Principal Quantum Engineer

## About the role - Own the simulation roadmap (DFT/MD), for crystalline and amorphous materials, defects, and interfaces. - Build models and propose experiments for validation, benchmarking and optimization. - Partner with growth/fab/characterization/device teams to close gaps between theory and data and translate results into process windows and material choices. - Architect scalable workflows, libraries, and data standards for reliable, high-throughput studies on HPC. - Communicate clear recommendations, trade-offs, and risks to engineering and leadership. - Ability to work in an "AI-first" environment using modern AI tools to accelerate discovery through both hardware and software development. - Ability to design and build AI agents/copilots that assist with experiment setup, log triage, measurement report generation, protocol templating, and knowledge retrieval (e.g. instrument manuals, design docs). ## Requirements - Doctorate in Physics, Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years experience in industry or in a research and development environment. - Doctorate in Physics, Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years experience in industry or in a research and development environment. - Demonstrated technical leadership on complex, multi-disciplinary hardware programs. - Research experience in atomistic and materials modeling in a commercial or academic setting. - Experience with first-principles simulations (e.g., DFT) and molecular dynamics for materials and interfaces. - Familiarity with modeling dielectric materials, defects, diffusion, and interfaces. - Simulation experience of superconducting and semiconducting materials and their interfaces. - Experience modeling finite-temperature dynamics and transport in materials (e.g., diffusion, reactions, amorphization) using MD and related methods. - Proficiency with high performance computing environments. - Experience with collaborative code development in Python. ## Other - As stated in the job posting, this position requires verification of citizenship or other protected status to meet legal requirements of the role. - If the role requires US citizenship, as indicated in the job description, a valid US passport must be provided to verify your citizenship. - If the role requires US Person status, as indicated in the job description, US citizens must provide a valid US passport for verification while lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may complete this verification using green cards or other status documents, as applicable. - These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screenings.