Quantum Network Manager
AI summary of the role
The Quantum Network Manager will launch and maintain the Midwest Quantum Network Facility, overseeing hardware/software experiments, deployments, and vendor relationships.
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What you’ll do
- Oversee launch and maintenance of the Midwest Quantum Network Facility, reducing optical losses and optimizing network control.
- Lead expansion of quantum network infrastructure to deploy and integrate additional quantum nodes.
- Represent the facility in technical engagements with industry partners, federal agencies, and research collaborators.
- Deploy quantum networking technologies including low-loss fiber-based quantum repeaters and quantum-classical hybrid systems.
What you’ll bring
- 7+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in electrical engineering, quantum engineering, physics, computer science, or related field (preferred).
- 7+ years progressive experience with classical or quantum networks, including network timing, optical switching, and synchronization (preferred).
- Deep understanding of optical fiber propagation, photonics, and fiber losses.
Technologies
quantum networking · optical fiber · photonics · quantum repeaters · QKD · Python · C/C++ · routing · switching · firewalls
About University of Chicago
Private research university and academic medical system in Hyde Park, Chicago, spanning the College, graduate divisions, professional schools, and UChicago Medicine.
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Source and classification
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Network Facility. This role will include overseeing hardware and software experiments and deployments, and vendors related to quantum networking, as well as working with other technical staff at partnering organizations. The position requires experience and expertise in telecommunications, programming, project management, field deployments, and customer relations. The Quantum Network Manager is responsible for ensuring compliance with University, government, and industry security and regulatory protocols. This position reports to the Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Quantum Exchange and collaborates closely with the PME Executive Director of Information Technology. Responsibilities Oversees the launch and maintenance of the Midwest Quantum Network Facility, focusing on reducing optical losses, optimizing network control and applications, integrating control devices, and
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Department PME Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE) About the Department The Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE) is an intellectual hub for advancing the science and engineering of quantum information between the CQE community, across the Midwest, and around the globe. A catalyst for research activity across its member and partner institutions, the CQE is based at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and is anchored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Northwestern University, and Purdue University. The Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) was established in May 2019 and evolved from the Institute for Molecular Engineering, which was founded in 2011. The PME integrates science and engineering to address global challenges from the molecular level up. The PME’s rigorous academic and research programs are made possible through the University of Chicago’s unique partnership with Argonne National Laboratory. The Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering is the first new school at the University of Chicago in three decades and the first school in the nation dedicated to molecular engineering. In the next phase of growth as a School, the PME will continue to expand its team of world-class faculty researchers and [... source excerpt omitted ...] th other technical staff at partnering organizations. The position requires experience and expertise in telecommunications, programming, project management, field deployments, and customer relations. The Quantum Network Manager is responsible for ensuring compliance with University, government, and industry security and regulatory protocols. This position reports to the Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Quantum Exchange and collaborates closely with the PME Executive Director of Information Technology. Responsibilities Oversees the launch and maintenance of the Midwest Quantum Network Facility, focusing on reducing optical losses, optimizing network control and application [... source excerpt omitted ...] rking terminology. Solves complex problems relating to the consulting services of vendors, including the development of project statements of work and determining vendor resource requirements. Leads the development, design, and implementation of a Networking Services and Information Technologies (NSIT) network. Creates project plans for network design, implementation, and upgrades/modifications to existing networks. Manages the installation of network hardware, communications wiring, wireless telecommunication facilities, communications software, and other network components. Identifies problems with network components and services. Conducts trending and analysis of network traffi
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