Quantum Error Correction Experiment Engineer (Quantum Computing)

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

Company

hirify.global designs and builds full-stack superconducting quantum computers, providing on-premises systems and cloud access to research institutions, universities, high-performance computing centers, and enterprises.

What you will do

• Implement, execute, analyse, and report quantum error correction benchmark and demonstration experiments on superconducting quantum processors.
• Develop features for the quantum computer control software stack in collaboration 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 analyse error processes in quantum circuits and hardware experiments.
• Identify technology stack requirements for QEC experimentation and improve related tools and workflows.
• Coordinate with experimental, theoretical, and software teams to support 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, including decoding algorithms and lattice-surgery-based approaches.
• Experience modelling errors in quantum circuits or physical quantum hardware and familiarity with digital and analog quantum control hardware.
• Strong verbal and written English communication skills, reproducible code and documentation practices, and willingness to collaborate in a 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 diverse, multidisciplinary team on superconducting quantum computing.
• Opportunity to contribute to the future of scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computing.
• Creative and open start-up environment with opportunities for growth and progress.

Hiring process

• Interviews will begin immediately.
• Applications submitted through the company website will be processed.