The GWDG is seeking a
Quantum Computing Expert (m/f/d)
to join an interdisciplinary team of HPC experts in the working group “Computing” (AG C), full-time (39 hours per week), remunerated in accordance with TVöD E 13. The position is tied to the GWDG QC project’s runtime running till October 2029. The successful candidate is expected to contribute in developing GWDG’s QC ecosystem (see responsibilities listed below). The GWDG handles sensitive data, and in such cases, it is important that the code is human-verified for any security concerns. The applicant must demonstrate the ability to do such a verification without AI assistance in the interview.
The Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG) is the university computing center for the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and a computing and IT competence center for the Max Planck Society. The provision of high-performance HPC systems has been one of its tasks for over 40 years. In 2020, the University of Göttingen / GWDG was accepted as one of eight computing centers (NHR-Nord@Göttingen) in the National High-Performance Computing (NHR) network. The GWDG also operates the national AI service center KISSKI and is a partner in the EU AI Factory HammerHAI. Furthermore, the GWDG operates HPC resources for the German Aerospace Center (DLR). As a national supercomputing center, the GWDG provides technical support to researchers and students from various scientific domains, including digital humanities, life science, earth system science, and engineering. We also participate in both national and international research projects. In the field of quantum computing, the GWDG also runs the QUICS project, providing SMEs with access to quantum computing resources.
We are looking for highly motivated candidates to join the QC team at the GWDG focused on anomaly detection for industry applications. The goal is to build a platform for such use cases based on existing stacks, giving companies a tool for quantum anomaly detection.
The GWDG together with the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science and the Campus Institute Data Science (CIDAS) of the University of Göttingen provides a stimulating research environment in Scientific Computing, with an opportunity to conduct research in the intersection of applied computer science, High-Performance Computing, Quantum Computing, and AI.
Responsibilities
Focus: Integration of quantum-based algorithms into classical computing environments, and system-level stability/error analysis of the integrated hybrid stack.
The role goes beyond merely operating existing quantum software stacks. It also involves designing modular, hardware-agnostic backends capable of seamlessly integrating both simulators and current NISQ devices. This requires:
- Running simulations on HPC systems, including efficiently parallelizing computational tasks
- Writing HPC-executable, production-ready code
- Ensuring scalability and robustness of algorithms in large-scale environments
- Identifying and resolving error sources in the integrated hybrid stack, particularly cascading errors across modules
- Developing independent code for simulations, extending beyond the use of standard software libraries
Requirements
- PhD and/or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Physics, or a related field, combined with demonstrable industry or research experience
- Proven coding experience (without AI assistance): scope, functions, variables, classes, array methods, etc.
- Good knowledge of diverse quantum hardware, error correction/mitigation strategies, and respective SDK ecosystems (Qiskit, Cirq, Braket, Qrisp, AutoQML, etc.)
- Advanced linear algebra knowledge: matrix diagonalization methods, magnus expansion, Zassenhaus formula, group theory
- Advanced quantum physics knowledge: quantum circuit design, Trotterization, quantum machine learning, etc
- Demonstrated experience running simulations on HPC systems
- Excellent teamwork and communication skills
- Fluent English (spoken and written)
Do you fit all the above requirements? Then we welcome your application!
Desirable
- Hands-on experience with multiple quantum SDKs (Qiskit, Cirq, Amazon Braket, PennyLane)
- Experience implementing or working with quantum error mitigation/correction techniques
- Experience running large-scale quantum simulations on HPC clusters (e.g., GPU-accelerated state-vector or tensor-network simulators)
- Contributions to open-source quantum computing libraries, or published work on quantum algorithms
- Familiarity with ion-trap or other NISQ hardware platforms
- Knowledge in writing bash scripts for HPC job submission
- German B2 or higher
Our offer
- Flexible working hours and opportunity for partial mobile working
- A modern, diverse work environment at the intersection between academia and industry
- An interesting, versatile job in a large, internationally operating IT competence center
- Qualification and further development of your skills
- Social benefits of the public sector