In this pivotal postdoctoral position, you will explore and realize the potential of Quantum Computing to improve Machine Learning models to accelerate atomistic simulation and model molecular and material properties. You will focus on Quantum Optimization and in making the complexity of Quantum Circuits tractable, but you will be free and encouraged to propose and pursue novel directions. You will collaborate closely with the Quantum initiative of the Molecular and Material Design (MMD) technology hub, as well as with the Quantum Computing division of SURF and with the Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena (DIEP). You will be embedded in the Computational Soft Matter (CSM) Lab, a joint initiative of the Institutes of Informatics (IvI), Physics (IoP) and Molecular Sciences (HIMS).
Do you have a background in optics, ultracold atoms or trapped ions? Do you want to have direct impact with your research? Do you enjoy technical projects involving optics, electronics, and software? Are you eager to join a startup and grow it to a successful company with real world impact? The Institute of Physics (IoP) is looking for an ambitious postdoc as part of the Ultracold Strontium Gases group (www.strontiumBEC.com) and its spin-off OpticsFoundry B.V. (www.OpticsFoundry.com).
Your work will include designing and building robust optical circuits incorporating new types of elements. These include gain media, active positioning elements such as piezos and stepper motors, cavities, spectroscopy cells, photonic integrated circuits, and more. You will also develop robotic manufacturing techniques to place, align, and integrate these new components into scalable production workflows. You will build and benchmark real, usable optical systems such as laser lock circuits and laser sources, iterating quickly based on experimental results and feedback. In parallel, you will contribute to prototyping, validating, and debugging production processes, and work with users to ensure our solutions are practical, reliable, and genuinely delightful to use. If things go well, you will have the opportunity to join OpticsFoundry, ship advanced optical circuits to customers, and grow with the company as part of the core technical team.
Are you eager to perform quantum simulations in a lively, international research group? Do you enjoy creating complex machines that have never existed before? Do you want to explore physics that nobody else has seen? If yes, then you might want to join the Ultracold Strontium Group at the Institute of Physics as a postdoc on our Sr tweezer experiment.
You will further develop our quantum simulation/computing approach. This includes experimental work with the tweezer machine, such as debugging and data taking, designing and constructing upgrades to the machines, data analysis, literature research, article writing, and contributing to the acquisition of funding. We ask you to become independent by taking initiative and developing your own creative ideas. You will also take an active role in group activities, such as master and PhD student education, presentation of your work, maintenance of lab organization, and societal and stakeholder outreach.