Postdoctoral Quantum Scientist

2 days ago


Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Heriot Watt University Full time
Key Responsibilities:
  • Developing rugged high-quality entangled photon sources for satellite uplink scenarios
  • Developing uplink infrastructure for the Hub Optical Ground Station telescope on Heriot-Watt campus
  • Conducting field tests and international quantum key distribution via HOGS to the Canadian QEYSSat satellite mission
  • Carrying out other general tasks involved in scientific research such as analysis and interpretation of data, and daily oversight of the activities of postgraduate and undergraduate project students in the laboratory

We require a PhD in physics, electrical engineering, or other relevant subjects and a strong experimental background in one or more of the following fields: experimental quantum photonics, quantum communications.

A record of high-quality publications, relative to opportunity, in the above-mentioned fields is desirable.



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