Senior Quantum Measurement Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Quantum Measurement Engineer

Location:

• Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Kongens Lyngby, Copenhagen, Denmark

Job Type:

• Full-time
• Hybrid, 3 days per week in-office
• Travel: Less than 25%

Responsibilities:

• Develop and automate qubit experiments and calibration routines to enable robust, repeatable, and scalable qubit operation.
• Identify opportunities to streamline and automate quantum measurements.
• Apply machine learning and AI methods where appropriate to improve measurement throughput and reproducibility.
• Guide collaboration across Quantum teams and help teams share and reuse technical work effectively;
• Document work and make relevant information available internally and externally to the team.
• Communicate results, insights, and recommendations clearly to multidisciplinary audiences to support data-driven decisions.
• Maintain safety, security, and compliance with applicable policies.

Qualifications:

• Doctorate in Physics, Engineering, or a related field plus industry or R&D experience, including potentially postdoctoral research.
• Or Master's degree in Physics, Engineering, or a related field plus solid industry or R&D experience;
• Or Bachelor's degree in Physics, Engineering, or a related field plus significant industry or R&D experience.
• Equivalent industry experience may also qualify.
• Experience with low-noise electronic measurements, including lock-in amplifiers and analog pre-amplifiers.
• Experience with cryogenic techniques, including He3 cryostats or dilution refrigerators.
• Experience with electrical transport characterization for semiconductors, dielectrics, or superconductors.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements;
• Ability to meet applicable export-control requirements and provide citizenship or permanent residency documentation where required.
• Ability to use AI tools for performance modeling, analysis, research, and task automation.
• Ability to design and build AI agents or copilots for experiment setup, log triage, measurement report generation, protocol templating, and knowledge retrieval.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctorate in Physics, Engineering, or a related field with the corresponding level of industry or R&D experience.
• Solid experience with RF reflectometry measurements and time-domain control of qubits.
• Experience using AI/ML tools to accelerate qubit bring-up and tuning.
• Experience building automated, production-quality data and analysis pipelines.
• Experience developing code in a version-controlled environment such as Git or SVN.
• Experience with the physics of Majorana bound states and topological properties of matter.

Benefits and Compensation:

• Netherlands base pay range: €78,800 to €133,300 per year.
• Denmark base pay range: DKK 715,600 to DKK 1,201,100 per year.
• Certain roles may be eligible for additional benefits and compensation.
• The position is open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.

Other Information:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check is required upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
• The role may involve access to export-controlled information under regulations including ITAR, EAR, and EU Dual Use regulations.
• Citizenship or protected residency status may need to be verified with appropriate documentation;
• Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.
• Microsoft may use AI technology in its hiring processes with human oversight and judgment.