As a DOE National QIS Research Center, QSA seeks to catalyze the national quantum ecosystem by connecting a growing interdisciplinary workforce and a vibrant ecosystem with job opportunities. QSA’s workforce development activities are designed to engage the workforce across the entire education spectrum, from high school through postdoc, helping build the quantum-ready workforce of tomorrow. Below are available jobs and student opportunities in QSA’s 15 partner institutions.
Microfabrication Engineer CO-OP
Level: BS
Institution: MIT LL
Location: Lexington, Massachusetts
Electronic-Photonic Process Design Kit (PDK) Development Engineer
Level: No degree requirement
Institution: MIT LL
Location: Lexington, Massachusetts
Integrated Circuit (IC) Layout and Mask Design Engineer
Level: No degree requirement
Institution: MIT LL
Location: Lexington, Massachusetts
Superconductor Electronics Architect
Level: PhD or MS and 5+ years experience
Institution: MIT LL
Location: Lexington, Massachusetts
Systems Administrator
Level: BS Degree
Institution: MIT LL
Location: Lexington, Massachusetts
Engineering Specialist – Superconducting Device Testing
Level: Associates or BS Degree
Institution: MIT LL
Location: Lexington, Massachusetts
Quantum Applications Scientist
Level: PhD (or MS and 5+ years experience or BS and 10+ years experience)
Institution: MIT LL
Location: Lexington, Massachusetts
Quantum Modeling and Simulation
Level: PhD or MS and 5+ years experience
Institution: MIT LL
Location: Lexington, Massachusetts
Superconducting Qubit Experimentalist
Level: PhD or MS and 5+ years experience
Institution: MIT LL
Location: Lexington, Massachusetts
Tech Staff-Quantum Algorithms
Level: PhD (or MS and 5+ years experience or BS and 10+ years experience)
Institution: MIT LL
Location: Lexington, Massachusetts
Quantum Scientist (Quantum Error Correction
Level: PhD
Institution: MIT LL
Location: Lexington, Massachusetts
Research Scientist 1; Research Study
Level: PhD
Institution: MIT
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Assistant or Associate Professor tenure track
Level: PhD
Institution: University of Washington
Location: Seattle, Washington
QEC Applications Scientist
Level: Masters or PhD
Institution: Riverlane
Location: Seattle, WA (or Massachusetts or New York)
PostDoctoral Associate
Level: Postdoctoral Associate
Institution: University of Colorado, Boulder
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Postdoctoral Associate / Research Associate / Senior Research Associate
Level: PhD
Institution: University of Colorado, Boulder
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Software Platform Engineer
Level: Bachelor’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, CO
Sr. Mechanical Engineering Technician
Level: High School Diploma/GED
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, CO
Sr. Embedded Software Engineer
Level: Masters/PhD
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, CO
Senior Advanced Photonic Fabrication Research Scientist
Level: PhD
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Gaithersburg, MD
R&D Manager – Hardware Architecture
Level: Master’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, CO
Quantum Hardware, On-Premises Installation
Level: Bachelor’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Brooklyn Park, MN; Broomfield, CO
Quantum Hardware Manufacturing Manager
Level: Bachelor’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, CO
Quantum Hardware Lead, On-Premises Installation
Level: Bachelor’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Golden Valley, MN
Principal Systems Engineer
Level: Bachelor’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, CO
Photonics Packaging Scientist
Level: Bachelor’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Photonics Engineer
Level: Bachelor’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Opto-Mechanical Assembly Technician
Level: High School Diploma, GED
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, CO
Optics R&D Technician
Level: Associate’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Mechanical Design Engineer
Level: Bachelor’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, CO
Lead Photonics Scientist
Level: Master’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Lead Optical Manufacturing Engineer
Level: Bachelor’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, CO
Lead Optical Engineer
Level: Master’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, CO
Lead Laser Scientist
Level: Bachelor’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, CO
Lead Digital Electrical Engineer
Level: Bachelor’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, CO
Lead AMO Theory Architect
Level: PhD
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, CO; Brooklyn Park, MN
Ion Trap Top Metal Designer
Level: Master’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, Colorado; Golden Valley, MN
FPGA Design Engineer
Level: Bachelor’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, Colorado
Experimental Physicist
Level: PhD
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Golden Valley, MN
Experimental Physicist
Level: PhD
