Quantum Software Engineer - Energy Grid Optimization
Infleqtion1 month ago
Base Salary
$140k - $182k/yr
Responsibilities
- Conduct R&D on quantum technologies for energy grid optimization applications.
- Write and test software implementing quantum algorithms for energy grid optimization problems.
- Work with external organizations, experimental physicists, and software engineers to translate theoretical concepts into practical implementations.
- Contribute to government and commercial energy grid optimization proposals.
- Publish research findings in scientific journals and present at conferences.
- Optimize quantum circuits, run circuits on quantum hardware, and analyze simulation and hardware results.
- Provide technical guidance and support to team members in a collaborative research environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, physics, applied mathematics, electrical engineering, or a closely related field.
- High programming proficiency, preferably with Python, or with C/C++ or Julia and the ability to learn Python quickly.
- Experience with quantum optimization algorithms such as QAOA, IQP circuits, and quantum annealing.
- Familiarity with quantum optimization theory, including parameter transfer, barren plateaus, and classical optimization algorithms.
- Experience with quantum error correction and partial error correction, including iceberg codes, encoding, and decoding.
- Familiarity with energy grid optimization topics such as unit commitment and N-k contingency analysis.
- Experience optimizing quantum circuits through mapping, routing, and gate decomposition.
- Experience with noiseless and noisy quantum circuit simulation and with running circuits on quantum hardware.
- Experience using and ideally modifying open-source quantum software frameworks such as Cirq or Qiskit.
- Professional communication, collaboration, problem-solving, learning, and productization skills.
- Preferred: PhD in quantum computation, physics, computer science, or a related field.
- Preferred: Experience with Stim and familiarity with fault tolerance, native gate decomposition, qubit mapping and routing, and variational quantum algorithms.
- Preferred: Familiarity with software engineering practices, backend development, cloud development, GitHub, security practices, and frontend or GUI development.
- Ability to work from the office three days per week and travel domestically and potentially internationally up to 10%.
Benefits
- Hybrid workplace in Chicago with an expectation of being in the office three days per week.
- Salary range of $140,000–$182,000 per year.
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
- Employer-funded Health Savings Account and Flexible Savings Account.
- Unlimited paid time off.
- 401(k) match.
- Company-paid life and AD&D insurance.
- Paid FMLA and maternity/paternity leave.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Student loan repayment.
- Equity program.
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