Quantum Control Systems Modeling Internship 2027

Job Description

IBM Quantum is looking for motivated engineering students to learn about and help develop the world's first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer. You will work with a discrete event model simulator of our prototype distributed control system.

• Contribute performance and monitoring improvements to an existing Rust-based distributed modeling simulator.
• Develop software and automation tools for simulator test execution, data collection, and analysis.
• Debug simulation execution in a prototype distributed control system test environment.
• Collaborate with compiler, runtime, and FPGA development teams.

Pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field. Experience with Rust, Git, Linux, and command-line environments. Strong debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills. Ability to learn new technologies quickly and work across disciplines. Experience with container environments such as Docker, Podman, or Kubernetes. Experience with observability systems such as Prometheus, MQTT, and Grafana. Experience with quantum computing concepts.