Quantum Technologies Intern

Job Description:

The Leidos Innovation Center (LInC) Quantum Incubator has an opening for a Quantum Technologies Interns with a background quantum technologies / quantum information science. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to help grow the Leidos quantum technologies portfolio of contract and internal R&D projects benchmarking and operational this position the intern will participate in the full life cycle of research & development of optical systems for the study of quantum-enabled remote sensing and communications. Ideal candidates should be interested in a career devoted to applied research and development with strong experimental hardware skills and should be interested in maturing technologies from concept to prototype.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design simulate build characterize and analyze cutting edge devices in quantum communication sensing and precision positioning navigation and timing

• Design software to create high-fidelity simulation of quantum communications photonics or sensing experiments.

• Perform laboratory and field tests to prove and validate quantum experimental theories as viable products in applicable domains and benchmark results within the field

• Collaborate with other team members engineers and scientists across the company and different fields to leverage quantum technologies to achieve organizational goals

Basic Qualifications

• Pursuing Bachelors degree or graduate degree in physics applied physics engineering or related fields

• Research experience and experimental background in one or more of the following areas: quantum optics chip integrated photonics quantum entanglement photonics quantum communications quantum information science

• Familiarity with photonic integrated circuits quantum sensing and/or quantum communications

• Familiarity with optics lab design set up and operation and photonic chip characterization

• Experience developing innovative solutions based upon the application of relevant research results from a wide variety of sources

• Experience building and benchmarking hardware and software prototypes to include metrics development and theoretical/analytical/computational skills

• Strong technical writing skills with experience in writing advanced technical proposals.

• US Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a US government security clearance

• Strong desire to learn new technologies and flexibility to change from one project to another quickly

• Experience with standard programming languages for analytics or scientific applications such as Python Matlab and Labview

• Ability to effectively communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Highly motivated to publish in peer-reviewed journals and present research at conferences

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in management and execution of foundry and cleanroom processes understanding of process flow and simulations to inform foundry processes

• Extensive experience researching in any of quantum sources sensing low photon detection correlation and quantum information technology

• Experience and domain knowledge related to data processing

• Interest and experience in quantum communications quantum networks quantum sensing

• Demonstrated experience in proposing and winning independent research funding

• Electronics and computer automation of laboratory experiments

• Experience with big data applications data science or data analytics methods and tools

• DoD Top Secret Clearance

Were not looking for perfectly polished resumes or perfect fits. Were looking for people who break limits ask hard questions and dont wait to be told whats next. At Leidos were not following the roadmap were redrawing it.

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.