1 day ago
Base Salary
$192k - $260k/yr
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the software and gateware runtime for a next-generation quantum control system.
- Build emulation tooling for exploring real-time quantum error detection and correction control-system requirements.
- Make engineering tradeoff decisions that inform the control hardware and software roadmap.
- Translate science and software requirements into design proposals and drive accepted designs through implementation and rollout.
- Collaborate with scientists, software engineers, control-hardware partners, and quantum error-correction teams.
- Release open-source software and publish research in fault-tolerant quantum computing.
- Mentor scientists and improve codebase participation through documentation.
Requirements
- PhD, or a master’s degree with 6+ years of applied research experience.
- Experience working with scientists in a research environment.
- Experience with quantum error correction and quantum control systems.
- Strong engineering principles, problem-solving ability, communication skills, ownership, and teamwork.
- Preferred: experience with AWS tools and services and the broader quantum-computing software stack.
- Preferred: experience with GPU-accelerated decoding for quantum error correction.
- Preferred: track record of releasing open-source software and publishing quantum-computing research.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, prescription, life and AD&D insurance, employee assistance, mental-health support, a medical advice line, and flexible spending accounts.
- 401(k) matching, paid time off, parental leave, and adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
- Mentorship, knowledge-sharing, learning experiences, affinity groups, and career-advancement resources.
- The role is located in San Francisco, California, and the posting does not specify a remote or hybrid work arrangement.
About Amazon
Amazon builds and operates a global e-commerce marketplace, logistics network, and consumer devices, and provides cloud computing via AWS for businesses and developers. The company earns revenue from online retail, third‑party seller services, subscriptions like Prime, advertising, and AWS usage. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, it is publicly traded on NASDAQ (AMZN) and serves customers in dozens of countries.