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About the role
We are seeking a Quantum Fault-Tolerant Architecture Specialist to lead development of the software stack that maps logical quantum circuits to executable fault-tolerant implementations. You will own the architecture roadmap, compilation methodology, and physical resource-estimation models across different codes and architecture paradigms.
What they're looking for
- Own the roadmap for translating logical circuits into fault-tolerant operations, layouts, schedules, and costed physical implementations
- Develop code-aware lowering and resource models for surface, qLDPC, color, and emerging codes under explicit hardware, connectivity, and noise assumptions
- Lead software components and APIs for code geometry, logical operations, syndrome extraction, decoding, routing, scheduling, and magic-state factories
- Build reproducible estimators for physical qubits, runtime, space-time volume, throughput, failure probability, and uncertainty
- Benchmark decoders, QEC simulations, logical error rates, and architecture tradeoffs
- Define fault-tolerant IR constructs, backend passes, tests, and specifications with the compiler engineer on the team
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About the role
We are seeking a Quantum Fault-Tolerant Architecture Specialist to lead development of the software stack that maps logical quantum circuits to executable fault-tolerant implementations. You will own the architecture roadmap, compilation methodology, and physical resource-estimation models across different codes and architecture paradigms.
This high-ownership role sits at the boundary of quantum error correction, architecture, and software. You will define fault-tolerant semantics, reference implementations, error budgets, and validation criteria; guide a compiler engineer building production infrastructure; and partner with quantum algorithm scientists on key workloads. You will have access to advisors including Austin Fowler and Alexandru Paler, with opportunities to publish and contribute to open-source tools. This position is classified as exempt under applicable wage and hour laws.
What you'll do
- Own the roadmap for translating logical circuits into fault-tolerant operations, layouts, schedules, and costed physical implementations
- Develop code-aware lowering and resource models for surface, qLDPC, color, and emerging codes under explicit hardware,...
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