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, CO
Electrical Engineering Technical Manager
Level: Bachelor’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, CO
Director of Microfabrication
Level: Bachelor’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Plymouth, MN
Director – Hardware Producibility and Manufacturing COE
Level: Bachelor’s
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, Colorado, US Remote
Atomic Source Developer/Physicist
Level: PhD
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, Colorado
Quantum Computing Scientist
Level: PhD
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, Colorado
General Interest in working for Quantinuum
Level: Varied
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: New Mexico
General Interest in working for Quantinuum
Level: Varied
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Minnesota
General Interest in working for Quantinuum
Level: Varied
Institution: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, Colorado
Faculty Position
Level: PhD
Institution: Caltech
Location: Pasadena, California
Scientist and Engineer
Level: Scientist and Engineer (no specific level)
Institution: QoLab
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Engineer
Level: Engineer (no specific level)
Institution: QoLab
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Postdoctoral Fellow
Level: Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution: University of New Mexico
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Open Rank in Quantum Information Science & Engineering
Level: PhD
Institution: University of New Mexico
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Director of the Center for High Tech Materials
Level: PhD
Institution: University of New Mexico
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Assistant Professor
Level: PhD
Institution: University of New Mexico
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Postdoctoral Fellow
Level: Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Location: Berkeley, California
Postdoctoral Fellow
Level: Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Location: Berkeley, California
Project Scientist
Level: PhD
Institution: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Location: Berkeley, California
Postdoctoral Fellow
Level: Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Location: Berkeley, California
Postdoctoral Appointee
Level: Postdoctoral Appointee
Institution: Sandia National Laboratories
Location: Livermore, California
Postdoctoral Appointee – Experimental Quantum Computing
Level: Postdoctoral Appointee
Institution: Sandia National Laboratories
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Postdoctoral Appointee
Level: Postdoctoral Appointee
Institution: Sandia National Laboratories
Location: Livermore, California
Intern (Quantum Info & Nanosystems)
Level: Bachelor’s degree (student)
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Location: Lexington, MA (On-Site)
Intern (Quantum Info)
Level: Bachelor’s degree (student)
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Location: Lexington, MA (On-Site)
Intern (Business)
Level: Bachelor’s degree (student)
Institution: Sandia National Laboratories
Location: Albuquerque, NM (Remote)
Intern (Photonic Microsystems Technologies)
Level: Bachelor’s degree (student)
Institution: Sandia National Laboratories
Location: Albuquerque, NM (On-Site)
Intern (R&D Fellowship Undergrad Summer)
Level: Bachelor’s degree (student)
Institution: Sandia National Laboratories
Location: Livermore, CA (On-Site)
Intern (Technical Fellowship Undergrad Summer)
Level: Bachelor’s degree (student)
Institution: Sandia National Laboratories
Location: Livermore, CA (On-Site)
Intern (Business Undergraduate Summer)
Level: Bachelor’s degree (student)
Institution: Sandia National Laboratories
Location: Albuquerque, NM (On-Site)
Intern (Photonic Microsystems)
Level: Bachelor’s degree (student)
Institution: Sandia National Laboratories
Location: Albuquerque, NM (On-Site)
Intern (Quantum Algorithms/Error Correction/Scientific Software)
Level: M.Sc. or PhD student
Institution: QuEra
Location: Boston, MA (On-Site)
Intern (Software Development)
Level: Bachelor’s degree (student)
Institution: QuEra
Location: Boston, MA (On-Site)
Technical Writer
Level: Bachelor’s degree
Institution: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Location: Berkeley, CA (On-Site)
2025 Computing Sciences Student Program
Level: Undergrad (current student)
Institution: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Location: Berkeley, CA (On-Site)
Chamberlain Fellow
Level: PhD
Institution: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Location: Berkeley, CA (On-Site)
Postdoctoral Scholar
Level: PhD
Institution: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Location: Berkeley, CA (On-Site)
Postdoctoral Fellow (Quantum Controls)
Level: PhD
Institution: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Location: Berkeley, CA (On-Site)
Postdoctoral Fellow Quantum Computing
Level: PhD
Institution: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Location: Berkeley, CA (On-Site)
