AI for Quantum Operations Lead

Role Summary

The AI for Quantum Operations Lead owns the roadmap and execution strategy for AI-assisted calibration diagnostics prediction and recovery across quantum systems ensuring that AI improves machine uptime calibration speed and operator decision-making while deterministic control and safety software remain authoritative.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive the AI operations roadmap across calibration optimization atom image/readout analysis drift prediction root-cause diagnosis and recovery recommendation.
• Partner with quantum systems controls software hardware and ML teams to identify high-value workflows where AI can safely propose rank predict or optimize.
• Establish the bounded-AI operating model: AI provides recommendations or constrained optimizations while deterministic control software enforces timing hardware limits validation rollback and safety logic.
• Prioritize AI pilots for Quokka Calibration Manager telemetry systems readout pipelines and QPU operations workflows.
• Own requirements for dataset traceability model validation observability offline replay deployment gates and operator-facing explainability.
• Translate machine-performance pain points into measurable AI/ML objectives such as reduced calibration time fewer failed jobs faster recovery improved readout quality and better drift detection.
• Coordinate cross-functional execution staffing needs milestones risk reviews and stakeholder communication.

Required Background

• Strong technical leadership experience in AI/ML controls robotics scientific instrumentation or complex hardware operations.
• Experience bringing ML models into production environments where reliability safety traceability and human/operator trust matter.
• Ability to work across software hardware physics and operations teams.
• Strong systems thinking; understands where AI should help where deterministic software must remain in charge and how to design the boundary between them.

Preferred Background

• Experience with Bayesian optimization active learning time-series forecasting computer vision anomaly detection or root-cause analysis.
• Familiarity with calibration workflows lab automation telemetry systems or hardware-in-the-loop validation.
• Exposure to quantum computing neutral atoms optical systems embedded control or real-time systems.

Success Measures

• Clear AI operations roadmap with owners milestones and safety gates.
• First bounded AI pilots deployed into calibration or readout workflows.
• Measurable reduction in calibration effort diagnosis time drift-related failures or recovery time.
• Strong governance around model validation data provenance deployment approval and operator trust.

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