize many different aspects of photonic quantum computing into a realistic classical control architecture

• A desire to design first-of-its-kind control architectures and build world’s commercially useful quantum computers

• Ability to work across domains and collaborate effectively with multi-disciplinary teams

• Effective communication skills

• Ability to work independently, remotely (if preferred), and collaboratively

• Working knowledge of quantum computing preferred

QC82 provides competitive pay, flexible working schedule, and an opportunity to grow in an exciting area working alongside a talented and friendly team. QC82 provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. We are not accepting unsolicited resumes from employment agencies.

CV can be emailed to info@qc82.tech.

College Park, Maryland

QC82 is on a quest to build a scalable, commercially transformative photonic quantum computer. We were founded in 2020 by the world’s experts in photonic quantum computing, photon sensing, and integrated semiconductor devices to conquer on-chip photonic fault tolerance and open up room temperature photonic quantum computing for practical applications. We are now assembling a world class team and looking for exceptionally talented team members dedicated to the mission of QC82.

QC82’s co-founders have demonstrated record-scale cluster-state entanglement for continuous-variable quantum computing implementations, developed quantum photonic chips with 40 entangled qumodes, and designed low-noise single-photon detectors at telecom wavelengths. QC82 is bringing together all this technology for on-chip photonic quantum computing.

Job Summary:

The Photonic Design and Fabrication Engineer will develop QC82’s integrated photonic technology for quantum computing and photon detection. This is a role that will require working on photonic hardware design, development, fabrication, characterization and optimization, with possibilities for published research and IP. This is a high visibility role involving close collaboration with all of QC82’s technical teams including QC82’s academic partners at The University of Maryland, College Park, and QC82’s cofounders at The University of Virginia.

Responsibilities:

● Design low-loss integrated photonic technology, including fiber couplers, modulators, integrated single photon avalanche diodes, active components, and waveguide devices.

● Simulate and optimize the designs using industry standard software tools.

● Fabricate the devices using well-equipped nanofabrication facilities.

● Characterize the devices in collaboration with QC82 partners and optimize the design based on critical metrics of interest.

● Develop procedures that can be commercialized for QC82’s groundbreaking technology.

● Work on device readout, packaging, and end-to-end product designs.

● Develop commercialization recipes for QC82’s products, including setting up collaborations with commercial partners.

Experience/Qualifications:

● PhD in electrical engineering, physics or materials science with an emphasis on photonic device design, characterization, and scalable fabrication methodologies.

● Strong knowledge of III-V single photon avalanche diodes and hands-on experience of device integration techniques in Silicon.

● Hands-on demonstration of low loss, high efficiency active components on a chip.

● Familiarity with chip-fiber coupling techniques and the desire to significantly improve upon them.

● Familiarity with FIMMWAVE, FIMMPROP, Lumerical, and other software tools.

● Familiarity with classical readout and feedback circuits, and the desire to learn more.

● Strong ability to collaborate effectively with multi-disciplinary technical teams.

● Effective writing and presentation skills.

● Strong track record of publications or patents.

QC82 provides competitive pay, flexible working schedule, and an opportunity to grow in an exciting area working alongside a talented and friendly team. QC82 provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. We are not accepting unsolicited resumes from employment agencies for this position.

CV can be emailed to info@qc82.tech.

College Park (MD)

Remote (Continental US)

QC82 is on a quest to build a scalable, commercially transformative photonic quantum computer. We were founded in 2020 by the world’s experts in photonic quantum computing, photon sensing, and integrated semiconductor devices to conquer on-chip photonic fault tolerance and open up room temperature photonic quantum computing for practical applications. We are now assembling a world class team and looking for exceptionally talented team members dedicated to the mission of QC82.

QC82’s co-founders have demonstrated cluster-state entanglement for continuous-variable quantum computing implementations, developed quantum photonic chips with 40 entangled qumodes, and designed low-noise single-photon detectors at telecom wavelengths. QC82 is bringing together all this technology for on-chip photonic quantum computing.

