Vacancies

Fellow

DC1.1

Host

FREIE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN

Secondments

EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, QUIX QUANTUM BV

Fellow

DC1.2

Host

EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH

Secondments

POLITECNICO DI MILANO, QUANTINUUM LTD

Fellow

DC1.3

Host

UNIWERSYTET GDANSKI

Secondments

FREIE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN, ALICE & BOB

Deadline

30 December 2026

The position is offered within the project “Bridging Quantum and Classical Error Correction for Scalable Fault-tolerant Quantum Computing” (QuBriC), implemented under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks, Horizon Europe programme (Grant Agreement No. 101312335). The research will be conducted under the supervision of Markus Grassl (Project Lead and Co-supervisor) and Marcin Pawłowski (Co-supervisor). The project focuses on developing methods that bridge quantum and classical error correction to improve the reliability and scalability of quantum computers. The doctoral candidate’s research will focus on algebraic constructions of quantum error-correcting codes adapted to realistic channel and noise models. The work will include analysing code properties, developing new algebraic constructions, evaluating decoding efficiency, and deriving bounds on code parameters. Expected outcomes include new code construction methods, evaluation criteria, and open libraries of quantum codes and benchmarks.

Fellow

DC2.1

Host

EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Secondments

RIVERLANE LTD, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II

Are you fascinated by quantum computers and eager to help make that potential a reality? Do you enjoy research and want to join a world-class European consortium shaping the future of quantum computing? Then join QuBriC, a pan-European doctoral network on quantum error correction, as a PhD candidate at TU/e, designing next-generation codes and decoders for real quantum hardware.

Fellow

DC2.2

Host

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

Secondments

UNIWERSYTET GDANSKI, QUANDELA

Fellow

DC2.3

Host

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE

Secondments

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II, QUANTINUUM LTD

Fellow

DC2.4

Host

POLITECNICO DI MILANO

Secondments

EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH, EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, IQM

Fellow

DC3.1

Host

RIVERLANE LTD

Secondments

DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, PASQAL

Fellow

DC3.2

Host

CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB

Secondments

DUKE UNIVERSITY, IQM

Deadline

30 November 2026

Decoding is one of the major computational challenges in quantum error correction. A useful decoder must infer the most likely errors from incomplete and noisy measurements, while operating within extremely tight latency and hardware constraints. In this project, you will explore whether modern machine-learning (ML) methods can provide new solutions to this problem.

Fellow

DC3.3

Host

KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE

Secondments

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, ALICE & BOB

Deadline

16 December 2026

The Communications Engineering Lab (CEL) at KIT is currently seeking to recruit, starting February 1st, 2027 or later, limited to three years, one Doctoral candidate / Research associate (f/m/d) Working on the development of ultra-low latency parallelised decoding of quantum error correction coding schemes for future quantum computers within the framework of the European Doctoral Training Network “QuBriC” on “Bridging Quantum and Classical Error Correction for Scalable Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing” (QuBriC Doctoral Candidate 3.3). Your research will sit at the interface between the classical and quantum worlds. The position is part of QuBriC, the first pan-European doctoral network dedicated entirely to quantum error correction, bringing together 16 academic institutions and 7 industrial partners across 11 countries. You will join a cohort of 15 doctoral candidates based in Europe's leading quantum error correction (QEC) groups, and you will meet them regularly at network-wide training schools, workshops and conferences. You will be supervised by Prof. Dr. Laurent Schmalen (https://www.cel.kit.edu/english/team_schmalen.php) and Dr. Hedongliang Liu (https://www.cel.kit.edu/team_liu.php) at KIT.

Fellow

DC3.4

Host

THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

Secondments

KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE, QUANDELA, IQM

Fellow

DC4.1

Host

IQM

Secondments

CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE

Deadline

23 December 2026

The PhD project focuses on successfully implementing and testing quantum error correction (QEC) protocols on hardware-efficient quantum processors (QPUs). You will have access to IQM's co-designed architecture QPU to benchmark QEC codes efficiency on those QPUs. Joining our QEC Operations team, you will combine Python development, experiments on superconducting quantum processors, and data analysis to improve and demonstrate QEC performance. You will develop calibration procedures and fundamental operations such as qubit reset and leakage reduction units. Working with quantum and software engineering teams, you will also contribute to the control software that makes these experiments possible. Your IQM Team Leader will guide your engineering work, while your PhD supervisor will guide your academic research. Alongside your contributions to IQM’s QEC roadmap, you will write scientific publications, present your findings, and complete the activities required by your host university.

Fellow

DC4.2

Host

DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Secondments

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, QUIX QUANTUM BV

As part of a new European Marie Curie Doctoral Training Network focused on quantum error correction and fault tolerance (QuBriC), we are seeking a PhD researcher who will work on quantum error correction for photonic, optical and microwave, quantum computing architectures within the group of Prof. Terhal at Delft University of Technology and QuTech.

Fellow

DC4.3

Host

ALICE & BOB

Secondments

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE, DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Deadline

18 December 2026

The PhD project Cat qubits exponentially suppress bit-flip errors, which means the error-correcting codes that protect them don’t have to be built like everyone else’s. Designing codes that exploit this noise bias is one of the most direct levers to shrink the hardware cost of a useful quantum computer, and it is exactly what this PhD is about. The PhD project “Code construction & logic for biased-noise qubits,” one of 15 doctoral projects of QuBriC, the first European MSCA Doctoral Network entirely dedicated to quantum error correction (call HORIZON-MSCA-2025-DN-01-01), bridging classical coding theory and quantum hardware. Hosted in Alice & Bob’s Error Correction team and supervised by Dr Christophe Vuillot, you will develop high-rate, biased-noise-adapted QEC codes and logical-gate protocols using lifted-product and asymmetric-distance constructions, co-design logical operations, and validate your designs through hardware-in-the-loop simulations and small-scale cat-qubit experiments. Your results feed directly into Alice & Bob’s roadmap toward a fault-tolerant quantum computer and into the network’s shared QEC-hardware map, including an open online library of codes and logical protocols for biased-noise qubits. Your doctoral degree will be awarded by Sorbonne Université and you will be co-supervised by Mike Vasmer (Inria Paris).

Fellow

DC4.4

Host

EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Secondments

THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, PASQAL

This position will be advertised shortly. The doctoral candidate will join the host group to work on this project as part of the QuBriC training programme, with secondments to the partners listed. Full eligibility criteria, including the MSCA mobility rule, and the application procedure will be published with the advert.