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Open calls

We are now hiring for the new 1.5-M€ project Autonomous Quantum Processor! If you are an exceptionally successful student (GPA >4.5/5.0) or have a PhD on cQED, send your cover letter and CV (including your GPAs) to Mikko by email at mikko.mottonen@aalto.fi. We will hire as soon as we can find amazing candidates.

Professor Mikko Möttönen has received a three-year grant from the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation to correct quantum errors. His research group is developing a solution that will allow microwave pulses to be kept at a temperature of millikelvin, or -273 degrees.

(Aalto news)

We have a major effort on experimental quantum physics with superconducting circuits, but we also carry out computational and theoretical work down to fundamental quantum mechanics. Currently, we focus on control and readout techniques for superconducting qubits and on the implementation of on-demand dissipation in quantum circuits to study the related dynamics of open quantum systems. 
We also develop ultrasensitive microwave detectors and on-chip components for controlling microwave photons, single-electron pumps based on silicon quantum dots, and quantum knots and monopoles in Bose-Einstein condensates. We are also proud to have given birth to a leading European quantum-computer company . Recently, we jointly developed with IQM an open-source software, KQCircuits, to design superconducting quantum processors, making our tools available for the entire quantum community (more information ).

Join QCD Labs: Postdoc & Research Fellow Roles in Superconducting Qubits

Two Postdocs in superconducting qubits and millikelvin electronics

Did you recently get your PhD in circuit quantum electrodynamics (cQED) and are now looking into taking the full potential of your skills into use for making new scientific discoveries?

We are now looking for two Postdoctoral Researchers to join our development of improved superconduting qubits and millikelvin electronics which will be integrated to form an autonomous superconducting quantum processor at Aalto University’s Quantum Coputing and Devices (QCD) group at the Department of Applied Physics. In this position you have a chance to make history by demonstrating some of the first experiments of the future quantum-computer technology that is orders of magnitude more efficient than existing quantum processors. Join us in shaping the future! 

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Senior research staff member in superconducting qubits with millikelvin feedback

Did you have a stellar postdoc in circuit quantum electrodynamics (cQED) and are now looking into a step up in your career while breaking records in science?

We are now looking for a senior researcher for a Research Fellow position to co-lead our development of an autonomous superconducting quantum processor at Aalto University’s Quantum Coputing and Devices (QCD) group at the Department of Applied Physics. In this position you have a chance to make history by demonstrating some of the first experiments of the future quantum-computer technology that is orders of magnitude more efficient than existing quantum processors. Join us in shaping the future!

Please go to find more information about the application process. 

For more information about the role, please contact Prof. Mikko Möttönen +358 505 940 950 on 3rd July 2025 at 14:00 (EET).  For questions related to the application process, please contact HR Advisor Minni Forss minni.forss(at)aalto.fi (out of office on 12.7.-3.8.2025).

We will go through applications, and we may invite suitable candidates to interview already during the application period. You should hear from us at the latest on the second week of August. We aim to have a transparent and equal recruitment process, so feel free to ask us for feedback.

QCD members in the group photo 2024 (from the left): 

Back: Jonatan Albanese, Tuomas Uusnäkki, Yusuf Sürmeli, Timm Mörstedt, Matias Perkiö, Aron Samulin

Middle: Aku Hertell, Arman Alizadeh, Aarne Keränen, Heikki Suominen, Miika Rasola, Mikko Tuokkola, Heidi Kivijärvi 

Front: Suman Kundu, Jian Ma, Qiming Chen, Priyank Singh, Yoshiki Sunada, Aashish Sah, Mikko Möttönen