Quantum Information Scientist - Quantum Error Mitigation H/F Quandela

Join a growing quantum-computing company where your research can directly contribute to the performance of future quantum architectures.

• Help establish Quandela's internal capability in Quantum Error Mitigation.
• Work with real architecture constraints rather than idealised systems alone.
• Collaborate closely with Quantum Information, Device Physics and FTQC researchers.
• Grow your scientific ownership as the team and its research scope expand.

Plus:

• Competitive compensation aligned with your experience and level of responsibility.
• Company savings plan.
• 100% health coverage through Alan.
• Transport reimbursement or sustainable mobility bonus.
• Swile meal vouchers.
• Access to Gymlib.

Process

• Talent Acquisition interview, 30-45 min
• Interview with Quantum Information hiring manager, 30-45 min
• Presentation of previous research workand discussion with members of the theory team
• Reference checks
• Technical discussion based on a scientific paper or research topic
• Offer
  

The technical discussion is intended to understand how you approach scientific material, identify relevant constraints and connect your expertise to a concrete quantum-computing problem.

Beyond that:
If you have experience in Quantum Error Mitigation and want to apply it to real quantum architectures, we would love to hear from you, even if your previous work was carried out on a different hardware platform.

What you'll do:

As a Quantum Information Scientist working on Quantum Error Mitigation, you will:

• Develop and adapt QEM methods for photonic and spin-photonic architectures.
• Evaluate their performance, feasibility and implementation cost.
• Study how mitigation and Quantum Error Correction can complement each other across different operating regimes.
• Use realistic noise models and hardware constraints to assess their impact on computational fidelity and achievable circuit depth.
• Build scientific prototypes and numerical tools to test and compare different approaches.
• Work closely with FTQC and Device Physics researchers on noise, errors and architecture-level trade-offs.
• Contribute to benchmarking and broader performance-analysis activities within the team.
• As methods mature, collaborate with Q.Algorithms and Software teams on application-level studies and implementation.

How you'll grow:

During your first 3 months:
become familiar with Quandela's architectures, noise models and FTQC roadmap, and identify relevant mitigation approaches.

Within 6-12 months:
develop and test QEM methods adapted to our systems and take increasing ownership of QEM / QEC and performance studies.

Longer term:
help shape how mitigation is used across future architectures and explore applications of mature methods at algorithm and software level.

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What we're looking for:

We are looking for a researcher with hands-on experience in Quantum Error Mitigation and an interest in applying quantum-information theory to real quantum-computing systems.

Your background may also include noisy quantum systems, QEC, benchmarking or hardware-aware quantum computing. What matters is that you have already worked directly with mitigation methods and can adapt them to new physical constraints.

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Must-have:

• PhD in Quantum Information, Quantum Computing, Theoretical Physics or a closely related field.
• Research experience in Quantum Error Mitigation, through the development, analysis or application of mitigation methods.
• Good understanding of noisy quantum systems and how errors affect quantum computations.
• Ability to critically assess scientific literature and adapt existing methods to new systems or architectures.
• Experience

Quandela is a European start up that provides photonic quantum computers that are modular, scalable, energy-efficient and accessible both on the cloud and on premise.

Our team of 85 employees, specialises in the development of both software and hardware solutions for a variety of quantum applications. We offer a wide range of services, from developing the most efficient and brightest single photons sources, to creating algorithms for quantum computers and providing cloud quantum computing solutions.

Quandela plays a pivotal role as a strategic partner in the quantum transformation of industrial sectors such as energy, finance, pharmaceuticals, and transportation. Furthermore, we are esteemed collaborators within the academic and research community.

• Following a successful €50 million fundraising in 2023, we are now scaling up our commercial ventures alongside our ongoing research endeavors.
• Quandela has been chosen to participate in the French Tech 2030 program, which aims to bolster French companies pioneering groundbreaking innovations.