Queracomputinginc
Scientific Software Engineer - Virtual Machine & Emulation
Boston, MA USA
Sponsorship not specified$102k-$166kDetected 23 days ago
C++AlgorithmsCode ReviewCI/CDFPGA
About the role
- Summary QuEra Computing Inc. seeks a creative and collaborative Scientific Software Engineer to help solve the unique software challenges of integrating high-level applications into state-of-the-art neutral-atom quantum computers.
- You will be co-designing compilers and hardware simulation infrastructure for the next generation of quantum computing using cutting-edge neutral-atom and quantum error correction technologies.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain a multi-level hardware virtual machine that emulates QuEra's domain-specific language (DSL) for pulse-level programs and its associated compilation stack
- Support integration into control stack
- Collaborate with other members of the scientific software team to perform gate-level and atom-move hardware simulation
Requirements
- Experience with bytecode interpreters, CPython interpreter
- Experience with modern C/C++ projects and tooling around those projects
- Experience with hardware emulation and VM development, especially for novel/heterogeneous architectures
- Experience with Static Single Assignment intermediate representations-based compiler
- Knowledge of the full lifecycle of software development, including version control, code review, testing, CI/CD, logging, profiling, debugging, and documentation
- Collaborate with Quantum Error Correction (QEC) scientists and hardware control team to plan and simulate hardware features required for executing QEC algorithms
- Masters in Computer Science with focus on quantum computation/architecture/programming language/compiler, or equivalent professional experience
- Enthusiastic about building tools used by non-software developers
Nice to have
- Ph.D. in Computer Science with focus on quantum computation/architecture/programming language/compiler, or equivalent professional experience
- Experience with compiled languages such as Rust, C++, Julia
- Experience with FPGA programming
- knowledge in quantum physics and AMO physics
- knowledge in quantum error correction
- Contribution to existing open-source libraries
- We determine base compensation decisions on several factors, including as geographic placement, role-specific knowledge, skills, and/or experience.
- QuEra is committed to cultivating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Skills
- This involves the development of new features and infrastructure for simulating hardware execution.
- This new direction involves multiple new challenges in both engineering and science.
Compensation
- The approximate base salary range for this position is $102,400 - $166,400.
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