18 hours ago
Base Salary
$120k - $261k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and improve automation pipelines for quantum-device data analysis and experiments.
- Develop and apply AI and machine-learning methods to quantum-device characterization, tuning, and complex experimental-data analysis.
- Integrate machine-learning models into simulation and control environments with researchers and engineers.
- Build scalable and reproducible experimental-analysis workflows and take increasing ownership as projects mature.
- Design and build AI agents or copilots for experiment setup, log triage, measurement-report generation, protocol templating, and knowledge retrieval.
- Document and present technical solutions to internal and external stakeholders.
Requirements
- Doctorate in Physics, Engineering, or a related field plus at least 1 year of industry or research-and-development experience; or a master's degree plus at least 4 years; or a bachelor's degree plus at least 6 years; or equivalent experience.
- At least 1 year of experience with mesoscopic condensed-matter or topological physics, including quantum devices, transport, or cryogenic experiments, is preferred.
- At least 1 year of experience contributing to open-source projects, deployed technical solutions, or published research is preferred.
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field is preferred.
- Hands-on experience with deep learning, foundation or generative models, probabilistic methods, and AI-enabled scientific workflows is preferred.
- Strong programming skills in Python, C++, or similar languages are preferred.
- Ability to collaborate across physics, experimental, software, and AI disciplines and strong problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
- Ability to satisfy export-control citizenship or protected-status verification requirements.
- Ability to leverage AI tools for performance modeling and analysis, research gathering, and task automation.
Benefits
- The typical U.S. base pay range is USD $119,800–$234,700 per year, with a separate San Francisco Bay Area and New York City range of USD $160,200–$261,000 per year.
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
- The position is open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.
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About Microsoft
Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.