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Project Manager

The Princeton Quantum Initiative (PQI) seeks an experienced and highly organized Project Manager to support the Quantum Leap Challenge Institute (QLCI): Manufacturable and Resilient Superconducting Quantum Information Systems project.

QLCI is a collaborative, cross-institutional research initiative that brings together expertise in materials, processing, photonics, superconducting qubits, and related disciplines to address critical challenges in developing large-scale quantum processors.

Reporting to the Co-Directors and Executive Director, the Project Manager provides strategic and operational leadership to support the coordination, execution, and advancement of the project. The Project Manager will work closely with faculty leadership, researchers, administrators, partner institutions, funding agencies, and other stakeholders to facilitate collaboration, manage project operations, monitor progress, and ensure effective communication across the initiative.

In addition to supporting the QLCI, the Project Manager will coordinate hiring and personnel-related activities associated with the project and provide broader project and administrative support to PQI.

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Undergraduate Lab Manager

The Princeton Quantum Initiative (PQI) is looking for undergraduate lab manager to manage its undergraduate teaching laboratory and to oversee the creation of quantum teaching tools associated with an NSF-funded award. In addition, the lab manager is expected to work collaboratively with PQI faculty and trainees on research projects in their respective laboratories.

This position requires a broad understanding of experimental quantum information processing and experience with several qubit platforms, including single photons, nuclear spins (NMR), electron spins (NV centers in diamond), and superconducting qubits. In addition, knowledge of data analysis and signal processing techniques relevant for a wide range of quantum computing platforms is required.

This is a four-year term position with the possibility of renewal based on job performance and continued funding.

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