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IQM provides both on-premises full-stack quantum computers and a cloud platform to access its computers anywhere in the world. IQM customers include the leading high-performance computing centres, research labs, universities and enterprises which have full access to IQM's software and hardware. IQM has over 300 employees with offices in Finland, Germany, France, Spain, Poland, South Korea Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and the US.\n(www.meetiqm.com)\nWe are looking for a Quantum Error Correction Engineer. In this role, you turn quantum error correction theory into practical building blocks for fault-tolerant quantum computing. You will help design, analyze, and implement error-correcting codes and decoding algorithms that pave the way for scalable fault-tolerant quantum computing architectures. Your work connects theory with hardware reality and plays a central role in shaping how our quantum processors scale reliably. The position is based in Munich, Germany.\nWhat will I be doing?\nDevelop and analyze quantum error-correcting codes with realistic connectivity and hardware constraints\n\nDesign and evaluate fault-tolerant operations, including multi-qubit logical gate strategies such as lattice surgery\n\nContribute to fault-tolerant quantum algorithms and algorithm-specific error correction approaches\n\nDesign, benchmark, and improve decoding algorithms, including: graph-based decoders (belief propagation, union-find, minimum-weight perfect matching) and machine-learning-based decoding approaches\n\nImplement and optimize decoding algorithms in Python, C/C++, or Rust, with potential deployment on FPGA platforms\n\nPerform resource estimation and scalability analysis for error-corrected architectures\n\nCollaborate closely with hardware, control, and software teams to ensure alignment between error correction strategies and real QPU capabilities\n\nPublish and present high-impact research results in leading scientific journals and conferences\n\nMaintain high internal and external code quality standards, ensuring scalability and long-term maintainability\nPlease find examples of our research via the following links:\n\nLogical Operators and Derived Automorphisms of Tile Codes\n\nTile Codes: High-Efficiency Quantum Codes on a Lattice with Boundary\n\nLogical Operators and Fold-Transversal Gates of Bivariate Bicycle Codes\n\nQuantum error detection in qubit-resonator star architecture\n\nNear-optimal decoding algorithm for color codes using Population Annealing\n\nSmall Quantum Codes from Algebraic Extensions of Generalized Bicycle Codes\n\nWhat skills do I need?\nPh.D. in theoretical physics, computer science, applied mathematics, or a similar field\n\nDeep knowledge of quantum error-correcting codes, fault-tolerant quantum algorithms, or decoding algorithms\n\nAt least 2 years of professional experience developing scientific software in Python, C/C++, or Rust\n\nA strong 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