Quantum Software Engineer (RES 19-24, RF)

16 Jan 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC)

Research Field

Computer science » Other

Researcher Profile

Leading Researcher (R4)
Established Researcher (R3)

Country

Ireland

Application Deadline

12 Feb 2024 – 00:00 (UTC)

Type of Contract

To be defined

Job Status

Negotiable

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

H2020

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

The successful candidate will lead ICHEC’s work on current or future quantum software projects as a part of the ICHEC Quantum Computing Activity, which is one of the leading quantum computing programmes in Ireland and Europe, working in close collaboration with national and international research groups and enterprise partners in the area of quantum computing technologies and its application.

Duties:

The successful candidate will:

• function as the expert for quantum software engineering aspects in R&D teams on implementing hybrid quantum-classical workflows;

• work in close collaboration with project partners and external partners from research organisations and industry;

• interact with other tasks and project partners to gather requirements, discuss design and implementation;

• contribute to developing learning material and tutorials for training courses at national and European levels.

• Any other duties assigned commensurate to this level of post.

This is a role for a highly motivated problem-solver, with a creative and analytical mind to build new solutions that will have a global impact.

Qualifications/Skills required:

Essential Requirements:

A Ph.D. (with 6+ years of research/industry experience) or Masters (with 10 years+ relevant full-time post primary degree research/industry experience) in a domain related to computer science, computational science, or similar aligned with the duties outlined including team leadership.

Expertise with software design practices, version control systems, CI/CD tools.

Experience with quantum computing paradigm, quantum programming and software development toolkits/frameworks such as IBM Qiskit, Atos QLM, Intel-QS, Google Cirq, Xanadu Pennylane, or others.

Experience in at least one of the following languages: Python, C, C++, Julia, or similar.

Desirable Requirements:

Exposure to running applications at scale on HPC or cloud computing systems.

Knowledge of quantum algorithms in any of the following domains – physics or chemistry systems, optimisation, quantum-enabled machine learning, natural language processing, quantum error correction, noise modelling.

Exposure to software frameworks for data science, analytics and machine learning such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn.

Exposure to Agile/PRINCE2 project management frameworks.

Salary: Research Fellow salary scale €61,318 – €80,048 per annum, (subject to the project’s funding limitations), and pro rata for shorter and/or part-time contracts.

To Apply:

• Applications to include a 1-page motivation letter, CV (max. 3 pages), and the contact details of three referees should be sent, via e-mail (in a single PDF only) to [email protected]

• Please put reference number University of Galway 019-24 in subject line of e-mail application.

• Closing date for receipt of applications is 5.00 pm (Irish Time) Monday, February 12, 2024

Requirements
Additional Information

Website for additional job details

https://www.hipeac.net/jobs/14482/quantum-software-engineer-res-19-24-rf/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC)

Country

Ireland

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://www.ichec.ie/careers

Contact

City

Dublin + Galway

Website

https://www.ichec.ie/
https://twitter.com/ichec
https://www.ichec.ie/about_us/employment

E-Mail

[email protected]

STATUS: EXPIRED