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Senior Research Scientist
| Company | Google |
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| Location | Goleta, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $166000 – $244000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | PhD |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- PhD degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Chemistry, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Experience in electromagnetic modeling or electromagnetism theory
- Experience with superconducting qubits.
Responsibilities
- Work on Electromagnetic modeling (EM) of superconducting chips and packaging for new flagship and testbed designs.
- Apply the results of EM simulations for predicting fidelities of quantum gates.
- Analyze coupling between different elements of the quantum circuit with the analysis of chip modes and packaging modes affected by the chip structures.
- Work on numerical analysis using High Frequency Structural Simulator (HFSS) and other EM simulators.
- Analyze surface loss contributions to the qubit T1 budget with the development and maintenance of software, and connecting EM simulations to the design workflow.
- Collaborate with teams focused on design and fabrication using theoretical analysis to improve qubit coherence and gate operations.
- Present your work at internal and external meetings, and in journal papers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in computational electromagnetics.
- Experience in designing microwave components and packaging.
- Experience with condensed matter physics.
- Experience with qubit layout and verification with the knowledge of quantum gates.
- Experience in collaborating with experimentalists on various projects.
- Knowledge of coding with Python.
