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Team Lead – Gate-Based Quantum Chemistry

Garching b. München (DE)Full-time2026-08-20 → 2026-11-11
HybridVisa sponsorship offered

Core

Lead the team developing fault-tolerant quantum algorithms for quantum chemistry and correlated electronic materials on neutral-atom hardware.

Role type

Senior IC team lead (quantum algorithms)

Builds

Resource-estimated fault-tolerant quantum algorithms for chemistry applications

Domain

Quantum computing / Quantum chemistry

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Fault-tolerant quantum algorithm design, block encodings, qubitization, quantum signal processing, quantum resource estimation, team leadership, hardware-software co-design

Preferred skills

Dynamical mean-field theory, neutral-atom architecture, tensor network methods, grant writing, Python, agile/scrum

Technologies

Python

Responsibilities

Lead and grow a team of quantum chemistry scientists; Own the technical roadmap for gate-based algorithms; Design and benchmark fault-tolerant quantum algorithms; Drive hardware and software co-design; Deliver customer and grant-funded projects; Acquire new projects and partners; Communicate results to technical and non-technical audiences