Description

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS. Within AWS UC, Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) roles engage with AWS customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Center for Quantum Computing (CQC) is a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and technicians, on a mission to develop a fault-tolerant quantum computer.

We are looking to hire a Research Scientist with fabrication and data analysis experience working on Josephson Junction elements of a superconducting circuit. The position is on-site at our lab, located on the in Pasadena, CA. The ideal candidate will have had prior experience deep diving into fabrication details and electrical test data. We are looking for candidates with strong engineering principles, resourcefulness and data science experience. Organization and communication skills are essential.

Key job responsibilities

• Deep dive into the physics and related data associated with Josephson Junctions or metal-insulator-metal fabrication processes.

• Develop and maintain data pipeline pertinent to superconducting device fabrication, in particular Josephson Junctions or general transmon elements.

• Develop analytical tools to uncover new information about established and new junction processes.

• Generate both custom and standardized reports summarizing inline and end of line electrical and process data from product material runs.

• Devise experiments and provide recommendations for improvement of fabrication processes.

• Communicate findings with colleagues by way of crisp documentation and presentations.

A day in the life

The role will be vital to the fabrication team and quantum computing device integration mechanism. The candidate will provide the most current information to project leads and fabrication area owners to drive data driven decision of production runs. Once the fabrication run starts the candidate will stay close to the details of fabrication providing data analysis and quick feedback to key stakeholders. At the end of fabrication runs custom and standardized reports will be generated by the candidate to provide insights into data generated from the run. This position may require occasional weekend work.

Diverse Experiences

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Hybrid Work

We value innovation and recognize this sometimes requires uninterrupted time to focus on a build. We also value in-person collaboration and time spent face-to-face. Our team affords employees options to work in the office every day or in a flexible, hybrid work model near one of our U.S. Amazon offices.

About the team

Our team is comprised of scientists and engineers who are building hardware that enables quantum computing technologies. Doing that requires the fabrication of quantum devices, which necessitates staying close to the details and analyzing data while building tools to better understand the data.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Pasadena, CA, USA

Basic Qualifications

• PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of quantitative field research experience

• Experience analyzing both experimental and observational data sets

• Experience with scripting languages such as Python.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of R, MATLAB, Python or similar scripting language

• Experience with agile development

• Experience building web based dashboards using common frameworks

• Knowledge of Josephson Junction, MRAM or general MIM physics. Hands-on knowledge of junction fabrication, semiconductor processing in research and/ or industrial settings

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $124,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.