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.
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)
Quantum Modeling and Simulation
Level: PhD (or Master’s or Bachelor’s degree with experience)
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Location: Lexington, MA (On-Site)
Quantum Sensor Physicist (Technical Staff)
Level: PhD
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Location: Lexington, MA (On-Site)
Quantum Information Processing
Level: PhD
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Location: Lexington, MA (On-Site)
Quantum Materials Engineer (Entry Level)
Level: Bachelor’s degree
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)
Microelectronics Senior Process Technician
Level: Technical school or equivalent
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)
Quantum Software Engineer
Level: Bachelor’s degree
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Location: Lexington, MA (On-Site)
Technical Staff – Pointing/Acquisition/Tracking and Controls Engineer (Optical Lasercom)
Level: PhD (or Master’s Degree with experience)
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Location: Lexington, MA (On-Site)
Technical Staff – System Analyst / System Engineer (Optical)
Level: PhD (or Master’s Degree with experience)
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Location: Lexington, MA (On-Site)
Research Scientist (Superconducting Qubit Experimental Research)
Level: PhD (or Master’s Degree with experience)
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Location: Lexington, MA (On-Site)
Quantum Physicist
Level: PhD
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)
Quantum Computer Scientist
Level: Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree
Institution: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Location: Lexington, MA (On-Site)
Assistant Professor, Physics – Optical Quantum Physics
Level: PhD
Institution: Colorado School of Mines
Location: Golden, CO (On-Site)
Software Intern – Device Theory
Level: Internship
Institution: Atlantic Quantum
Location: Cambridge, 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)
Resnick Sustainability Institute's Pioneer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Level: PhD
Institution: California Institute of Technology
Location: Pasadena, California (On-Site)
EXP Fellowships in Experimental Physics and Astrophysics
Level: PhD
Institution: California Institute of Technology
Location: Pasadena, California (On-Site)
Burke Fellowships in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics
Level: PhD
Institution: California Institute of Technology
Location: Pasadena, California (On-Site)
AWS Quantum Postdoctoral Scholars
Level: PhD
Institution: California Institute of Technology
Location: Pasadena, California (On-Site)
IQIM Postdoctoral Scholars
Level: PhD
Institution: California Institute of Technology
Location: Pasadena, California (On-Site)
NCWIT Elevate Quantum Senior Project Manager
Level: Bachelor’s Degree
Institution: University of Colorado Boulder
Location: Boulder, CO (On-Site)
Postdoctoral Associate
Level: PhD
Institution: University of Colorado Boulder
Location: Boulder, CO (On-Site)
PostDoctoral Associate
Level: PhD
Institution: University of Colorado Boulder
Location: Boulder, CO (On-Site)
Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty in Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
Level: PhD
Institution: University of Colorado Boulder
Location: Boulder, CO (On-Site)
Research scientist in quantum technology
Level: PhD
Institution: Universite de Sherbrooke
Location: Québec, Canada (On-Site)
Postdoctoral Scholar – Theory of superconducting quantum devices
Level: PhD
Institution: Universite de Sherbrooke
Location: Québec, Canada (On-Site)
Tenure-Track Professor in Quantum Science and Engineering
Level: PhD required
Institution: Harvard University
Location: Boston, Massachusetts (On-Site)
Tenure-Track Professor in Materials Science and Engineering
Level: PhD required
Institution: Harvard University
Location: Boston, Massachusetts (On-Site)
Harvard Quantum Initiative Prize Postdoctoral Fellow
Level: PhD required
Institution: Harvard University
Location: Boston, Massachusetts (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)
Sr Research Scientist 1
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)
Post Doctoral Fellow
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)
Simons Collaboration Assistant Professor (RTPC) of Mathematics
Level: PhD required
Institution: University of Southern California
Location: Los Angeles, CA (On-Site)
Assistant Professor in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Level: PhD required
Institution: University of Southern California
Location: Los Angeles, CA (On-Site)
Assistant, Associate, Full Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Level: PhD required
Institution: University of Southern California
Location: Los Angeles, CA (On-Site)
