Overview In this role you advance fault-tolerant quantum computing by shaping QEC architectures and protocols within a modular, hardware-aware framework. You'll work with theorists, experimentalists, and engineers to optimize resource use and enable efficient error-corrected operations at scale. You will craft syndrome-extraction strategies, study logical-gate fault-tolerance, and contribute to validation pipelines, helping translate theory into real-world quantum capability. This position offers cross-functional impact, mentorship, and opportunities to drive transformation in quantum technology.
Compensation / Benefits- health benefits
- life benefits
- disability benefits
- retirement benefits
- paid leave
- professional development
Responsibilities- Develop and optimize fault-tolerant protocols within architectural constraints
- Improve qubit connectivity and exploit transversal/blockwise operations for performance
- Design logical-gate implementations (Clifford, non-Clifford, teleportation-based)
- Evaluate magic-state methods and scheduling
- Collaborate with atomic/solid-state physicists on constraints and resources
- Map QEC scheduling to layout, reducing temporal overhead
- Co-design logical decoder requirements with firmware/control-electronics teams
- Contribute to the logical-level Verification and Validation pipeline
- Work with modeling/simulation experts to integrate noise models and determine fault-tolerance requirements
- Collaborate with software teams to integrate QEC models/decoders into Booz Allen's quantum software stack
- Support business development aligned with mission
- Mentor junior scientists and coordinate with academic/industry partners
Key requirements- 5+ years in quantum fault-tolerance theory, decoders, and stabilizer formalism
- Experience with simulation tools (Python, Julia, QEC frameworks, tensor-network libraries)
- Peer reviewed research in quantum error correction
- Ability to collaborate with experimental teams for implementation
- Top Secret clearance
- Doctorate degree in relevant fields
- Strong collaboration across multidisciplinary teams
- Mentorship and leadership of junior scientists
- Communication of complex concepts to diverse audiences
- Quantum fault-tolerance theory
- QEC decoders and stabilizer formalism
- Simulation tools: Python, Julia, QEC frameworks, tensor-network libraries
