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Company Name
National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
Job Type
Job Posting Number: 26020 [Takasaki] Theoretical Research on Quantum Device Development Utilizing Quantum Reservoir Computing (Fixed-term Full-time Research Position, Postdoctoral Researcher) [Quantum Materials Theory Group, Quantum Functional Creation Research Center]
Work Detail
[Immediately after hiring] Research on machine learning methods utilizing quantum reservoir computing, and materials design of quantum materials based on dynamical simulations of quantum many-body systems. [Scope of changes] In addition to the content immediately after hiring, all duties according to the job title and type will be included.
Ideal Profile
(1) Applicants must have obtained a doctoral degree within the past eight years as of the hiring date, or be expected to obtain a doctoral degree. However, for researchers of foreign nationality, those who have obtained a foreign license or qualification recognized by the organization as equivalent to a Japanese physician, radiological technologist, or medical physicist within the past eight years as of the hiring date, and who are deemed to possess abilities equivalent to those of a doctoral degree holder, are also eligible. If maternity leave as defined by the Labor Standards Act, childcare leave as defined by the Childcare and Family Care Leave Act, or family care leave has been taken after obtaining a doctoral degree, the period of such leave will be excluded, and those who have obtained their degree within the past eight years as of the hiring date are also eligible. (2) Applicants must have published at least two papers as the first author. (3) Experience in theoretical research on quantum systems and reporting on it in a paper is desirable. (4) Applicants with a history of employment as a postdoctoral researcher at this organization are not eligible to apply. (1) A person for whom eight years have not passed, at the time of hiring, since the acquisition of their doctoral degree, or who is expected to obtain a doctoral degree. of doctoral degree holders. If a person took maternity leave before or after childbirth under the Labor Standards Act or childcare leave or caregiver leave under the Act on Childcare and Caregiver Leave, this person is eligible if eight years excluding the period of such leave have not passed, at the time of being newly hired, since the acquisition of their degree, etc. (2) At least two academic publications as first author. (3) It is desirable that applicants have experience in conducting theoretical research on quantum systems and reporting the results in academic publications. (4) Any person who has ever worked at QST as a doctoral research fellow is not eligible to apply.
What we especially look for in a PhD or postdoctoral fellow
(1) Applicants must be within eight years of obtaining a doctoral degree at the time of employment, or expected to obtain a doctoral degree. However, for researchers of foreign nationality, those who have obtained a foreign license or qualification recognized by the organization as equivalent to a Japanese physician, radiological technologist, or medical physicist within the past eight years at the time of new employment, and who are deemed to possess abilities equivalent to those of a doctoral degree holder, are also eligible. If maternity leave as defined by the Labor Standards Act, childcare leave as defined by the Childcare and Family Care Leave Act, or family care leave has been taken after obtaining a doctoral degree, the period of such leave will be excluded, and those who have obtained their degree within the past eight years at the time of new employment are also eligible. (4) Applicants with a history of employment as a postdoctoral researcher at this organization are not eligible to apply. (1) A person for whom eight years have not passed, at the time of hiring, since the acquisition of their doctoral degree, or who is expected to obtain a doctoral degree. of doctoral degree holders. If a person took maternity leave before or after childbirth under the Labor Standards Act or childcare leave or caregiver leave under the Act on Childcare and Caregiver Leave, this person is eligible if eight years excluding the period of such leave have not passed, at the time of being newly hired, since the acquisition of their degree, etc. (4) Any person who has ever worked at QST as a doctoral research fellow is not eligible to apply.
Work Location
Meguro Lab (Tokyo)
Phd. Stating Salary
Annual salary system; compensation is determined according to the following categories based on experience, achievements, etc. Monthly amount of 370,000, 400,000, or 450,000 yen (including social insurance premiums and taxes)
Selection Flow
(1) Achievement screening (oral presentation using PowerPoint, etc. and question and answer session) (2) Interview screening (1) Achievement screening (an oral presentation with PowerPoint slides, etc. and a question and answer session) (2) Interview