SENIOR QUANTUM ENGINEER

(Quantum Hardware/Atom Trap)

Siegen, Ger­many

Responsibilities/What will you be doing?

You will be lead­ing a project team with a mis­sion to devel­op, con­duct, and improve cal­i­bra­tion and bench­mark­ing of trapped-ion quan­tum com­put­ers and rel­e­vant test devices. You will col­lab­o­rate close­ly with oth­er teams who also work on pro­vid­ing device designs, engi­neer­ing sup­port, and lab­o­ra­to­ry devel­op­ment. As a senior posi­tion, you will be engaged in the fol­low­ing tasks:

• Apply­ing pre­vi­ous expe­ri­ence in atom­ic, mol­e­c­u­lar, and opti­cal (AMO) physics to design, devel­op, and per­form exper­i­ments in a lab­o­ra­to­ry envi­ron­ment, and apply the results to the devel­op­ment of a mature product.
• Assist­ing in the devel­op­ment of new con­cepts, in devel­op­ing new tech­nolo­gies for future prod­ucts, and in writ­ing project proposals.
• Plan­ning of R&D activ­i­ties by set­ting pri­or­i­ties and timelines.
• Instruct­ing and sup­port­ing your team with coach­ing, thus fos­ter­ing their con­tin­u­ous learn­ing and devel­op­ment in rel­e­vant areas of expertise.

Required/What skills do you need?

• PhD in Exper­i­men­tal Physics, Applied Physics, Quan­tum Engi­neer­ing, Exper­i­men­tal Phys­i­cal Chem­istry, or relat­ed fields (or demon­strat­ed experience).
• Min­i­mum 4+ years of expe­ri­ence (includ­ing PhD) involv­ing one or more of the fol­low­ing areas: optics, vac­u­um sys­tems, elec­tron­ics, cryo­gen­ics, atom­ic physics, opto-elec­tron­ics, and/or lasers.

We val­ue:

• For­mal back­ground in AMO physics with a proven track record of apply­ing phys­i­cal prin­ci­ples in the con­struc­tion of com­plex systems.
• Good under­stand­ing and sol­id expe­ri­ence with trapped-ion qubit physics and experiments.
• Expe­ri­ence with laser cool­ing and trap­ping of ions or neu­tral atoms.
• Expe­ri­ence with quan­tum gates, quan­tum algo­rithms and quan­tum simulations.
• Expe­ri­ence with microwave electronics.
• Abil­i­ty to per­form sim­u­la­tions and mod­el­ling to design and ana­lyze experiments.
• Writ­ten and oral com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills, expe­ri­ence in writ­ing sci­en­tif­ic publications.
• Good at work­ing and nego­ti­at­ing with teams, cus­tomers, and partners.
• Strong orga­ni­za­tion­al and lead­er­ship skills.
• Inter­est­ed in agile project management.

Com­pen­sa­tion & Benefits:

• Com­pet­i­tive salary: 60.000 € — 80.000 €
• Employ­ee Stock Own­er­ship Plan
• Flex­i­ble work­ing hours
• We encour­age and finan­cial­ly sup­port indi­vid­ual pro­fes­sion­al development
• Excel­lent health- and retire­ment plans

What you can expect from eleQtron

• ele­Qtron is a young start­up with a unique agile and flex­i­ble work­ing style. We encour­age our team to think out­side the box and pro­vide access to high qual­i­ty infra­struc­ture, lab space, offices, and meet­ing rooms. We strive for an open atmos­phere in which devel­op­ing and com­mer­cial­iz­ing world lead­ing ion-trap-based quan­tum com­put­ers is not only pos­si­ble, but fun.
• As a young orga­ni­za­tion, ele­Qtron pro­vides excel­lent oppor­tu­ni­ties for self-devel­op­ment and room for growth.
• Work on the fore­front of tech­nol­o­gy, where aca­d­e­m­ic research meets com­mer­cial applications!
• Siegen is a vibrant col­lege town in west Ger­many sur­round­ed by wood­ed hills offer­ing ample oppor­tu­ni­ties for out­door enthusiasts.

Send in your application with CV and other documents to APPLY HERE.