Senior Manager, Quantum Error Correction

About Sygaldry

Sygaldry Technologies is building quantum-accelerated AI servers to exponentially speed up training and inference for AI. By integrating quantum and AI, we're accelerating the path to super intelligence, and engineering the conditions for it to scale efficiently and operate affordably. Sygaldry AI servers combine multiple qubit types within a single, fault-tolerant architecture to deliver the combination of cost, scale, and speed necessary for advanced AI applications. We pioneer new domains in physics, engineering, and AI, tackling the hardest challenges with a grounded, optimistic, and rigorous culture. We're looking for individuals ready to define the intersection of quantum and AI and drive its profound global impact.

What You'll Work On

- Build, lead, and mentor a team of quantum error correction theorists, including hiring and developing its members

- Set the research agenda for quantum error correction and fault-tolerant logic, aligned with Sygaldry's architecture and product roadmap

- Design and evaluate quantum error correction schemes for novel hardware architectures with multiple qubit modalities

- Develop efficient protocols for fault tolerance, including non-Clifford logic, under hardware-specific constraints and noise models

- Oversee the development of simulation and modeling tools for system design and analysis

- Partner with the device theory, hardware, and software teams to turn error correction requirements into concrete system specifications and roadmap milestones

- Lead high-impact research projects with a multidisciplinary team of experimental and theoretical physicists, engineers, and computer scientists

- Represent Sygaldry's error correction work to the scientific community, partners, and investors

You May Be a Good Fit If You Have

- A PhD in physics, applied physics, computer science, electrical engineering, or an equivalent degree in a similar field

- 8+ years of experience in quantum error correction

- A strong publication record in quantum error correction or related fields

- Experience leading a research team, through direct people management or formal technical leadership

- Strong programming skills in a scientific computing environment

- A proven track record of successful cross-team collaborative projects

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including with non-specialist audiences

Strong Candidates Might Have

- Experience translating cutting-edge R&D into commercial products or roadmap milestones

- Experience deploying quantum error correction schemes on real quantum devices

- Experience translating abstract models of error correction into hardware-aware protocols

- Experience with decoding in real-time and/or on FPGAs, ASICs, or GPUs

- Experience building a team from an early stage in a startup or industrial research setting

Why This Matters

Your work accelerates the path to quantum super intelligence. Each quantum component integrated, each AI model enhanced, each instruction set optimized brings us closer to a future where intelligence and quantum mechanics are inextricably intertwined. We're not building incremental improvements—we're creating exponential transformations that will make AI more affordable, sustainable, personalized, and fundamentally more capable.

How We’re Different

We’re building the infrastructure for quantum super intelligence and pioneering new domains at the intersection of physics, engineering, and AI. At Sygaldry, curiosity and intellectual courage drive our work. We approach ambitious challenges with a grounded, optimistic, and rigorous culture and know that kind people build the strongest teams. We prioritize mission over ego and collaborate openly with a strong sense of shared purpose. We dream big, yet we execute with a love of detail.

Culture & Benefits

- The Best of Both Worlds: Access to industrial-scale compute and hardware resources while retaining the intellectual freedo