Salary range: Negotiable
Job type: Full time
Location: On-site (Edmonton, AB & Wetaskiwin, AB)
Job Description: Q-Block Computing is seeking a Senior Quantum Scientist to join our innovative team in Canada. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of cutting-edge quantum technologies in sensing, communication, and computation. The candidate will join Q-Block Computing Research for the experimental developments of cavity-coupled neutral atom tweezer array for quantum simulation and computation, as well as commercialization research in quantum communication and sensing.
Job summary: As a Senior Quantum Scientist, you will collaborate with other team members, design research projects, and manage a small team of researchers. Job duty includes the opportunities for project development and grant proposal writing to initiate government-sponsored research programs.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and execute complex atomic molecular optical (AMO) physics experiments.
- Lead a small research team, and mentor junior researchers.
- Contribute to a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing within the team.
- Analyze data and interpret results to inform engineering decisions and enhance laboratory capabilities.
- Stay updated with the latest research in quantum science and technology.
- Monthly progress reporting and follow best practices in research data management.
Qualification
- PhD in Physics, Engineering, or a related field with a minimum of 4 years of professional experience.
- Proven track record in experimental quantum information science, or related areas, with particular focus on atomic molecular optical physics.
Skills
- Strong attention to detail, authenticity, and a sense of responsibility in all laboratory tasks
- Critical thinking and problem-solving mindset
- Ability to adapt to fast-moving R&D environment
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaborative in a dynamic team environment
Benefits
- Extended health care benefits (inc. dental and vision)
- Life insurance
Equal Opportunity: Q-Block Computing is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity. If you require assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please feel free to notify us.
All interested candidates are encouraged to apply.
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What We Do
We are a quantum computing startup with a long-haul perspective to commercializing quantum information devices. It is of fundamental interest for human kind to explore and manipulate the physical universe, the Hilbert space with quantum information toolboxes. In a future with a universal quantum computer, we will be able to explore the limits of what is computable in the natural world. Can we exploit information processing to make new tools with an inherent advantage? How much does nature permit us in the power of computing? This ignites our curiosity and aspiration as a species to control and understand the universe from the bottom up.
At Q-Block Computing Inc., we aspire to create Q-Block modules as the physical layer of a networked quantum architecture for computing, communication, and sensing. By controlling the quantum information stored in individual atoms with individual photons, these platforms can be applied to a wide range of applications spaces for the early adopters for communication and sensing, as well as for the realization of a fault-tolerant distributed quantum computer. With a capital-efficient business model, we will access horizontal markets in communication, defence and commerce. As a vertically integrated quantum startup, our Q-block modules are based upon the unique technological capabilities in precision optical assembly, ultrastable laser systems, quantum metrology, and quantum control of entanglement between light and matter.
