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Staff Research Scientist
Q-CTRLLos Angeles, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 Jul 2025
💰 $205,000/yr($157,500/yr – $205,000/yr)
About the role
About usFounded in 2017, Q-CTRL has grown to become the global leader in quantum. We’re using control to solve the hardest problems facing quantum technology, improving hardware performance and accelerating pathways to useful quantum computers and other technologies. As a product-led company, we bring together diverse teams such as product, design, engineering and research to help achieve our mission of making quantum technology useful. Join us to help shape the quantum future.
As one of the fastest growing companies in the quantum sector, we’ve had a number of key milestones:
- In November 2023, we announced an industry-first partnership with IBM Quantum Services, natively integrating our performance management software with all IBM quantum computers. Building off of this relationship, in September 2024 we started offering two services via IBM’s new Qiskit Functions Catalog as an inaugural partner.- Designed and moved our Global HQ offices and lab space into the first purpose-built (and award winning) commercial and research facility for a quantum technology company in Australia.- Continued to deliver real world outcomes across the quantum sectors, with our work with Australian Defence on software-ruggedized quantum sensing for navigation without GPS, as featured in the New York Times.- In October 2024, we announced our record breaking expansion of our Series B funding round to USD $113M, with $59M USD of new capital.- Grew our global presence to include Los Angeles, Berlin, and Oxford - as well as the recently announced office in San Francisco.
From educating the workforce on how quantum computing works, to building the next generation of quantum sensors, to delivering massive performance gains for end-users, it all starts with hiring the right talent. If you want to help us build the Quantum future, read on.
About the roleAs a Research Scientist, you’ll be responsible for developing solutions for quantum technologies and deploying them in the Q-CTRL product suite.
SalaryThe base salary for this position is targeted between $157,500 - $205,000 and will ultimately be determined by specific job-related skills, experience, level, location and other contributing factors. Depending on the position offered, this role may be eligible for annual discretionary bonuses, equity and other forms of compensation outside of the targeted range. For more information on benefits at Q-CTRL, please visit our careers page at https://q-ctrl.com/careers.
Should you have any questions related to the compensatio
As one of the fastest growing companies in the quantum sector, we’ve had a number of key milestones:
- In November 2023, we announced an industry-first partnership with IBM Quantum Services, natively integrating our performance management software with all IBM quantum computers. Building off of this relationship, in September 2024 we started offering two services via IBM’s new Qiskit Functions Catalog as an inaugural partner.- Designed and moved our Global HQ offices and lab space into the first purpose-built (and award winning) commercial and research facility for a quantum technology company in Australia.- Continued to deliver real world outcomes across the quantum sectors, with our work with Australian Defence on software-ruggedized quantum sensing for navigation without GPS, as featured in the New York Times.- In October 2024, we announced our record breaking expansion of our Series B funding round to USD $113M, with $59M USD of new capital.- Grew our global presence to include Los Angeles, Berlin, and Oxford - as well as the recently announced office in San Francisco.
From educating the workforce on how quantum computing works, to building the next generation of quantum sensors, to delivering massive performance gains for end-users, it all starts with hiring the right talent. If you want to help us build the Quantum future, read on.
About the roleAs a Research Scientist, you’ll be responsible for developing solutions for quantum technologies and deploying them in the Q-CTRL product suite.
What you'll be doing:
- Develop efficient and reliable methods and tools that solve challenges facing real quantum computers.
- Implement and innovate the latest techniques and algorithms from machine learning and quantum control. In particular, you will use these tools for autonomous bring-up of silicon-based quantum devices and experimental implementation of quantum error correction schemes.
- Collaborate with your colleagues in the Quantum product team and Quantum Professional Services in order to better direct the research goals.
- Explain and document sophisticated control and machine learning solutions in accessible language.
- Use numerical packages like NumPy, Scipy, Tensorflow, and Scikit-learn to build high-quality research code to develop, test, and demonstrate new algorithms and methods.
- Other duties within the Employee's skills and experience, or with reasonable training.
About you:
- Ideally, you’ll have a PhD in Physics, Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
- Expertise in running quantum experiments on silicon-based quantum computers with experience in system characterization and tune-up.
- You have at least 3 years of experience conducting research and ideally some publications to your name or a presentation track record in recognized academic journals/conferences in a relevant field.
- You have at least 2 years of experience in developing software for scientific experiments using one of the commonly used languages languages like Python, C, Rust, Matlab.A keen understanding of Quantum/Optimal control or Machine Learning tools for optimization, optimal selection, and model learning (desirable, but not essential).
- Familiarity in executing circuits in Qiskit is also highly desirable, but not essential.
SalaryThe base salary for this position is targeted between $157,500 - $205,000 and will ultimately be determined by specific job-related skills, experience, level, location and other contributing factors. Depending on the position offered, this role may be eligible for annual discretionary bonuses, equity and other forms of compensation outside of the targeted range. For more information on benefits at Q-CTRL, please visit our careers page at https://q-ctrl.com/careers.
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