Research Intern

Fujitsu Research of America (FRA) is inviting applications for internship position in the field of quantum algorithms and applications. The position starts in the Fall term for a period of 3 months (40 hours per week) or 6 months (20 hours per week). The selected candidate will have the opportunity to work either remotely or from FRA’s Santa Clara office. The successful candidate will be pursuing a graduate program in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related fields with a focus on quantum information processing and error-correcting codes. 

Job responsibilities:

1. Develop novel quantum algorithms to publish the work in reputed scientific journals, conferences, and/ or workshops. 
2. Demonstrate the application of your quantum algorithms in one or more of the following fields: finance, machine learning, optimization, quantum chemistry, and quantum simulations.
3. Collaborate internally with FRA researchers and help them by contributing to the quantum computing stack of Fujitsu. 

Essential requirements:

1. Pursuing a Master’s or Ph.D. program in the field of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field. 
2. Strong publication record demonstrated by accepted or published research papers in high-quality conferences and/ or journals.
3. At least two years of research experience working in quantum algorithms and applications either in NISQ algorithms, FTQC algorithms, or both.

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