About the role
Location: Remote within Europe, with regular presence in Bremen
Direct Reports: None; supervision of students possible
Working Model: Remote / hybrid. Regular time on-site in Bremen.
Mission
Lead our work on quantum simulation and atomic platforms. The role covers modelling and simulation of quantum many-body systems, model-based calibration of atomic hardware, and optimal control, combining research with a software product that puts those methods into other people's hands.
Responsibilities
Pillar 1 Simulation and Modelling • Model and simulate quantum many-body systems, on hardware and in digital twins. • Develop and validate models of neutral-atom and trapped-ion platforms against experimental data. • Work on optimal control and pulse design for atomic systems.
Success Metrics and KPIs: model accuracy against measurement, methods delivered into the product.
Pillar 2 Hardware Engagement • Support bring-up and calibration on partner and customer platforms. • Act as the scientific interface to hardware vendors and research groups running atomic systems. • Turn what is learned on hardware into product capability.
Accountability: calibration methods that work on real systems, not only in simulation.
Pillar 3 Research and Teaching • Publish, and build collaborations with Constructor University faculty and external groups. • Contribute to grant applications, including DFG and EU programmes. • Contribute to course and teaching-lab material if that interests you.
Success Metrics and KPIs: publications, collaborations established, grant applications supported.
Requirements
Experience • PhD in physics, with hands-on experience in neutral atoms, trapped ions or quantum simulation. • Optimal control, noise modelling or open quantum systems. • Experience in a leading experimental or theory group. • Track record of publication.
Skills & Competencies • Able to write the code you need. You do not need to be a software engineer. • Comfortable moving between theory, simulation and real hardware. • Interest in seeing methods reach users rather than stopping at the paper. • Clear scientific communication.
Education & Languages • PhD in physics or a closely related field. • Fluent English.
What This Role Is (and Is Not)
This role IS • Research with a product behind it, and users at the end of it. • A role with genuine publication and collaboration time. • Access to hardware and to a university partner.
This role is NOT • A purely academic postdoc. • A pure software role. • A role confined to one hardware platform.
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