PhD - Quantum Error Correction Codes for Cat Qubits

Job summary

Responsibilities

We're a diverse team of 250+ brilliant minds from over 35 countries united by a single goal: to revolutionise computing with a practical fault-tolerant quantum machine. Are you ready to take on unprecedented challenges and contribute to revolutionising technology? Join us, and let's shape the…

• Develop and benchmark high-rate, biased-noise-adapted QEC codes and corresponding logical-gate protocols using lifted-product and asymmetric-distance constructions
• Co-design logical operations (homomorphic CNOT, transversal Clifford, algorithmic subroutines), incorporating noise bias, connectivity, and measurement constraints
• Validate designs via hardware-in-the-loop simulations and small-scale cat-qubit experiments, quantifying space–time efficiency and logical error suppression
• Benchmark biased-noise performance and decoder compatibility, providing feedback to the network’s architecture and decoder work packages
• Contribute to an open online library of high-rate codes and logical protocols for biased-noise qubits, including analysis of resource overhead, and to open datasets/tools for…

What they're looking for

• MSc degree in Quantum Engineering or Physics completed by the recruitment date
• Demonstrated background in quantum information or quantum computing (coursework, thesis, or research projects visible on your CV)
• Proficiency in scientific programming with Python
• Proficiency in English (written and oral)
• MSCA eligibility - doctoral candidate: you must NOT already hold a doctoral degree hat the date of recruitment

Tech stack

• Python