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Sandia National Laboratories · 1 week ago

Postdoctoral Appointee - Quantum Performance Characterization and Information Science, NM/CA - Remote

United States

Full-time

Remote

New Grad, Entry Level

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with a focus on cutting-edge research. The Postdoctoral Appointee will engage in world-leading research in machine learning and artificial intelligence methods for quantum computing performance characterization.

GovernmentInformation TechnologyNational Security

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Work with a team developing and implementing new ML and AI methods for assessing and improving the performance of quantum computers

Interact and collaborate with a diverse set of software developers, experimentalists, and theorists at Sandia, academic institutions, other national labs, and private companies

Take ownership of technical projects, publish outstanding new developments in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and present your work at conferences

Qualification

Machine LearningQuantum ComputingPythonScientific Software DevelopmentTensorFlowResearch PublicationMathematical ModellingCode DevelopmentCollaboration

Required

A PhD in Computer Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Chemistry, or a related science or engineering field, PhD must be conferred within 5 years of employment

Experience in scientific software development in Python, including collaborative code development, code verification, and modern software quality practices

Experience with ML code development, using ML software such as TensorFlow, and the application of ML to scientific research problems