Postdoc Quantum Torsional Resonators

• You will design, fabricate, and measure nanomechanical resonators coupled to superconducting quantum circuits.
• You will use a radical new approach based on silicon nitride ribbon torsional resonators coupled directly via magnetic flux to a superconducting qubit.
• You will bring mechanical experiments into new regimes, using quantum control over heavy objects via a superconducting qubit to build quantum superpositions of unprecedented size.
• You will develop skills to become an expert in complex nanofabrication as well as an expert in quantum measurements and control with superconducting quantum bits.
• You will work in a world-class nanofabrication facility, a unique academic cleanroom with extensive expertise and specialised facilities for nanofabrication of quantum devices.
• You will join a diverse and enthusiastic team of academic staff, PhD students and postdocs within a research group.
• You will meet regularly with your supervisors and other team members, and also be encouraged to develop and explore your own ideas.
• You will collaborate closely with local and international colleagues working in both experimental and theoretical fields to enable you to learn and execute world-leading research.

What they ask

• A PhD degree in physics.
• A PhD degree in electrical or mechanical engineering could also be suitable if strongly motivated by experience with quantum mechanics or nanomechanics.

• Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.
• An excellent pension scheme via the ABP.
• The possibility to compile an individual employment package every year.
• Discount with health insurers on supplemental packages.
• Flexible working week.
• Every year, 232 leave hours (at 38 hours), with the option to sell or buy additional leave hours via the individual choice budget.
• Plenty of opportunities for education, training and courses.
• Partially paid parental leave.
• Attention for working healthy and energetically with a vitality program.
• Relocation support to the Netherlands is available, including information and events to help settle in and expand your social network.
• A Dual Career Programme is available to support your accompanying partner with their job search in the Netherlands.
• A risk assessment is conducted during the recruitment of personnel as part of knowledge security.