Quantum Error Correction Scientist at eleQtron (Siegen, Germany)
Job Description
eleQtron is hiring a Quantum Error Correction Scientist into its Foundations and Concepts team, to build the simulation and benchmarking machinery that will tell the company which error-correction strategy its trapped-ion machines should aim for.
At a glance
- Position: Quantum Error Correction Scientist
- Where: Siegen, Germany
- Pay: eleQtron states a competitive salary with flexible working hours, individual training, a fitness benefit and a relocation bonus, but does not give a figure
- Type: Full time, permanent
- Apply by: open until filled; re-check before applying
- Apply: open until filled (re-checked 16 October 2026)
About the quantum error correction scientist role at eleQtron
- Build simulation and benchmarking infrastructure for realistic fault-tolerance studies, based on noise models derived from the company’s own hardware
- Analyse logical performance, decoder strategies, resource requirements and the scaling behaviour of error-correction architectures
- Work with system operators, architects and application scientists to connect hardware characterisation with logical-level performance
- Contribute to early logical-computing demonstrations
The posting is open to a strong MSc as well as a PhD, and makes a point of the stage: you would be joining early enough to help build the infrastructure itself rather than inheriting it. The posting does not give a closing date, so the role stays listed until it is filled. Re-check the official posting before you apply.
What eleQtron is looking for
- An MSc with an outstanding thesis, or a PhD, in physics, quantum information, computer science or a closely related field
- A solid background in quantum error correction and fault-tolerant quantum computing, such as stabiliser formalisms, decoder frameworks or realistic noise modelling
- Excellent analytical skills in numerical simulation and performance modelling
- The ability to work in an international team at the interface of theory, software and hardware
- Fluent communication in English
Nice to have
- Experience with trapped-ion systems or with microwave-controlled qubits
- Experience turning measured hardware data into circuit-level noise models
- Familiarity with open-source stabiliser simulators and decoder libraries
Pay and location
eleQtron states a competitive salary with flexible working hours, individual training, a fitness benefit and a relocation bonus, but does not give a figure
How to apply
Apply through the official eleQtron job posting. eleQtron’s posting does not give a closing date, so the role is open until filled; ResearchJobs.in will re-check this listing on 16 October 2026. Check the posting for location and work-authorisation details before you apply.
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Hiring institution: eleQtron
Official advertisement: eleqtron.recruitee.com
How to prepare for this application
- Model real noise: show that you can go from measured hardware errors to a circuit-level noise model, which is the heart of this role.
- Simulate at scale: bring experience with stabiliser simulation and be ready to discuss where it becomes expensive.
- Ion traps are different: read how MAGIC microwave control works, because the error model differs from superconducting qubits.
- MSc applicants, lead with the thesis: the advertisement explicitly opens the door to an outstanding master's thesis.
- Build, don't just analyse: the post is about infrastructure, so show code others went on to use.
About eleQtron
eleQtron, a spin-out from the University of Siegen, builds full-stack quantum computers from trapped ions. Its MAGIC approach (magnetic gradient induced coupling) controls the ions with microwaves rather than with the many precisely aligned laser beams that ion traps usually need, which the company argues is easier to scale and to engineer into a reliable product.
