Quantum Error Correction Experiment Engineer

Location: hirify.global Finland in Espoo or hirify.global Germany in Munich

Company

hirify.global designs and builds full-stack superconducting quantum computers and provides on-premises systems and cloud access worldwide.

What you will do

• Implement, execute, analyze, and report quantum error correction benchmark and demonstration experiments on superconducting quantum processors.
• Develop features for the quantum computer control software stack with quantum physicists and software engineers.
• Contribute to the development and evaluation of QEC protocols and decoding approaches for near-term quantum processors.
• Model and analyze error processes in quantum circuits and hardware experiments.
• Identify technology-stack requirements for QEC experimentation and improve related tools and workflows.
• Coordinate experiments and results with experimental, theoretical, and software teams supporting the fault-tolerant quantum computing roadmap.

Requirements

• Experience calibrating qubits and QPUs, preferably superconducting systems, beyond running gate-level workloads on cloud quantum computers.
• Experience with quantum error correction experiments and data analysis, including familiarity with QEC literature.
• Software engineering experience in Python, including environment management, testing, documentation, and version control.
• Understanding of quantum information and QEC theory, decoding algorithms, and lattice-surgery-based approaches.
• Experience modeling errors in quantum circuits or physical quantum hardware, plus familiarity with digital and analog quantum computer control hardware.
• Strong verbal and written English communication skills and the ability to collaborate in a diverse, multidisciplinary team.

Nice to have

• PhD in a relevant discipline.
• Experience in experimental quantum computing research or development.
• Experience with large-scale quantum processor experiments or similarly complex experimental systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with a passionate and diverse team on superconducting quantum computing.
• Contribute directly to the development of scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computers.
• Open and creative start-up environment focused on growth and progress.

Hiring process

• Interviews proceed immediately after applications are submitted through the website.