Scientific Software Engineer - Shuttle Compilation at QuEra Computing Inc.
Tsukuba, JapanFull-timeScientific Software and CompilationPosted about 2 months ago
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<p><strong>Summary</strong></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">QuEra Computing, Inc. seeks a creative and collaborative Scientific Software Engineer to help solve the unique software challenges of integrating high-level applications into state-of-the-art neutral-atom quantum computers. You will have the opportunity to work with a vibrant scientific software team and a community of industry and academic collaborators and to help our growing team of diverse experts address fascinating challenges, ranging from classical compiler techniques to direct integration with low-level hardware components. Using our open-source toolchain, Kirin, you will be building QuEra’s compiler pipeline together with experimental & computational physicists from low-level hardware instructions to high-level programming languages. This involves the development of new features and infrastructure for hardware execution. You will be co-designing compilers and hardware infrastructure for the next generation of quantum computing using cutting-edge neutral-atom and quantum error correction technologies. This emerging direction involves novel challenges in both engineering and science.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">In this Japan-based role, you will focus on </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">movement/shuttling-aware compilation and optimization</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> and support engagement of users of QuEra’s </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Gemini-class</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> neutral-atom system integrated into AIST’s </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">ABCIQ</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> hybrid quantum-classical computing environment.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Develop and maintain compiler components and APIs for </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">atom shuttling / movement-aware compilation</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">, contributing directly to </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Bloqade Shuttle</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> and </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Bloqade Lanes</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">.</span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Implement and improve <strong><span data-contrast="auto">optimization methods</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> relevant to shuttling workflows (e.g., routing/scheduling/planning heuristics, constraint-aware transformations, and cost-model-driven compilation decisions).</span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Collaborate with scientists and hardware/control teams to translate experimental constraints into robust compiler abstractions and execution-ready instruction streams (including shuttling and related low-level features).</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Provide <strong><span data-contrast="auto">customer and collaborator support in Japan</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">, including issue triage, reproducing bugs, delivering fixes, and supporting integration/operations for the </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">ABCIQ / AIST</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> deployment.</span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Uphold strong engineering practices in public repos: code review, CI/testing, release hygiene, and thoughtful API evolution.<span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Ph.D. in Computer Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.</span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Strong software engineering skills in <strong><span data-contrast="auto">Python</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> (type hints, testing, packaging, tooling), and comfort working across a scientific codebase.</span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Experience with at least one of: <strong><span data-contrast="auto">optimization</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">, </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">graph algorithms</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">, </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">routing/scheduling</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">, </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">path planning</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">, or related algorithmic areas.</span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines (software, AMO/experimental physics, hardware/control, applications).</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Fluent in Japanese and English</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> for technical communication with customers and the global team.</span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Demonstrable experience contributing to <strong><span data-contrast="auto">open-source projects on GitHub</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> (PRs, reviews, issue-driven development).</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong>Preferred Qualifications</strong></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">Background in </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">AMO physics</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> and/or neutral-atom quantum computing concepts relevant to shuttling and gate-model execution.</span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Experience with </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">compiler infrastructure</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> (IR design, SSA-based approaches, LLVM/MLIR-style concepts) or DSL/eDSL development.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Experience with Rust in addition to Python.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Familiarity with </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">quantum error correction</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> workflows and hardware/software co-design in hybrid quantum-classical settings.