Senior Postdoc / Research Associate in Microwave and Nanofabrication for Quantum Devices, IISc Bengaluru
Job Description
This postdoc in quantum devices at IISc is a senior research associate post at the Centre for Excellence in Quantum Technology (CEQT) for a candidate from experimental condensed matter physics, microwave engineering or micro- and nanofabrication, at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics in Bengaluru.
At a glance
- Position: Senior Postdoc / Research Associate (one post)
- Where: Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics, IISc, Bengaluru
- Field: Experimental condensed matter physics, microwave engineering or physics, micro- and nanofabrication
- Pay: Rs 1,00,000 a month, consolidated and including HRA
- Duration: Extendable up to three years
- Apply by: Open until filled
About this quantum devices research post
CEQT’s openings page lists several positions in the experimental quantum optics and quantum information processing laboratory of the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics. This one is the senior postdoctoral or research associate post aimed at the device side rather than the optics side: condensed matter physics, microwave engineering or physics, and micro- and nanofabrication.
The announcement is made by Dr. C. M. Chandrashekar, an adjunct faculty member at the department, together with Dr. Baladitya Suri, whose work is in superconducting quantum circuits. The notice gives eligibility, pay and tenure; it does not publish a task list, so candidates should ask about the specific project when they write.
Who can apply
- A PhD with at least three years of experience in experimental condensed matter physics, microwave engineering or physics, or micro- and nanofabrication.
- The notice says the experience requirement can be relaxed in exceptional cases.
- Other conditions are as stated on the CEQT openings page.
Why this role matters
Superconducting quantum hardware lives or dies on unglamorous craft: a clean fabrication run, a microwave line with the right attenuation, a resonator that behaves at millikelvin. Bringing that craft into a university quantum centre is how India builds devices at home rather than importing them.
Pay and duration
The notice states Rs 1,00,000 a month, consolidated and inclusive of HRA. The tenure is extendable up to three years.
One post is advertised at this level on the device side.
How to apply
Applications go directly to the laboratory: the notice asks candidates to send a CV to chandracm@iisc.ac.in (Dr. C. M. Chandrashekar) and surib@iisc.ac.in (Dr. Baladitya Suri) at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics. There is no online form and no application fee is mentioned.
The notice states that the positions remain open until they are filled, so there is no published closing date. ResearchJobs.in has set a provisional date of 16 October 2026 and will re-check the page then.
Read the official CEQT openings page at IISc in full before applying. You can also browse research associate positions and more research jobs on ResearchJobs.in.
Hiring institution: Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
Official advertisement: ceqt.iisc.ac.in
How to prepare for this application
- Lead with fabrication: which tools you have run yourself (e-beam lithography, evaporation, sputtering, etching), and the process you developed rather than inherited.
- For microwave work, give the concrete numbers — resonator quality factors, coupling rates, the cryogenic wiring and attenuation scheme you designed.
- Say what you can measure at millikelvin temperatures and which dilution refrigerator hardware you have operated.
- Ask, politely and specifically, which project the post sits on; the notice is brief and an informed question makes a stronger first e-mail.
- Say in your covering email which of the advertised positions you are applying for, because several posts with different eligibility are listed on the same page.
- Give a short, concrete account of the optical or cryogenic set-ups you have built or run yourself, not only the results you published.
About CEQT and IISc
The Centre for Excellence in Quantum Technology (CEQT) at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, is part of the institute's initiative on quantum technology and is hosted with the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics.
IISc is a public institute of higher learning in Bengaluru, established in 1909, and runs research and postgraduate programmes across the physical, biological, mathematical and engineering sciences. The quantum work advertised here sits in an experimental quantum optics and quantum information processing laboratory on the main campus.
