Quantum Benchmarking Intern

SRI International•Arlington, VA

5d•$20 - $38•Hybrid

About The Position

How do you define quantum advantage? The Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C®) is an international association managed by SRI with a mission to grow the quantum economy via community-building and collaboration. QED-C seeks an intern to assist in enhancing and implementing new application-oriented benchmark programs and techniques in a public open-source project. Several leading quantum computing companies are involved in the effort; the intern will interact with and learn from technical experts in the quantum industry. Learn more about QED-C at quantumconsortium.org The intern will work a hybrid schedule if local to SRI’s Arlington, VA office or work fully remotely if not local to the Arlington office.

Requirements

Current undergraduate or graduate students with a demonstrable interest in quantum technology
Coursework or developer certification in quantum algorithms
Expertise in at least one (preferably more) quantum programming environments such as Qiskit, Cirq, Braket, PennyLane, or Q#
Experience implementing quantum algorithms on NISQ computers
Proficient with Python and GitHub
Experience with Jupyter Notebook, plotting libraries, cloud-based or containerized deployment of applications, and graphical user interfaces
Strong written and verbal technical writing and presentation skills

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of common quantum computing benchmarking methodologies
Familiarity with existing quantum computing software repositories, e.g., on GitHub and particularly https://github.com/SRI-International/QC-App-Oriented-Benchmarks
Demonstrated contributions to or leadership on a collaborative, open-source project

Responsibilities

The intern will develop and implement algorithms to run on quantum computing simulators and on multiple quantum computing hardware systems.
The intern will draft technical documentation, contribute to technical manuscripts, and regularly present their progress to the Standards & Performance Metrics Technical Advisory Committee.