</span> </li>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">科学ソフトウェアエンジニア</span></strong><strong><span data-contrast="auto"> - </span></strong><strong><span data-contrast="auto">シャトルコンパイル（日本）</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">職務内容</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">QuEra Computing, Inc.</span><span data-contrast="auto">では、最先端の中性原子量子コンピュータへの高レベルアプリケーションの統合という独自のソフトウェア課題の解決を支援する、創造性と協調性を兼ね備えた科学ソフトウェアエンジニアを募集しています。活気ある科学ソフトウェアチームや、産学の協力者コミュニティと共に働き、古典的なコンパイラ技術から低レベルハードウェアコンポーネントとの直接統合に至るまで、多様な専門家からなる成長中のチームが取り組む魅力的な課題の解決に貢献する機会を得られます。当社のオープンソースツールチェーン「</span><span data-contrast="auto">Kirin</span><span data-contrast="auto">」を活用し、実験物理学者や計算物理学者と共に、低レベルのハードウェア命令から高レベルのプログラミング言語に至るまで、</span><span data-contrast="auto">QuEra</span><span data-contrast="auto">のコンパイラパイプラインを構築していただきます。これには、ハードウェア実行のための新機能やインフラの開発が含まれます。最先端の中性原子技術や量子エラー訂正技術を用いて、次世代量子コンピューティングのためのコンパイラおよびハードウェアインフラを共同設計していただきます。この新たな方向性は、工学と科学の両面で斬新な課題をもたらします。</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">日本を拠点とするこの役割では、</span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">移動／シャトル対応のコンパイルおよび最適化</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">に注力し、産業技術総合研究所（</span><span data-contrast="auto">AIST</span><span data-contrast="auto">）の</span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">ABCI-Q</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">ハイブリッド量子・古典計算環境に統合された</span><span data-contrast="auto">QuEra</span><span data-contrast="auto">の</span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Gemini</span></strong><strong><span data-contrast="auto">クラス</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">中性原子システムのユーザー支援を行います。</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">職務内容</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">原子シャトル／移動対応コンパイル</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">のためのコンパイラコンポーネントおよび</span><span data-contrast="auto">API</span><span data-contrast="auto">を開発・保守し、</span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Bloqade Shuttle</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">および</span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Bloqade Lanes</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">に直接貢献します。</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
</ul>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">シャトルワークフローに関連する</span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">最適化手法</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">（例：ルーティング／スケジューリング／プランニングのヒューリスティック、制約を考慮した変換、コストモデル主導のコンパイル決定）を実装し、改善します。</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">科学者やハードウェア／制御チームと協力し、実験上の制約を堅牢なコンパイラ抽象化および実行可能な命令ストリーム（シャトルや関連する低レベル機能を含む）に変換します。</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">日本国内の顧客および協力者へのサポート</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">を提供します。これには、課題の優先順位付け、バグの再現、修正の提供、および</span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">ABCI-Q / AIST</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">展開における統合・運用サポートが含まれます。</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">公開リポジトリにおいて、コードレビュー、</span><span data-contrast="auto">CI/</span><span data-contrast="auto">テスト、リリース管理、そして慎重な</span><span data-contrast="auto">API</span><span data-contrast="auto">の進化といった、堅実なエンジニアリングプラクティスを維持します。</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">応募資格</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">コンピュータサイエンス、物理学、応用数学、または関連分野の修士号、あるいは同等の実務経験。</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Python</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">（型ヒント、テスト、パッケージング、ツール）における強力なソフトウェアエンジニアリングスキル、および科学分野のコードベースでの作業に慣れていること。</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
</ul>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">最適化</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">、</span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">グラフアルゴリズム</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">、</span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">ルーティング／スケジューリング</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">、</span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">経路計画</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">、または関連するアルゴリズム分野のいずれか</span><span data-contrast="auto">1</span><span data-contrast="auto">つ以上の経験。</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
</ul>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">分野（ソフトウェア、</span><span data-contrast="auto">AMO</span><span data-contrast="auto">／実験物理学、ハードウェア／制御、アプリケーション）を越えて効果的に協働できる能力。</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
</ul>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">顧客やグローバルチームとの技術的なコミュニケーションのために、</span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">日本語と英語に堪能</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">であること。</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
</ul>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">GitHub</span></strong><strong><span data-contrast="auto">上のオープンソースプロジェクト</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">への貢献実績（プルリクエスト、レビュー、イシュー駆動型開発）。</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">歓迎する資格</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">AMO</span></strong><strong><span data-contrast="auto">物理学</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">および／またはシャトル法やゲートモデル実行に関連する中性原子量子コンピューティングの概念に関する知識。</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
</ul>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">コンパイラインフラストラクチャ</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">（</span><span data-contrast="auto">IR</span><span data-contrast="auto">設計、</span><span data-contrast="auto">SSA</span><span data-contrast="auto">ベースのアプローチ、</span><span data-contrast="auto">LLVM/MLIR</span><span data-contrast="auto">スタイルの概念）または</span><span data-contrast="auto">DSL/eDSL</span><span data-contrast="auto">開発の経験。</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
</ul>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Python</span><span data-contrast="auto">に加え、</span><span data-contrast="auto">Rust</span><span data-contrast="auto">の経験。</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">量子エラー訂正</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">のワークフロー、およびハイブリッド量子・古典環境におけるハードウェア／ソフトウェアの共同設計に精通していること。</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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