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SQS Lab welcomes motivated students and researchers who want to build quantum hardware from the device level up. The group is based at the Institut Quantique and the Faculté de génie of the Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
We are especially interested in candidates with backgrounds in electrical engineering, physics, applied physics, nanofabrication, microwave engineering, cryogenic measurement, quantum optics, or numerical modelling of quantum systems.
Prospective graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are encouraged to get in touch with a short description of their research interests, relevant experience, and CV.
PhD Position: Superconducting Materials for Hybrid Quantum Systems Open
Supervisor: Prof. Marco Scigliuzzo, Chair in Development of Quantum Technologies
Administrative unit: Faculté de génie, Institut Quantique (IQ), Université de Sherbrooke
Level: Doctoral (PhD)
Lab Location: Institut Quantique, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
Salary: CAD $32,000/year
Project Description
We are looking for a PhD student interested in turning superconducting materials into active ingredients of quantum devices!
The project will explore strain-engineered superconducting films, suspended mechanical resonators, and cryogenic microwave devices where mechanical motion and superconducting circuits meet. An effective electromechancial platform that will couple high coherence mechanical resonator to supercondcuting qubits. The student will learn to connect material growth, nanofabrication, microwave design, low-temperature measurement, and quantum-device physics in a single experimental platform.
Research Environment
The student will work at the Institut Quantique (IQ) at the Université de Sherbrooke — a world-class research institute bringing together leading experts in quantum science and engineering, and equipped with state-of-the-art cryogenic, outstanding nanofabrication facility at 3IT, and microwave measurement infrastructure. The research is supported by an NSERC Discovery Grant.
Candidate Profile
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in physics, engineering physics, electrical engineering, or a related field
- Experience or strong interest in experimental laboratory work
- Background in one or more of: nanofabrication, superconducting circuits, microwave measurements, condensed matter physics, or quantum optics
- Strong autonomy, curiosity, and problem-solving skills
- Assets: cleanroom experience, cryogenic measurement, circuit simulation
This position is a strong fit for someone who enjoys hands-on experimental work, cleanroom fabrication, quantum measurements, and the challenge of making delicate devices behave quantum mechanically.
PhD Position: Slow-Light Superconducting Circuits and Waveguide QED Open
Supervisor: Prof. Marco Scigliuzzo, Chair in Development of Quantum Technologies
Administrative unit: Faculté de génie, Institut Quantique (IQ), Université de Sherbrooke
Level: Doctoral (PhD)
Location: Institut Quantique, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
Salary: CAD $32,000/year
Project Description
We are looking for a PhD student excited by the idea of reshaping how microwave photons move through superconducting circuits.
The project will develop compact superconducting waveguides, resonators, and circuit-QED devices designed to access regimes where propagation, interference, and light-matter coupling can be engineered on-chip. The new platform will explore the dynamics of superconducting qubits in the giant atom regime. The work combines superconducting circuits design, nanofabrication, cryogenic microwave measurements, and the study of physics of open quantum systems.
Research Environment
The student will work at the Institut Quantique (IQ) at the Université de Sherbrooke — a world-class research institute bringing together leading experts in quantum science and engineering, and equipped with state-of-the-art cryogenic, outstanding nanofabrication facility at 3IT, and microwave measurement infrastructure. The research is supported by an NSERC Discovery Grant.
Candidate Profile
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in physics, engineering physics, electrical engineering, or a related field
- Experience or strong interest in experimental laboratory work
- Background in one or more of: superconducting circuits, microwave engineering, circuit QED, quantum optics, or electromagnetic simulation
- Strong autonomy, curiosity, and problem-solving skills
- Assets: experience with cryogenic measurements, Josephson junction devices, or signal processing
This position is a strong fit for someone who likes both design and experiment: building devices , measuring them at millikelvin temperatures, and using the results to understand unexplored regimes of quantum optics in superconducting media.
How to Apply
Please send a CV, the transcripts of your master, two references that supervised you, and a short message explaining which project interests you and why. Applications from students with experimental, theoretical, or engineering backgrounds are welcome; curiosity, care, and persistence matter as much as a perfect match of previous experience.