Principal Quantum System Architect

Job description

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. 

The Microsoft Quantum team is redefining what is possible with technology, creating unprecedented possibilities to solve humanity’s most complex challenges. Our team combines hardware innovation with software technologies and Azure services to build scalable quantum technologies in an industry-leading quantum ecosystem. This Senior Quantum Architect position offers an opportunity to have a meaningful impact on the design of future scalable quantum computers. 

We are seeking a Principal Quantum System Architect to play a central role in conceptualizing, designing, and evaluating quantum computing systems that may be based on many different qubit technologies from the novel to the well-established. 

For more information about our team, visit https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/quantum.   

• Evaluate different quantum computing qubit technologies to identify system bottlenecks and key trade-offs
• Construct performance models and determine optimal system requirements
• Develop advanced toolsets for modeling quantum components
• Determine novel quantum applications and evaluate the quantum resources needed to execute them on a quantum system architecture
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