Job Summary:
NVIDIA is a leader in accelerated computing, seeking a passionate AI research scientist with expertise in quantum computing. The role focuses on developing AI solutions for fault-tolerant quantum systems and advancing the state of the art in quantum error correction and calibration.
Responsibilities:
• Design and architect AI/ML models—including deep neural networks, graph neural networks, transformers, and reinforcement-learning agents—for quantum error correction, syndrome decoding, logical operation synthesis, and real-time calibration in fault-tolerant quantum systems.
• Develop cutting-edge AI techniques for quantum computing that contribute to NVIDIA's open model efforts across the quantum ecosystem.
• Help create high-quality, large-scale datasets for quantum error correction and quantum system characterization, including simulated and hardware-derived syndrome data, enabling the community to train and evaluate AI models at scale.
• Collaborate with quantum hardware teams to collect and structure hardware-derived training data, enabling domain-adapted models that improve over time as hardware matures.
• Co-design AI solutions with quantum hardware and software teams, ensuring decoders and calibration models meet latency and throughput requirements for real-time operation inside fault-tolerant feedback loops.
• Communicate research findings through top-tier venues and collaborate with academic and industry partners to advance the field, while championing a culture of rapid innovation, technical depth, and creative problem solving.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Degree in Computer Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (Ph.D. strongly preferred); equivalent demonstrated experience also considered.
• 8+ years of combined experience in quantum computing and/or AI/ML research, with a track record of high-impact contributions in at least one of these domains.
• Deep expertise in machine learning and deep learning—including model architecture design, training at scale, and evaluation—applied to scientific or engineering problems.
• Strong background in Quantum Information Science, including quantum error correction, fault-tolerant protocols, and quantum noise models.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with multi-functional teams across research, engineering, and product.
Preferred:
• Hands-on experience developing learned decoders or AI-driven calibration systems for quantum hardware (superconducting qubits, trapped ions, or other platforms).
• Experience with large-scale model training and fine-tuning—including parameter-efficient fine-tuning (LoRA, QLoRA, adapters) and domain adaptation for scientific AI models.
• Proficiency with CUDA and NVIDIA GPU programming for accelerating quantum simulation, AI model training, or real-time decoding workloads.
• Experience with high-performance computing (HPC) environments and distributed training frameworks (e.g., PyTorch Distributed, Megatron-LM, or JAX pmap) for large-scale quantum AI workloads.
• Passion to drive AI innovations into NVIDIA software and hardware products that support the broader quantum computing ecosystem.
Company:
NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI. Founded in 1993, the company is headquartered in Santa Clara, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.