Quantum Hardware Modeling - Research Scientist
IBM · Yorktown Heights, United States · Research
About this role
IBM is hiring a mid-level Research Scientist in the machine learning function based in Yorktown Heights, United States.
- Role
- Research Scientist
- Function
- machine learning
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Yorktown Heights, United States
- Department
- Research
- Posted
- Mar 25, 2026
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Job description
from IBM careersIntroduction
At IBM Research, we are the innovation engine of IBM. Exploring what’s next in computing anda shaping the technologies the world will rely on tomorrow. From advancing AI and hybrid cloud to pioneering practical quantum computing, we anticipate challenges and unlock new opportunities for clients, partners, and society. Working in Research means joining a team that accelerates discovery at the intersection of high-performance computing, AI, quantum, and cloud. You’ll collaborate with leading scientists, engineers, and visionaries to push boundaries and turn ideas into reality. With a culture built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration, IBM Research offers the opportunity to grow your career while contributing to breakthroughs that transform industries and change the world.
Your role and responsibilities
As a Research Scientist in quantum hardware modeling you will simulate and design the next generation of IBM Quantum processors. Your expertise could span multiple fields including superconducting device theory, Hamiltonian simulations in large Hilbert spaces, electromagnetic simulation, and microwave engineering. You will help to add ambitious new technologies and capabilities to quantum processors such as novel gates and couplers, new readout and reset methods, improvements to coherence, and quantum transduction. Working closely with a multidisciplinary team of physicists and engineers you will analyze and optimize current quantum hardware, and incorporate those lessons into future device designs.