PsiQuantum is on a mission to build the first commercially useful quantum computer to solve humanity. Backed by Founders Fund and Redpoint.
About the role
We're looking for a System Modeling and Simulation Lead to build predictive, system-level models of our quantum computer based on photonic, electronic, and other system descriptions together with measured or specified component performance. The models will translate losses, noise, timing jitter, stability, crosstalk, false-count rates, and related nonidealities into key quantum performance metrics. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Education & experience
- PhD in a similar field with 6+ years of relevant industry experience
- Systems-modeling and signal-processing background
- Strong understanding of signal processing, noise analysis, timing and frequency-domain behavior, stochastic processes, and statistical data analysis
- Modeling & software
- Demonstrated experience with graph-based system representations, numerical simulation, and model validation for complex physical systems
More about this role
PsiQuantum's mission is to build the first useful quantum computers: machines capable of delivering the breakthroughs the field has long promised. Since our founding in 2016, our singular focus has been to build and deploy million-qubit, fault-tolerant quantum systems.
Quantum computers harness the laws of quantum mechanics to solve problems that even the most advanced supercomputers or AI systems will never reach. Their impact will span energy, pharmaceuticals, finance, agriculture, transportation, materials, and other foundational industries.
Our architecture and approach is based on silicon photonics. By leveraging the advanced semiconductor manufacturing industry, including partners like GlobalFoundries, we use the same high-volume processes that already produce billions of chips for telecom and consumer electronics. Photonics offers natural advantages for scale: photons don't feel heat, are immune to electromagnetic interference, and integrate with existing cryogenic cooling and standard fiber-optic infrastructure.
That approach has since been tested at the highest level of scrutiny the U.S. government applies to emerging technology, and it has held up. In 2025, PsiQuantum...
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