Senior Researcher

Closing date: 28 February 2023 at 11:59PM 

College of Science and Engineering

Fixed Term Contract - Available for 24 months; Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week.

2 Posts Available.

The School of Informatics, are looking to recruit two Senior Researchers.

The Opportunity:

The School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, invites applications for two Senior Researcher on the project “Autonomous quantum technologies (AutoQT)” funded by the Innovate UK. This project will bring together industry leaders in the field of quantum computing to develop different types of qubits and test an intelligent qubit control system. This will involve the use of an artificial intelligence system designed to monitor and tweak the qubits, ensuring optimum performance without continual human input. The successful candidate will join a team focussed on conducting leading UK research into hardware testing for emerging scalable quantum devices.

The post offers an active role in steering this exciting project to a position of international leadership in its field. The successful candidate should have a PhD in Computer Science or Physics, and a strong background and track record on quantum verification or quantum machine learning to be able to supervise other students in the team, as well as extensive experience driving forward multidisciplinary research projects.

The successful candidate will join a team focussed on conducting leading UK research into quantum hardware testing.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Essential

• A PhD in Computer Science or Physics.
• Experience and evidence of effective independent research work within an interdisciplinary team. More broadly, demonstrated ability to lead, design and complete research projects, to solve problems independently and make original contributions to research.
• Excellent technical expertise and experience in all relevant areas: complexity theory, noise analysis, models of computing, protocol design, software development.
• A track record of first-author and collaborative publication in high-quality journals or conferences, including in quantum computing literature.
• A track record of successfully managing multidisciplinary teams in the context of multi-partner projects.
• Extensive experience of working with multiple allied partners in research networks.
• Extensive experience of providing analysis and technical advice to senior managers.
• Excellence in written and oral communication, analytical, planning, and time management skills.

Desirable

• An established research interest in the quantum verification or machine learning.

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