Job Summary:

The Quantum Architect will be at the interface of photonic hardware development, classical control development and simulations, and quantum error correction theoretical effort to design a fault-tolerant quantum computer that is scalable, feasible, and commercially viable. This is a high visibility role involving close collaboration with all of QC82’s technical teams.

Responsibilities:

• Build an end-to-end photonic chip architecture for specific applications.

• Build noise models, devise and run simulations of error correction protocols.

• Develop methods for on-chip implementations of algorithms.

• Conduct trade-space analyses to quantify pros and cons of design choices (chip volume, number of qubits, number of gates, time complexity, scaling, power, etc.).

• Quantify the fault tolerance thresholds and overall error rates.

Experience/Qualifications:

• PhD in photonic quantum computing (theoretical or experimental). Exceptional candidates with master’s degree.

• Strong track record of publications or patents.

• Knowledge of continuous-variable photonic quantum computing.

• Experience working in both experiment and theory of photonic quantum computing.

• Familiarity with continuous-variable and discrete-variable quantum error correction and the desire to learn more.

• Familiarity with classical control readout and feedback, and the desire to learn more.

• Familiarity with integrated photonics techniques preferred.

• Ability to work across domains and collaborate effectively with multi-disciplinary technical teams.

• Effective communication skills.

• Experience programming in C/C++ and Python preferred.

QC82 provides competitive pay, flexible working schedule, and an opportunity to grow in an exciting area working alongside a talented and friendly team. QC82 provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. We are not accepting unsolicited resumes from employment agencies for this position.

CV can be emailed to info@qc82.tech

College Park (MD)

Remote (Continental US)

QC82 is on a quest to build a scalable, commercially transformative photonic quantum computer. We were founded in 2020 by the world’s experts in photonic quantum computing, photon sensing, and integrated semiconductor devices to conquer on-chip photonic fault tolerance and open up room temperature photonic quantum computing for practical applications. We are now assembling a world class team and looking for exceptionally talented team members dedicated to the mission of QC82.

QC82’s co-founders have demonstrated cluster-state entanglement for continuous-variable quantum computing implementations, developed quantum photonic chips with 40 entangled qumodes, and designed low-noise single-photon detectors at telecom wavelengths. QC82 is bringing together all this technology for on-chip photonic quantum computing.

Job Summary:

The Quantum Error Correction Scientist will be responsible to research and devise cutting-edge error correction protocols for QC82’s photonic architecture. This is an inherently multidisciplinary position, at the interface of photonic hardware development, quantum architecture, and classical control development. Designing a fault-tolerant quantum computer that is scalable, feasible, and commercially viable requires close collaboration with all of QC82’s technical teams.

Responsibilities:

• Develop quantum error correction protocols that are feasible for QC82’s photonic architecture.

• Perform in-depth trade space analysis of error correction protocols.

• Understand and analyze the interplay of error correction and quantum algorithms to design efficient overall protocols.

• Devise end-to-end simulations of fault tolerance to understand scaling and resource requirements, to understand feasibility for on-chip photonic quantum computing.

• Work closely with photonics, electronics, systems and architecture teams to capture the experimentally relevant parameters in quantum error correction simulations/protocols.

Experience/Qualifications:

• PhD in quantum error correction or theoretical quantum computation. Exceptional candidates with master’s degree.

• Strong track record of publications or patents.

• Knowledge of continuous-variable photonic quantum computing and error correction plus in-depth knowledge of qubit-level error correction.

• Familiarity with classical computational algorithms and the desire to learn more.

• Familiarity with quantum algorithms and the desire to learn more.

• Familiarity with integrated photonics techniques preferred.

• Ability to work across domains and collaborate effectively with multi-disciplinary technical teams.

• Effective communication skills.

• Experience programming in C/C++ and Python preferred.

QC82 provides competitive pay, flexible working schedule, and an opportunity to grow in an exciting area working alongside a talented and friendly team. QC82 provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. We are not accepting unsolicited resumes from employment agencies for this position.

CV can be emailed to info@qc82.tech.