Experimental Physicist

**About us**:
Our company and its innovations have appeared in the pages of Time Magazine, Fast Company, MIT Technology Review, Forbes, INC Magazine and Wired. As of August 8, 2022, our company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange as $QBTS.

**About the role**:
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We are looking for a creative, energetic, and self-motivated Experimental Physicist to join our Processor Development (PD) team. The PD team at is composed of experienced and talented superconducting designers, fabrication engineers, software developers and physicists who work together to create the processors at the heart of our quantum computer and are constantly pushing the boundaries of the technology of the future.

**You will work in one or more of the following areas**:

- Characterizing, understanding and reducing noise in superconducting circuits
- Modeling, assessing and improving real-world performance of our quantum processors
- Characterizing and calibrating our superconducting quantum processors
- Parametric design of novel devices and/or device enhancements to improve processor performance or enable new capabilities
- Assessing and understanding the impact of the processor’s environment, including packaging, IO, electronics and cryogenic elements and developing models and approaches to improve it

**What you’ll do**:

- Develop and execute experimental procedures to quantify, understand, and operate a wide range of superconducting devices
- Come up with new ideas to improve processor operation or performance and develop parametric designs to implement them
- Develop theoretical models and simulations to represent and understand experimental results on physical devices
- Develop analysis routines to fit theoretical models to data and to detect outlier behaviour in large complex systems of superconducting devices
- Regularly and clearly document experimental results for the broader processor development team
- Create and contribute to software infrastructure for modeling, calibrating and operating processors

**What you’ll bring**:

- Ph.D. or M.Sc. in physics or a related discipline, or equivalent experimental research experience
- Strong critical thinking and technical problem solving skills
- Skill in independent research and evidence of deep understanding in your area of expertise
- An ability to come up to speed in new technical topics quickly and effectively
- Strong software development experience related to experimental design and automation, data acquisition, and data analysis; and a willingness to learn new programming languages and software concepts as needed
- A collaborative mindset and a demonstrated ability to work effectively on an interdisciplinary team, on a wide variety of problems
- Excellent communication skills and experience with summarizing experimental results for a broad audience
- Ability to adapt to shifting priorities in a time-sensitive environment

In addition to base salary, this role is also eligible to participate in our Annual Incentive Plan (Bonus plan), equity grants and programs, PTO, and a comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, STD, LTD, and Travel Insurance.

**Additional information**:
We celebrate diverse perspectives to drive innovation in our pursuit. Our employees range from distinguished domain experts with decades of experience in their respective fields, to bright and motivated graduates eager to make their mark.

Our diverse and innovative team will make you feel appreciated, supported and empower your career growth at D-Wave.