Senior Quantum Fault-Tolerance Architect at eleQtron (Siegen, Germany)

Job Description

eleQtron is hiring a Senior Quantum Fault-Tolerance Architect to shape its route to logical quantum computing: deciding which error-correction strategy its trapped-ion processors should be built around, and leading the team that works it out.

At a glance

• Position: Senior Quantum Fault-Tolerance Architect
• 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 senior fault-tolerance architect role at eleQtron

• Develop and drive fault-tolerant strategies and logical architectures for trapped-ion MAGIC quantum processors
• Lead hardware-aware error-correction studies and guide architectural decisions for future processor generations
• Coordinate performance models that connect hardware characterisation, circuit-level noise models and logical performance metrics
• Work with the system architecture, operations, software engineering and applications teams on co-designing fault-tolerant machines
• Help build and mentor a growing fault-tolerance team

This is the senior half of a pair of new posts in the Foundations and Concepts team, and the emphasis is on leadership and architecture: your conclusions are meant to change what the next generation of processors looks like. 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

• A PhD in physics, quantum information and computation, or a closely related field
• Exceptional postdoctoral or industrial research experience in quantum error correction, ideally including logical architecture design
• Demonstrated scientific leadership and the ability to drive independent research
• The ability to work effectively across theory, hardware, software and engineering
• Fluent communication in English

Nice to have

• Experience with trapped-ion architectures in particular
• A track record of co-design work with hardware teams
• Experience recruiting and mentoring researchers

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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