Senior Quantum Engineer, Gate Calibration
Berkeley, CA Hybrid
$175,000–$200,000 a yearJobFig found this opening at its original source and checks that it remains available.
About the role
We are looking for an experienced Quantum Engineer to drive the two-qubit gate performance of our tunable-coupler superconducting quantum processors. This is a role with substantial autonomy and ownership. You will directly influence the technical direction for gate performance work through the rigorous design and execution of your test plans, measurement and improvement of relevant metrics and error budgeting, and shaping of research priorities. You will do this in a deeply collaborative environment spanning device design, fabrication, control systems, software, theory and R&D, turning proofs of concept into robust procedures that hold up across hundreds of qubit pairs.
What you'll bring
- PhD in Physics, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Significant hands-on experience calibrating and characterizing two-qubit gates on superconducting quantum devices
- Deep understanding of gate design, pulse engineering, and decoherence mechanisms, with a track record of connecting error diagnostics to concrete fidelity improvements.
- Demonstrated ability to independently execute complex experimental efforts from concept to validated result.
- Strong Python skills in a scientific context, and comfort building tools that others rely on.
- Dogged experimental determination, with the judgment to balance depth of investigation against speed of iteration.
- Excellent communication skills and a team-first mindset in a strongly collaborative environment.
- Experience with quantum simulation frameworks such as QuTiP for gate and noise modeling.
- Experience deploying calibration or benchmarking procedures across large multi-qubit processors in an industrial or startup setting.
- Familiarity with randomized benchmarking variants, gate set tomography, cycle benchmarking, or other scalable error diagnostics.
- Publication record or demonstrated results in high-fidelity entangling gates, error suppression, or quantum control.
- Experience mentoring junior scientists or leading small technical teams.