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Physicist - Ion Transport and Waveform Design

Boulder, Colorado💼 Full-time💰 $110,336–$110,336🗓 2026-09-10 → 2026-09-26

Core

Simulation physicist developing control schemes and waveforms for ion transport in surface-electrode RF Paul traps to enable quantum computing operations.

Role type

Simulation physicist (ion transport and waveform design)

Builds

Control waveforms for ion loading, transport, qubit routing, and gate operations; simulation models for ion chains in RF Paul traps.

Domain

Quantum computing / Atomic physics / Ion trap engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Numerical physics simulations, Designing/operating surface electrode RF Paul traps, PhD in atomic physics/quantum information, Experimental hardware support

Preferred skills

Electrostatics and ion dynamics fundamentals, Scientific programming and numerical optimization, Transport/waveform design in surface-electrode RF Paul traps, Compiled programming languages (Rust, C, C++)

Technologies

RF Paul traps, Rust, C, C++

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