Alice & Bob is a rapidly growing deeptech company going through the R&D stage to shape the future of Quantum computing. A diverse team of brilliant minds from over 20 countries, we're on a mission to revolutionize technology and benefit humanity by building thefirst universal, fault-tolerant quantum computer with a new kind of superconducting qubit: the Schrödinger cat qubit.
While we're dedicated to our work, we also value a fun and collaborative culture.
Are you ready to join us on this groundbreaking journey? Join us today!
The inherently hardware-intensive nature of our quantum chip design amplifies the need for fast, high-fidelity, and scalable simulations across the entire stack, to de-risk, compress R&D cycles and optimize what to build next. If you’re excited to turn cutting-edge numerical methods into production-grade tools that move qubits from concept to cryostat, you’ll thrive here!
About the role
As a Scientific Computational Engineer reporting to the Simulation Engine team lead, you will design, implement, optimise, and maintain the numerical methods, simulation tools and HPC pipelines that power our quantum chip design workflow. You’ll collaborate closely with quantum theorists, experimentalists, and simulation engineers to model complex physical phenomena and translate research ideas into robust and performant tools used daily across the company.
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Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to translate research ideas and needs into SOTA scientific computing methods and simulation tools, emphasising differentiability, GPU-acceleration and uncertainty-awareness.
- Design, implement, optimise and validate algorithms and numerical methods for quantum and classical physics simulations.
- Take ownership of implementing new functionalities into the simulation workflow.
- Benchmark and compare methods/tools.
- Document, maintain, and publish all developed methodologies and supporting tools.
Requirements
- PhD or 3+ years in applied mathematics, scientific computing, numerical physics, or related fields.
- Experience with PDE discretization, ODE integrators and direct/iterative linear solvers.
- Demonstrated HPC skills: parallel/distributed programming and GPU acceleration.
- Proficiency in Python and differentiable programming with JAX.
- Experience with software development and best practices.
- Ability to follow up current academic research on scientific computing.
- Professional-level English proficiency, both written and spoken.
Nice to Have
- Background in electromagnetism, superconducting circuits or quantum physics.
- Experience in surrogate modeling, reduced-order models and SciML.
- Prior knowledge or experience with UQ & sensitivity analysis.
Benefits
- Our success is your success : own it with our BSPCE plan
- Direct IP Compensation: Earn substantial bonuses for driving the core patents that define our quantum architecture.
- Flexible remote policy, up to 40 % a month
- A Parental Plan including additional benefits such as crèche support or additional days-off to take care of under 12 years old children
- Subsidized membership withUrban Sports Club
- Mental health support with moka.care
- 25-day vacation policy (as per French law) + RTT
- Half of transportation cost coverage (as per French law), or yearly allowance for the die-hard bicycle users
- Competitive health coverage, with Helium/Axa
- Meal vouchers with Swile, as well as access to a fully equipped and regularly stocked kitchen
- French language courses covered by the company for those interested
Recruitment Process
- Screening Call with Grace, Talent Acquisition Specialist (30 min)
- Hiring Manager Interview with Matthieu (45 min)
- Technical Interview/Presentation with the team (60 min)
- Leadership & Fit Interview (60 min)
- Reference Check
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You will join of one of the most innovative startups in France at an early stage, to be part of a passionate and friendly team on its mission to build the first universal quantum computer!
We love to share and learn from one another, so you will be certain to innovate, develop new ideas, and have the space to grow.
TECHNICAL & MARKET ANALYSIS | Appended by Quantum.Jobs
The Scientific Computational Engineer role is a pivotal technical leverage point in the development of fault-tolerant quantum computing (FTQC) architectures, specifically Alice & Bob's Schrödinger cat qubit modality. This function moves beyond generalized quantum simulation to develop production-grade high-performance computing (HPC) pipelines essential for rapid, data-driven optimization of physical hardware design, error suppression, and control mechanisms. The necessity for reliable simulation of complex quantum and classical physical interactions at the hardware/control layer underscores this role's strategic importance in de-risking the entire quantum chip R&D lifecycle and accelerating the path to commercially viable FTQC.
