Research Capabilities Theory Research Scientist

Position: Research Capabilities Theory Research Scientist Multiple Cities
## Capabilities Theory Research Scientist Yorktown Heights, Chicago, Illinois, New York, United States Entry Level
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At IBM Research, we are the innovation engine of IBM. Exploring what's next in computing and shaping the technologies the world will rely on tomorrow. From advancing AI and hybrid cloud to pioneering practical quantum computing, we anticipate challenges and unlock new opportunities for clients, partners, and society. Working in Research means joining a team that accelerates discovery at the intersection of high-performance computing, AI, quantum, and cloud.

You'l collaborate with leading scientists, engineers, and visionaries to push boundaries and turn ideas into reality. With a culture built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration, IBM Research offers the opportunity to grow your career while contributing to breakthroughs that transform industries and change the world.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Capabilities Theory Research Scientist at IBM Quantum, you will help establish what current and future generations of quantum computers at the physical and logical level can do, identify what limits them, and find ways to get the best performance out of them. You will develop new tools to understand and extend the capabilities of IBM's quantum processors, and demonstrate those tools on hardware.
** Key Responsibilities
*** Develop new methods for noise modeling, error mitigation and benchmarking, for both physical and error-corrected (logical) qubits.
* Prototype these methods on IBM quantum hardware, and identify the most promising ones to scale up.
* Collaborate closely with theorists, experimental physicists and software engineers across the quantum computing stack.
* Publish and communicate your research both within and outside IBM, demonstrating strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Required education

Doctorate Degree Preferred education

Doctorate Degree Required technical and professional expertise
* At least 3 years of relevant research experience in quantum information theory, error mitigation, error correction, or quantum device characterization. Doctoral research experience may be included.
* Proven record of research and accomplishment.
* Programming experience (Python preferred).Preferred technical and professional experience
* Experience with noise learning, error mitigation, or quantum error correction.
* Experience running experiments on quantum hardware.
* Experience using AI tools, such as coding agents, to accelerate research.
* Strong publication record in high-impact journals or top conference proceedings.
* Experience with Qiskit or similar quantum software development frameworks.### ABOUT BUSINESS UNITIBM Research is the organic growth engine of IBM and an innovation engine for our customers and partners. As part of this mission, IBM Research anticipates and examines 'What's Next in Computing' to ultimately create and integrate the technologies the world relies upon to solve big challenges and unlock new opportunities.

We create and pioneer new markets for IBM, our partners and customers as exemplified in our ongoing quest to reach practical and large-scale quantum computing. Across IBM Research, we realize the power and potential to accelerate discovery with our partners and clients by combining the power of high performance computing, AI, and Quantum, all integrated through the hybrid cloud.### YOUR LIFE @ IBMIn a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

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