Quantum Performance Engineer

At ParTec AG, we design, build, and support purpose-built heterogeneous supercomputer solutions for science using our modular supercomputing architecture approach.

As a hardware-agnostic system provider, we work closely with leading technology vendors in the field. For building some of the largest and most complex supercomputers in Europe, we integrate a broad range of products and compute technologies of different origin and maturity level into total system solutions using our ParaStation Modulo software suite.

We are expanding our business activities around High-Performance Computing and Quantum Computing and are looking for a

Quantum Performance Engineer

Job Summary

This position involves working with existing and emerging quantum benchmarks to measure and optimise their performance on quantum simulators and on real quantum hardware, as well as projecting performance to future quantum systems.

Primary duties and responsibilities

Complete performance-based benchmark tests in a timely manner, often under short deadlines, to support customer workloads as well as internal product decisions.
Continuously monitor and analyze performance metrics to identify trends, patterns, and areas of improvement.
Generate reports and provide insights on performance, capacity planning, and optimization strategies to stakeholders and management (experience with MS Office tools is required).
Understand quantum computer architectural components and features, as well as performance estimation methodologies used to provide required information and performance assessments for benchmarks on future ParTec and competitive systems.
Provide clear and concise performance assessment information for current and future products in the quantum market.
Identify solutions, define action plans, and help coordinate and deliver optimal enhancements and solutions. Recommend configurations and settings for different types of hardware to be used by ParTec customers.
Maintain current knowledge of competitors’ and ParTec’s products and relevant quantum performance optimization techniques to ensure ParTec’s ability to provide high-quality system and application performance results.
Collaborate closely with colleagues across the company, as well as peers outside the company, to produce optimal performance results of quantum benchmark codes run on ParTec platforms.
Building, debugging, running, optimizing and benchmarking popular existing and emerging quantum benchmarks in on-prem and in cloud simulators, using most suitable toolchains.

Required skills and experience

Bachelor degree [Masters or PhD preferred] in a technical field (Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, etc.).
Three years working experience in quantum benchmarking, quantum compilers or related area.
The ability to work well with others to accomplish targeted goals.
The ability to convey highly technical materials to a variety of audiences both inside and outside of ParTec.
Keen analytical skills and problem-solving ability.
The willingness and ability to recognize and address issues encountered when working with leading edge technology, to work under demanding deadlines, and to coordinate multiple tasks in a fast-paced challenging environment.
Fluency (written & spoken) in English is required.
Experience with major quantum computing frameworks (e.g. Qiskit, Cirq) programming environment i.e. runtime and compilers (circuit and pulse level).
A demonstrated ability to implement and design abstractions to simplify the development of quantum circuits, e.g. OpenQASM 2 and 3
Experience in quantum code synthesis and transpilation approaches, e.g. BQSKit
Experience with quantum and hybrid classic/quantum algorithms: Grover’s algorithm, QFT, VQE, QAOA, QSVM
Experience with creating customized quantum algorithms and integrating them into classical application codes.
Experience of quantum simulator backends, including building custom noise models for noisy simulations.
Experience of running quantum algorithms on real hardware
Excellent problem-solving skills and analytical ability
Excellent competence in Python
Good knowledge of at least one open-source quantum simulator backend, e.g. Qiskit Aer, Pennylane Lightning, Cirq
Good knowledge of at least one high level compiled programming language, e.g. C, C++, Fortran
Familiarity with Linux and shell scripting
The ability to quickly learn new skills
Using HPC systems for running scientific/engineering codes (desirable)

Job conditions

Flexible work hours, flexible workplace including home office
Office environment available at our German headquarter in Munich
Occasional travels, mostly to destinations in Europe

This is an exciting opportunity in one of the most advanced and dynamically developing fields of computing.

If you are interested in working with us, please send your application with resume and salary expectations to career.sales@par-tec.com.