Quantum Error Correction Researcher (Distributed Architectures) at Nu Quantum, Cambridge (UK)
Job Description
Nu Quantum is hiring a quantum error correction researcher to design and benchmark new error-correction protocols for a distributed quantum architecture, where many quantum processors are linked by a quantum network. You would join a collaborative team of theorists and programmers, supported by theoretical and experimental physicists, and represent the company through publications, patents and conferences.
At a glance
- Role: Quantum Error Correction Researcher
- Location: Cambridge, UK (on site)
- Contract: Full time, permanent; visa sponsorship available
- Degree: PhD in quantum computing or related area, or equivalent industry experience
- Posted: 16 July 2026
- Apply: open until filled (re-checked 14 October 2026)
What you will do
- Develop new protocols for distributed quantum error correction
- Benchmark protocols and designs with numerical simulations
- Write code as part of a team
- Communicate with internal and external stakeholders
- Represent Nu Quantum through publications, patents and conferences
What Nu Quantum is looking for
- A PhD in quantum computing or a related area, or equivalent industry experience
- A record of high-quality publications
- Python programming
- The ability to work across teams and communicate clearly with partners
Nice to have
- Research experience in quantum error correction
- Quantum programming with Qiskit or Cirq
- Experience with classical or quantum networks
Pay and location
Nu Quantum’s posting does not state a salary. Its listed benefits include flexible working, 28 days’ annual leave (including a 3-day company shutdown) plus UK bank holidays, private medical and dental cover, an on-site gym, a cycle scheme and enhanced paid family leave.
How to apply
Apply through the official Nu Quantum job posting. Nu Quantum’s posting does not give a closing date, so the role is open until filled; ResearchJobs.in will re-check this listing on 14 October 2026. Check the posting for location and work-authorisation details before you apply.
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Hiring institution: Nu Quantum
Official advertisement: apply.workable.com
How to prepare for this application
- Read recent work on distributed and modular error correction, including noisy inter-module links.
- Bring simulation code you wrote for decoders or threshold studies.
- Prepare a short talk on one of your papers and how it would apply to networked processors.
- Show awareness of what photonic interconnect hardware can realistically deliver.
About Nu Quantum
Nu Quantum is a Cambridge, UK, quantum networking company founded to commercialise a decade of research from the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory. It builds quantum photonic hardware, including qubit–photon interfaces (QPI), quantum networking units (QNU) and cavity systems, to link quantum computers into scalable networks, and runs trapped-ion and neutral-atom testbeds to prove it.
