Quantum Design Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Quantum Design Engineer. Location: Garching, Germany

Job Type: Full-time, on-site or hybrid

Responsibilities:

• Design and simulate superconducting qubits and multi-qubit circuits focusing on coherence, fidelity, and intrinsic error resilience
• Develop new architectures that reduce reliance on external error correction by embedding protection at the design level
• Analyze and benchmark decoherence mechanisms, minimizing loss, noise sensitivity, and crosstalk in circuit geometries;
• Extend design workflows using electromagnetic solvers such as Ansys HFSS or similar tools combined with circuit-level simulations
• Collaborate closely with fabrication and measurement engineers to translate designs into manufacturable quantum devices
• Iterate rapidly between simulation, fabrication, and measurement to improve device performance
• Document results and analyze experimental feedback to continuously refine designs

Qualifications:

• PhD in Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related field, or MSc with significant industry experience
• 3+ years of experience in superconducting quantum circuit design, including qubit layout, coupling, and signal routing
• Strong understanding of decoherence mechanisms and transmission line theory;
• Experience with RF and microwave components in quantum systems
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across multidisciplinary teams
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)

Preferred:

• Experience with electromagnetic simulation tools such as Ansys HFSS, Sonnet, or similar
• Strong Python programming experience for simulation and modeling
• Experience designing coupling architectures and signal routing for multi-qubit systems;
• Familiarity with fabrication and measurement workflows in quantum hardware development
• Experience working in cross-functional research and engineering environments

Benefits and Compensation:

• Competitive compensation with additional benefits
• Relocation support
• Corporate fitness programs and health benefits
• Opportunity to define early-stage quantum hardware architecture roadmap
• Work in a leading European quantum research and innovation hub in Munich region

Other Information:

• Mission-driven role focused on error-protected quantum processor design
• Designs move quickly from simulation to fabrication to measurement
• Strong emphasis on collaboration across design, fabrication, and experimental teams
• Open to diverse backgrounds; encouragement to apply even if not all requirements are met
• Application requires CV and optional project or simulation example