Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Create, optimize, and maintain numerical tools to enable key features of trapped-ion quantum computers
• Refinement and refactoring of existing numerical tools
• Extensively test, document, and maintain existing workflows for the design of surface-electrode ion traps
• Develop methods and workflows consisting of electrostatic modeling tools and nonlinear optimization techniques
• Collaborate with commercial and experimental teams on research and technology development

YOU MUST HAVE:

• Bachelor’s degree minimum
• Due to Contractual requirements, must be a U.S. Person defined as, U.S. citizen permanent resident or green card holder, workers granted asylum or refugee status
• Due to national security requirements imposed by the U.S. Government, candidates for this position must not be a People's Republic of China national or Russian national unless the candidate is also a U.S. citizen.

WE VALUE:

• B.S. in computer science, mathematics, physics, electrical engineering, or a related field
• Proficiency in one or more compiled languages such as C, C++, Fortran, or Rust 
• Experience using HPC clusters, GPUs, and parallel computing techniques
• Experience interfacing compiled libraries with Python, including via ctypes or f2py 
• Experience applying physical principles to optimization problems or numerical simulation
• Development of numerical tools for addressing novel physical systems
• Experience with numerical optimization techniques, such as convex optimization, genetic algorithms, or optimal control theory
• Experience guiding multi-parameter optimization via exploratory but rigorous manual parameter sweeps
• Experience scripting between open source and proprietary software for automating workflows
• Familiarity with software configuration, delivery, and deployment tools like Git
• A history of public-facing work, such as patents, open source repositories, or conference presentations
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Excellent written and oral communication skills