Quantum Resource Estimation Research Scientist

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. 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. 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) 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 United States Research Professional Multiple Cities Yorktown Heights Cambridge (0147) International Business Machines Corporation C++ Computer Science Design Engineering Physics Python Research Scientific Computing Software Programming Languages Software Engineering Rust Programming Language