AI scientist for Quantum Computing

Quandela • Montreal, QC

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Quandela is a European deeptech company building modular, scalable and energy-efficient spin-photonic quantum computers. They develop the full quantum computing stack, from semiconductor quantum emitters and photonic processors to control systems, software and applications. Their platforms are available through the cloud and as on-premises systems. Their ambition is to build fault-tolerant quantum computers capable of solving problems beyond the reach of classical computation. This role is for an AI Scientist to join Quandela’s AI and Quantum Machine Learning team, focusing on developing and evaluating machine-learning approaches for quantum computing. This includes AI for quantum systems (calibration, control, decoding for quantum error correction) and quantum/hybrid machine learning, with comparisons to classical methods using their MerLin framework. The role involves research collaboration across various teams and offers significant ownership and growth opportunities within the Montreal team.

Requirements

• PhD + 3 years of experience or equivalent industrial R&D experience in machine learning.
• Strong foundations in modern machine learning, experimental methodology and model evaluation.
• Excellent scientific programming skills, particularly in Python and common machine-learning frameworks.
• Experience taking research ideas from initial exploration to robust implementation.
• Interest in working on both longer term research and concrete product problems.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work autonomously within a focused, multidisciplinary team.
• Professional fluency in English.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience applying AI to physical systems, scientific computing, hardware control or experimental data.
• Knowledge of quantum computing, quantum machine learning or photonic quantum technologies.
• Experience mentoring junior researchers or helping define technical research directions.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and train machine-learning and quantum machine-learning models.
• Develop AI methods to improve the calibration, control and performance of quantum systems.
• Benchmark classical, quantum and hybrid methods using meaningful baselines and evaluation metrics.
• Contribute actively to the development of the MerLin framework.
• Contribute to publications and collaborations with academic partners, including the Montreal research ecosystem.
• Present your work internally and at scientific conferences and technical events.
• Help define Quandela’s future AI research directions and mentor junior researchers as the team grows.

Benefits

• 20 days of paid annual leave per year
• Office closure during the end-of-year holidays
• Comprehensive group insurance: health, dental, life and disability coverage (individual or family), effective after 3 months.
• Health & dental care with no deductible, including prescription drugs, vision care and up to $1,000/year of dental.
• Generous paramedical coverage: $500/year per practitioner
• Free virtual healthcare (telemedicine)
• 24/7 nurse info line.
• Group RRSP through payroll, with employer matching up to 4% of your salary
• Contributions to the Régime de rentes du Québec (RRQ), split between employer and employee.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree