As Principle Device Theorist, you will lead the way developing theoretical tools to understand and improve Rigetti’s superconducting quantum computers. You and our team of theorists, working alongside experimental teams, will push the limits of QPU performance and scale through circuit QED modeling that optimizes qubit operations, explains anomalies, and points to new directions for research and development. You will lead efforts to improve gate operation fidelity, readout, coherence, and noise reduction. This role requires collaboration across all of our technical disciplines, including control systems, circuit design, software, and fabrication, to advance Rigetti’s goals to achieve quantum advantage and error correction.
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About Rigetti
Rigetti Computing is a pioneer in full-stack quantum computing. The company has operated quantum computers over the cloud since 2017 and serves global enterprise, government, and research clients through its Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services platform. The company’s proprietary quantum-classical infrastructure provides ultra-low latency integration with public and private clouds for high-performance practical quantum computing. Rigetti has developed the industry’s first multi-chip quantum processor for scalable quantum computing systems. The company designs and manufactures its chips in-house at Fab-1, the industry’s first dedicated and integrated quantum device manufacturing facility. Rigetti was founded in 2013 and today employs more than 150 people with offices in the United States, U.K., and Australia. Learn more at www.rigetti.com.
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