Experimental Physicist II (Scalable Gate Model Processors) [615] - Burnaby, Canada

About the role

This role involves contributing to the development of superconducting gate-model quantum processors with a focus on long-term scalability. It leverages expertise in gate model quantum computation and D-Wave’s experience in large-scale superconducting integrated circuit control.

What you'll do

• Contribute to the conceptualization and design of scalable multi-qubit superconducting quantum processors.
• Develop and run experiments, analysis routines, and quantitative models to characterize parameters and performance of as-fabricated superconducting quantum processors.
• Perform coherence measurements (T1, T2, Ramsey, echo, noise spectroscopy) to identify decoherence mechanisms.
• Develop, calibrate, and validate high fidelity single qubit and two qubit gates, plus reset and readout, using standard benchmarking protocols.
• Diagnose scaling limitations in control, calibration, readout, and noise, and develop methods to improve or circumvent these limitations.
• Create and contribute to software infrastructure for modeling, calibrating and operating qubits and processors.

What you'll need

• Ph.D. or M.Sc. in quantum computing or a related experimental field, or equivalent academic or industrial research experience.
• Experience with measurement and control of qubits using microwave techniques or other closely related quantum control topics and methods.
• Strong software development experience for experimental automation, data acquisition, and data analysis.

Nice to have

• Solid background in one or more of the following: quantum control of superconducting devices, superconducting device fabrication, RF or microwave engineering, and low-noise electronics.
• Experience calibrating and characterizing superconducting qubits.
• Familiarity with methods to achieve low crosstalk in superconducting circuits by design and to implement scalable and robust two-qubit coupling schemes.
• Experience with version control and collaborative software development environments.

Skills: superconducting gate-model quantum processors, multi-qubit superconducting quantum processors, qubit control, quantum computing, RF or microwave engineering