Amazon
Applied Scientist, Superconducting Digital and Cryogenic Control Electronics,Center for Quantum Computing, Physical Design and Simulation, Enabling Technologies
$172K–$222K
San Francisco, CA · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Experience
- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience.
- Education
- PhD, or Master's degree
About the job
Researches and designs superconducting digital circuits and cryogenic control electronics for scalable quantum processors, from modeling and simulation through layout and fabrication handoff.
What you'll do
- Design, simulate, and verify superconducting digital circuits and cryogenic control/readout electronics.
- Assess system-level trade-offs, including wiring, power, latency, and footprint, and communicate recommendations.
- Co-design control interfaces with qubit-device colleagues and deliver reviewed, tapeout-ready design artifacts.
What they ask for
- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience.
- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals.
- Programming experience in Java, C++, Python or a related language.
- Experience in at least one listed area: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, or high-performance computing.
Nice to have
- Experience using Unix/Linux.
- Experience in professional software development.
Pay
171,600.00 - 222,200.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Java, C++, Python, Unix/Linux
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