Lead Quantum Engineer
Job Title: Lead Quantum Engineer, Readout. Location: Berkeley, CA. This job is posted by Quantum Jobs USA, on the behalf of Rigetti Careers.
Responsibilities:
- Lead Rigetti’s experimental programs to characterize and improve the full readout stack for superconducting qubits.
- Develop theoretical models for readout performance and design readout circuits optimized for fast, high-fidelity operation.
- Identify and implement novel measurement techniques and pulse optimizations to enhance readout performance using Rigetti's Python-based calibration software.
- Collaborate with hardware and device design teams to design shortloops and test chips aimed at isolating aspects of the full readout stack to accelerate R&D.
- Develop fast qubit reset protocols to enhance circuit execution and enable error-correcting codes;
- Optimize readout for quantum error correction, ensuring high fidelity, rapid mid-circuit measurement, and ancilla readout;
- Work closely with diverse teams of engineers and scientists in device theory, algorithms, software, control hardware, chip design, and gate operation.
Qualifications:
- Ph.D. in Physics, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, with at least 2 years of industry or postdoctoral experience.
- Expertise in circuit quantum electrodynamics and dispersive readout.
- Strong ability to perform measurements on quantum systems and explain results through theory and/or simulation.
- Exposure to superconducting qubits in academic or industrial settings;
- Experience in software development, particularly with Python, C, C++, or Rust;
- Experience with low-level pulse optimization of quantum gates or readout;
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a collaborative team environment.