Experimental Postdoctoral Physicist for Quantum Computing and Networking
Level: PhD
Institution: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Location: Berkeley, CA (On-Site)
Axions and Quantum Sensing Postdoctoral Fellow
Level: PhD
Institution: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Location: Berkeley, CA (On-Site)
Advanced Quantum Testbed (AQT) Postdoctoral Fellow
Level: PhD
Institution: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Location: Berkeley, CA (On-Site)
Postdoctoral Appointee (Integrated Silicon Photonics)
Level: PhD
Institution: Sandia National Laboratories
Location: Albuquerque, NM (On-Site)
Postdoctoral Appointee (Advanced Microelectronic Hardware)
Level: PhD
Institution: Sandia National Laboratories
Location: Albuquerque, NM (On-Site)
Postdoctoral Appointee (Quantum Photonics)
Level: PhD
Institution: Sandia National Laboratories
Location: Albuquerque, NM (On-Site)
Postdoctoral Appointee (Quantum Microelectronics Devices and Physics)
Level: PhD
Institution: Sandia National Laboratories
Location: Albuquerque, NM (On-Site)
Postdoctoral Appointee (Quantum Information/Quantum Computing Scientist)
Level: PhD
Institution: Sandia National Laboratories
Location: Albuquerque, NM (On-Site)
Postdoctoral Appointee (Quantum Hardware Engineering)
Level: PhD
Institution: Sandia National Laboratories
Location: Albuquerque, NM (On-Site)
Postdoctoral Appointee (Quantum Algorithms & Applications)
Level: PhD
Institution: Sandia National Laboratories
Location: Livermore, CA (On-Site)
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor
Level: PhD
Institution: University of Maryland, College Park
Location: College Park, MA (On-Site)
Graduate Assistant
Level: Must be enrolled at University of Maryland
Institution: University of Maryland, College Park
Location: College Park, MA (On-Site)
Graduate Assistant (Communications)
Level: Must be enrolled at University of Maryland
Institution: University of Maryland, College Park
Location: College Park, MA (On-Site)
Administrative Assistant (Quantum Group)
Level: High School diploma or equivalent
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Location: Lexington, MA (On-Site)
Administrative Assistant (Quantum Group)
Level: High School diploma or equivalent
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Location: Lexington, MA (On-Site)
Electrical Engineer / Physicist
Level: Master’s Degree (or Bachelor’s degree with experience)
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Location: Lexington, MA (On-Site)
RF Engineer / Quantum Physicist
Level: Master’s Degree (or Bachelor’s degree with experience)
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Location: Lexington, MA (On-Site)
Engineering Specialist (Superconducting Device Testing)
Level: Two or four-year degree
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Location: Lexington, MA (On-Site)
Electronic-Photonic Process Design Kit (PDK) Development Engineer
Level: No degree requirements (see application)
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Location: Lexington, MA (On-Site)
Integrated Circuit (IC) Layout and Mask Design Engineer
Level: No degree requirements (see application)
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Location: Lexington, MA (On-Site)
Quantum Applications Scientist
Level: PhD (or Master’s or Bachelor’s degree with experience)
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Location: Lexington, MA (On-Site)
Technical Staff (Quantum Algorithms)
Level: Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Location: Lexington, MA (On-Site)
Software Engineer Intern
Level: Internship
Institution: Atlantic Quantum
Location: Cambridge, MA (On-Site)
Quantum Circuit Design Engineer Intern
Level: Internship
Institution: Atlantic Quantum
Location: Cambridge, MA (On-Site)
Quantum Research Scientist (Measurement)
Level: PhD
Institution: Atlantic Quantum
Location: Cambridge, MA (On-Site)
Software Engineer
Level: Bachelor
Institution: Atlantic Quantum
Location: Cambridge, MA (On-Site)
Quantum Control Software Engineer
Level: Bachelor
Institution: Atlantic Quantum
Location: Cambridge, MA (On-Site)
Quantum Research Scientist (Device Theory)
Level: PhD
Institution: Atlantic Quantum
Location: Cambridge, MA (On-Site)
Quantum Photonics Group Laboratory Engineer
Level: Bachelor’s degree
Institution: California Institute of Technology
Location: Pasadena, California (On-Site)
Postdoctoral Associate
Level: PhD
Institution: University of Colorado Boulder
Location: Boulder, CO (On-Site)
Postdoctoral Scholar – Theory of superconducting quantum devices
Level: PhD
Institution: Universite de Sherbrooke
Location: Québec, Canada (On-Site)
Director of the Center for High Tech Materials
Level: PhD required
Institution: University of New Mexico
Location: Albuquerque, NM (On-Site)
Assistant Professor
Level: PhD required
Institution: University of New Mexico
Location: Albuquerque, NM (On-Site)
Post Doctoral Fellow – CQuIC
Level: PhD required
Institution: University of New Mexico
Location: Albuquerque, NM (On-Site)
Associate or Full Professor in Experimental Quantum Computing
Level: PhD required
Institution: University of Southern California
Location: Los Angeles, CA (On-Site)
