Senior Quantum Error Correction Research Scientist at NVIDIA (Redmond or Santa Clara, USA)
Job Description
NVIDIA is hiring a Senior Quantum Error Correction Research Scientist in Applied Research to advance fault tolerance for accelerated quantum supercomputers (requisition JR2008226).
At a glance
- Position: Senior Quantum Error Correction Research Scientist
- Where: Redmond, Washington, or Santa Clara, California, USA
- Pay: Base salary range 192,000 to 304,750 USD a year, as stated in the posting, plus equity and benefits
- 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 NVIDIA
- Path-find technical innovations in quantum error correction and fault tolerance
- Develop new approaches to decoding quantum error-correcting codes and their logical operations
- Work with multi-functional teams across Product, Engineering and Applied Research
- Work with partners across the quantum industry
The posting frames the work as technical pathfinding: taking fault-tolerance theory into practice with product, engineering and research teams. NVIDIA states that applications for this job are accepted at least until the date given in the posting, which is a minimum rather than a closing date; the role stays listed until it is filled. NVIDIA also says it uses AI tools in its recruiting process.
What NVIDIA is looking for
- A master’s degree in physics, computer science, chemistry, applied mathematics or a related engineering field, with a PhD preferred, or equivalent experience
- An extensive background in quantum information science, with six or more years in the quantum computing industry
- A demonstrated record of high-impact work in quantum error correction and decoding
Nice to have
- Scientific computing, high-performance computing, applied machine learning or deep learning
- Co-design of error correction with quantum hardware or applications
- Experience with CUDA and NVIDIA GPUs
Pay and location
Base salary range 192,000 to 304,750 USD a year, as stated in the posting, plus equity and benefits
How to apply
Apply through the official NVIDIA job posting. NVIDIA’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: NVIDIA
Official advertisement: nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
How to prepare for this application
- Codes and decoders: revise surface, colour and qLDPC codes, and the decoders used for each.
- Logical operations: prepare to discuss lattice surgery or transversal gates and their overheads.
- Hardware co-design: think through how connectivity and noise shape code choice.
- Acceleration: know where GPUs help in decoding and simulation.
- Industry impact: bring examples of work that reached a product or a partner, not only a paper.
About NVIDIA's quantum computing group
NVIDIA builds accelerated computing hardware and software, and its quantum computing group works on the classical side of quantum computers: GPU-accelerated simulation, error-correction decoding, calibration and control. Its open platforms include CUDA-Q for hybrid quantum-classical programming and the cuQuantum SDK for simulation, and the group works with supercomputing centres and quantum hardware builders rather than building its own qubits.
