Quantum Hardware Engineer
Superlinear · Posted Nov 11, 2026
- Chicago, Illinois, United States +1 more
- On-site
- Contract
- $100–$100 per hour
Operate and maintain a superconducting qubit laboratory, characterize processors, calibrate gates, and manage system measurements.
Locations (2)
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Palo Alto, California, United States
Compensation
$100/hour during the contract; salary and equity on conversion.
Responsibilities
- Run the superconducting qubit lab at IQMP
- Characterize the 9‑qubit transmon processor after warm‑up and cooldown
- Calibrate gates and maintain system drift baselines
- Debug microwave measurement and signal‑chain issues
- Log and script measurements and analyses
Requirements
- Nice to have: Bluefors XL‑series experience
- Nice to have: TWPA operation
- Nice to have: commercial control stack experience (Rigetti, Qblox, Quantum Machines, Zurich Instruments)