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Senior Applied Scientist, Superconducting Digital and Cryogenic Control Electronics,Center for Quantum Computing, Physical Design and Simulation, Enabling Technologies

San Francisco, California, United States💼 Full-time💰 $192,200–$260,000🗓 2026-08-31 → 2026-09-25

Core

Research and design cryogenic control hardware for large-scale superconducting quantum processors, focusing on digital logic circuits and system-level trade-offs.

Role type

Senior Applied Scientist (Quantum Control Electronics)

Builds

Scalable superconducting digital circuits and cryogenic control/readout electronics for quantum processors

Domain

Quantum Computing / Superconducting Electronics / Cryogenic Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Superconducting digital circuit design (RSFQ/ERSFQ), Josephson-junction circuit simulation, EDA flows for custom circuit design, Cryogenic control/readout architecture, System-level trade-off analysis, Circuit timing and margin analysis

Preferred skills

Cryo-CMOS, Low-temperature amplifiers and mixers, Microwave engineering, Signal integrity in dense cryogenic interconnects, Quantum error correction decoding

Technologies

Java, C++, Python, EDA tools, Process Design Kits

Responsibilities

Design and simulate superconducting digital circuits and cryogenic control/readout electronics, Develop and validate Josephson-junction circuit models, Quantify system-level trade-offs across candidate control architectures, Co-design control interfaces with qubit-device colleagues, Deliver design artifacts including tapeout-ready layouts, Present results internally and publish in peer-reviewed venues

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