ICFO is offering up to two postdoctoral positions to a well-qualified, highly motivated and dynamic young scientists who wish to enhance their scientific career in a friendly and stimulating environment.

Key responsibilities:
- Contribute to coordinating research activities on PICs for neutral atom experiments, including quantum computing and simulation.
- Conceptualize and contribute to coordinating the development of novel visible-wavelength PICs in close collaboration with neutral atom end users. Analyse possible use cases of PICs within a neutral atom lab, while ensuring that the user requirements are translated into PIC specifications and test metrics.
- Contribute to coordinating collaboration with:
- P4Q project partners, in particular within the Quantum Computing with Atoms and Ions work package: PIC manufacturers, packagers, and end users,
- the relevant teams within ICFO, including the Optoelectronics research group, facilities and project management.
- Contribute to coordinating the Quantum Computing with Atoms and Ions work package,



including preparation of project deliverable reports.
- Develop characterization testbeds as well as optical/electrical testing procedures for visible-wavelength PICs.
- Use the testbeds and testing procedures to analyse and validate PIC performance, operating test instrumentation including lasers, OSAs, VNAs, photodiodes, RF sources, power meters, and probe stations.
- Prepare structured testing reports, and support debugging activities across the development cycle
Actively identify concepts for future PIC iterations in collaboration with end users and project partners. Contribute to conceptualizing and preparing related follow-up projects.Funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe (P4Q, 101291189), Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) and the Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation and Civil Service under reference CJU-(phone hidden)-5, as part of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR). Views and opinion

📌 Optoelectronics Group: Post-doctoral in Application-driven Pic Development for Neutral Atom Quantum Technologies (Castelldefels)
🏢 The Institute Of Photonic Sciences (Icfo)
📍 Castelldefels