Quantum Product Architect

Job Description

Job Title: Quantum Product Architect. Location: Washington, DC (Remote) or California (Remote)

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the senior technical and strategic contact for key QPU-building partners.

• Understand each partner's architecture, technical roadmap, product strategy, and system requirements to help shape NVIDIA's computing, networking, and quantum software roadmaps.

• Develop multi-year joint roadmaps integrating partner QPUs with NVIDIA GPUs, networking, systems, and software, including CUDA-Q, CUDA-Q QEC, cuQuantum, and NVQLink.

• Move partnerships from individual integrations toward co-designed, market-ready QPU-GPU systems and reference architectures;

• Coordinate NVIDIA product, engineering, systems, networking, developer relations, and business development teams to deliver joint technical plans.

• Lead technical workshops, hackathons, and hands-on training at national laboratories, user facilities, and federal research venues.

• Represent NVIDIA at scientific and technical conferences, including SC, APS Global Physics Summit, and IEEE Quantum Week.

• Engage senior technical leaders, including division directors, principal investigators, chief scientists, and program managers, to address QPU-GPU integration, real-time control, decoding latency, and fault-tolerant computing.

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in physics, computer science, electrical engineering, applied mathematics, chemistry, or a related field, or equivalent experience. A PhD is preferred.

• 14+ years of experience in quantum information science, including 5+ years in the quantum computing industry, a national laboratory, or a similar research institution.

• Demonstrated expertise in quantum algorithms, quantum error correction, or quantum hardware and control systems, with the ability to discuss technical matters credibly with principal investigators.

• Hands-on experience in scientific computing, high-performance computing, or GPU-accelerated software development.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including public speaking to technical audiences;

• Willingness to travel approximately 40% to national laboratories, federal sites, and conferences across the United States.

• U.S. citizenship and a security clearance are required. An active TS/SCI or DOE Q clearance is strongly preferred.

Preferred:

• Experience working at or with a Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, an NQIS Research Center, or another federal institution, particularly at a leading computing facility.

• Familiarity with federal research funding, procurement, and collaboration mechanisms, including how laboratory program offices set technical direction.

• Experience in developer relations, technical evangelism, or solutions architecture in a research-facing role.

• Experience with quantum control stacks, QPU calibration, or real-time systems.

Benefits and compensation:

• Annual base salary: $320,000 to $488,750, depending on location, experience, and comparable employee compensation.

• Eligible for equity and employee benefits.

• Opportunity to contribute to advanced quantum computing integration and research infrastructure.

Other information:

• This is an existing vacancy.

• Applications are accepted at least until September 19, 2026, according to the posting.

• NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruitment processes;

• NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on protected characteristics.