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Bringing together state-of-the-art cryogenic facilities and an outstanding interdisciplinary team, we are developing quantum processors based on industrial-grade silicon chips, with the potential to radically transform computing power in areas such as materials modelling, medicine, artificial intelligence and more.Since 2021 our team has been listed every year in the “Top 100 Startups worth watching”in the EE Times, and our technology breakthroughs have been featured in The Telegraph, BBC and the New Statesman. Our founders are internationally renowned researchers from UCL and Oxford University who have pioneered the development of qubits and quantum computing architectures. Our chairman is the co-founder of Cadence and Synopsys, the two leading companies in the area of Electronic Design Automation. We’re backed by a team of top-tier investors including Bosch Ventures, Porsche SE, Sony Innovation Fund, Oxford Sciences Innovations, INKEF Capital and Octopus Ventures, and we have so far raised over £62 million in equity and grant funding.\nWe bring together the brightest quantum engineers, integrated circuit (IC) engineers, quantum computing theoreticians and software engineers to create a unique, world-leading team, working together closely to maximise our combined expertise. Our collaborative and interdisciplinary culture is an ideal fit for anyone who thrives in a cutting-edge research and development environment focused on tackling big challenges and contributing to the development of scalable quantum computers based on silicon technology.\nOur team of 100+ is based in London and Oxford, with international offices in Australia (Sydney) and Spain (San Sebastián).\nOur Team\nThis role focuses upon tailoring high-level quantum algorithms to run on our hardware. Successful candidates will be familiar with the established toolset of quantum algorithms and understand the compilation tools required to map circuits to a target gate set.\nWith consideration of various quantum error correction schemes and the specifics of Quantum Motion hardware, you will research and develop processes to run circuits on target architectures while monitoring the resources consumed. Candidates should have experience working with the surface code and the use of factories to produce resource states. This role does not require prior understanding of Quantum Motion’s silicon-spin hardware platform, with knowledge expected to develop on the job while working with other researchers in the team. This role will provide a critical interface between applications and hardware development at Quantum Motion, allowing us to identify algorithms that are compatible with future iterations of our hardware.\nIn addition to an established research background, we are looking for candidates with strong communication skills who can discuss with both applications and error correction / architecture researchers to understand capabilities.\nThis role will involve working with in-house software engineers to automate the algorithms compilation process, primarily through the Python-based ecosystem of quantum software libraries.\nThis is therefore a rare and exciting opportunity to be an early employee at a start-up shaping the future of quantum computing. Being a small team and having a flat structure, this is a great opportunity to contribute to new developments within the field. 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