The quantum computing ecosystem is currently constrained by physical scalability bottlenecks, with hardware architectures requiring iterative, resource-intensive R&D cycles. Superconducting qubits, while mature, face inherent decoherence challenges, which Alice & Bob seeks to mitigate via the self-correcting characteristics of the cat qubit. This engineering role operates at the critical intersection of applied mathematics and quantum hardware, a structural workforce gap where deep expertise in advanced numerical methods meets practical cryostat-level physics constraints. The reliance on sophisticated simulation tools to model non-linear quantum dynamics and classical electromagnetic coupling (EM) pushes the technological readiness level (TRL) forward. The computational burden of high-fidelity simulation necessitates a shift toward HPC-optimized, GPU-accelerated, and, crucially, differentiable programming frameworks (like JAX) to enable automated gradient-based optimization of chip parameters—a competitive differentiator in the vendor landscape aiming for post-NISQ (Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum) utility. Without computational tooling that can accurately model uncertainty and complexity at scale, the physical construction and validation of next-generation quantum processing units (QPUs) becomes prohibitively expensive and slow, impacting time-to-market and long-term architectural stability.
The core technical architecture centers on leveraging High-Performance Computing (HPC) and modern machine learning frameworks to solve coupled physical simulation problems. Expertise is inferred in domain decomposition, efficient grid generation, and the selection of stable, high-order numerical integrators (PDE/ODE solvers) necessary for modeling time-dependent quantum evolution and static electromagnetic fields. The requirement for differentiable programming, particularly with JAX, signals a commitment to integrating scientific machine learning (SciML) for tasks such as surrogate modeling, model order reduction, and efficient uncertainty quantification (UQ). This capability directly enables automated optimization loops, allowing rapid iteration on chip geometry and control pulse design outside of costly cryogenic laboratory cycles. Parallel/distributed programming skills ensure that complex simulations—involving large-scale linear algebra or iterative solvers—can achieve high throughput and resource efficiency on GPU-accelerated clusters, translating theoretical gains into engineering reality via robust, validated software tools. * Establishment of a production-quality simulation validation environment, minimizing dependence on costly, low-throughput experimental resources.
* Acceleration of the quantum hardware R\&D cycle by compressing the time between theoretical concept validation and physical prototyping.
* Quantifiable reduction in quantum error rates through the integration of differentiable simulation into the physical design optimization feedback loop.
* Creation of proprietary computational IP underpinning the scalability roadmap for fault-tolerant superconducting quantum circuits.
* Enhancement of cross-disciplinary collaboration by institutionalizing a standardized, high-fidelity modeling and analysis pipeline used company-wide.
* Advancement of scientific computing state-of-the-art through novel application of JAX/differentiable programming to complex quantum systems.
* Mitigation of manufacturing variability impacts via robust uncertainty quantification integrated into the chip design process.
* Conversion of fundamental physics research into validated, scalable engineering tools that directly inform production architecture decisions.
* Setting performance benchmarks for quantum hardware design methodologies across the superconducting qubit sector.
* Building a transferable asset layer of simulation and numerical methods applicable to future quantum chip generations and modalities.
* Systemic de-risking of core hardware intellectual property by proving robustness computationally prior to fabrication.
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Industry Tags: Quantum Computing, Superconducting Qubits, Scientific Computing, High-Performance Computing (HPC), Numerical Simulation, Differentiable Programming, Quantum Error Correction, Quantum Hardware Design, Electromagnetism, PDE Solvers, JAX, Qubit Modeling.
Keywords: Scientific Computational Engineer quantum, HPC simulation superconducting circuits, JAX differentiable programming quantum, Schrödinger cat qubit simulation, fault-tolerant quantum computing design, numerical methods for quantum physics, GPU acceleration quantum computing, electromagnetic simulation quantum hardware, scientific software engineering quantum, advanced numerical physics roles, quantum R\&D cycle compression.
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