AMO Physicist (Quantum Computing)

Location: Massy, France; flexible hybrid work with a minimum of 3 days per week face-to-face

Company

hirify.global is a deep-tech start-up developing neutral-atom quantum processing units and associated software tools for industrial and fundamental-science applications.

What you will do

• Implement, characterize, and optimize processing operations including state preparation, gates, dynamical decoupling, and coherent transport.
• Design and run benchmarking experiments such as randomized benchmarking to assess performance, robustness, and limitations.
• Develop numerical models to interpret experimental results, predict performance, and guide optimization.
• Identify experimental error sources, including laser noise, motional effects, crosstalk, and loss, and coordinate mitigation with hardware and software stakeholders.
• Support circuit-level execution, including gate scheduling, error accumulation analysis, and implementation and benchmarking of quantum error-correction protocols.
• Validate new hardware features, document results in technical and scientific publications, contribute to patents, and represent hirify.global at conferences and industry events.

Requirements

• PhD in AMO, quantum physics, or experimental physics.
• Solid understanding of neutral-atom platforms, including trapping, cooling, lasers, noise sources, and their impact on operation fidelity.
• Proven experience implementing and debugging experimental quantum-control sequences for state preparation and single- and two-qubit operations.
• Strong data-analysis and scientific-programming skills in Python.
• Experience designing or using benchmarking protocols, including randomized benchmarking and calibration or characterization experiments.
• Experience driving small- to mid-scale technical projects from planning through delivery.
• High autonomy and rigor, with the ability to collaborate across theory and experimental-physics teams.
• Strong communication and listening skills, plus the ability to prioritize and deliver in a fast-paced environment.
• Good written and spoken English required.

Culture & Benefits

• CDI employment contract.
• Flexible face-to-face work rhythm with at least 3 office days per week.
• Modern offices in Massy and an international, close-knit team.
• Role in a growing deep-tech start-up.
• Time to attend training, conferences, and meetups.

Hiring process

• 30-minute interview with Talent Acquisition.
• Exchange with the Hiring Manager, followed by a meeting with the team in the offices.
• Offer stage.