Machine Learning Engineer: AI for Quantum

Job title:

Machine Learning Engineer: AI for Quantum

Company

Quantinuum

Job description

Designing, building, programming, and using a quantum computer poses numerous challenges. Modern AI methods show promise in tackling them, and such a project requires the application of modern machine learning techniques. At Quantinuum we are currently forming a new team to implement our AI strategy, successful applicants will have the opportunity to help us build this.As a Machine learning Engineer in the AI for Quantum team, you will use state-of-the-art methods, in collaboration with quantum computing scientists, to solve hard problems arising in the full quantum computing stack, such as circuit compilation, searching for error-correcting codes, even identifying quantum advantage by providing the quantum computer as a backend to a tool-using AI system.Responsibilities:

• Develop software infrastructure to facilitate the application of ML methods to solve problems in the quantum computing stack.
• Write code to enable the running and recording of large-scale experiments in improving the quantum computing stack, using existing ML libraries when appropriate.
• Run experiments in improving the quantum computing stack.

Key Requirements:

• Master’s Degree or Ph.D. in Physics, Computer Science, Computational Chemistry, Applied Mathematics, or related engineering field or equivalent experience.
• Experience in using deep learning methods, such as large language models, reinforcement learning, as well as other machine learning methods, in a scientific context, and at large scale.
• Familiarity with using high performance compute clusters and multi-GPU servers.
• Familiarity with the commonly-used ML toolkits, such as PyTorch and TensorFlow.

Desirable Skills:

• Familiarity with quantum computing concepts, or a related field such as quantum many-body physics.
• Experience contributing to open-source software.
• Strong background in software engineering, specifically experience in scientific software development.

What is in it for you?Working alongside a highly talented team, with leading names in the quantum computing industry. We offer a highly competitive package, equity, 28 days of paid holiday (in addition to public holidays), a workplace pension, a positive approach to flexible working and enhanced parental and adoption benefits.About Us:Science Led, Enterprise Driven – Accelerating Quantum ComputingQuantinuum is the world’s largest integrated quantum company, pioneering powerful quantum computers and advanced software solutions. Quantinuum’s technology drives breakthroughs in materials discovery, cybersecurity, and next-gen quantum AI. With approximately 500 employees, including 370+ scientists and engineers, Quantinuum leads the quantum computing revolution across continents.We unite best-in-class software with high-fidelity hardware to accelerate quantum computing. With integrated full-stack technology, our world-class team is rapidly scaling quantum computing. We’re hiring the world’s best talent to make it happen. Join us!Quantinuum recently secured $300m in funding, visit our news pages to learn more about this and other Quantinuum scientific breakthroughs and achievements: https://www.quantinuum.com/newsPlease note that employment with us is subject to successfully passing our pre-employment screening checks. We are an inclusive equal opportunity employer. You will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status.

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 23:17:36 GMT

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