Control Stack Manager, Center Quantum Computing

Description

The Amazon Center for Quantum Computing (CQC) is a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and technicians, on a mission to develop a fault-tolerant quantum computer.

We are looking to hire a Control Stack Manager to join our growing software group. You will lead a team of interdisciplinary scientists and software engineers, focused on developing research software and infrastructure to support the development and operation of scalable fault‑tolerant quantum computers. You will interface directly with our experimental physics and control hardware teams to develop and drive a vision for the experimental quantum computing software‑hardware interface.

The ideal candidate will (1) have strong technical breadth across low‑level programming, scientific instrumentation, and computer architecture, (2) have excellent communication skills and a proven track record of collaborating with scientists and hardware engineers, and (3) be excited about empowering and growing a team of scientists and software engineers.

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• Develop a technical vision for the quantum software‑hardware interface in collaboration with senior engineers
• Collaborate effectively with science and hardware teams to derive software needs and priorities
• Own resource allocation and planning activities for your team to meet the needs of internal customers
• Be comfortable “getting your hands dirty” (i.e. diving deep into architecture, metrics, and implementation)
• Regularly provide technical evaluation and feedback to your reports (i.e. via code review, design docs, etc.)
• Drive hiring activities for your team — develop growth plans, source candidates, and design interview loops
• Coach and empower your employees to become better engineers, scientists, and communicators

The majority of your time will be spent orchestrating, coaching, and growing the control stack team at the Center for Quantum Computing. This requires collaborating with other science and software teams and working backwards from the needs of our science staff in the context of our larger experimental roadmap. You will translate science needs and priorities into software project proposals and resource allocations.

Once project proposals have been accepted, you will support and empower your team to deliver these projects on time while maintaining high standards of engineering excellence. Because many high‑level experimental goals have cross‑cutting requirements,…