Grade UE08: £50,253 - £61,759 per annum College of Science and Engineering Full-time: 35 hours per week Fixed-term: for 60 months The Opportunity: Prestigious five-year tenure track fellowships focussed on applications of quantum computing to scientific domains. As part of a £2 billion investment programme from the UK government in Quantum Technologies, the University of Edinburgh is recruiting a cohort of tenure-track Quantum Fellows to deliver cutting-edge interdisciplinary research programmes on scientific and industrial applications of quantum computing. The Quantum Fellows will contribute to the delivery of a £20 million UK government investment in the Quantum Advantage TurboCHarger (QATCH) programme awarded to the Quantum Software Lab (QSL) established at the School of Informatics of the University of Edinburgh. The Fellows will be recruited as a cohort and supported to achieve their research and leadership ambitions through mentoring and peer support. The Fellows will be expected to co-develop research activities with QSL. Depending on their research profile and planned activities, the Fellows will be hosted in the Schools of Informatics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics or EPCC, where they will be expected to contribute to faculty activities. Applicants should have a demonstrable track record in research at the intersection of quantum computing and an application domain, with postdoctoral research (or equivalent industry) experience, and the potential to make a key contribution to the University through furthering the goals of the host School, College and University. We're seeking research leaders who balance scientific rigor with pragmatic execution and academic impact. We expect to appoint Fellows working on applications of quantum algorithms, quantum machine learning or quantum simulation to one or more of the following priority themes: • Healthcare and Life Sciences • Materials and Manufacturing • Finance • Energy • AI and Data Science • Benchmarking and Verification • Integration with High Performance Computing Please identify 2 Schools you would like to be hosted in: • Informatics • Mathematics • Chemistry • Physics • EPCC About the Quantum software Lab The Quantum Software Lab (QSL), the largest quantum software and application academic group in the UK. Strategically located in the UK’s growing quantum ecosystem, Edinburgh serves as a key hub for quantum technology development thanks to its special partnership with the National Quantum Computing Centre. QSL aims to further develop its world-leading research capabilities to support the UK's National Quantum Strategy, in particular Mission 1 focusing on developing a UK-based quantum computer performing 1 trillion coherent operations (TeraQuOps) by 2035. QSL currently comprises approximately 70 researchers, including 11 cross-college faculty members, under the leadership of Prof. Elham Kashefi, the NQCC Chief Scientist. Over the past few years, QSL has made several contributions to quantum software and algorithms spanning over 140 publications. QSL works as a “Bell Labs-style" collective of senior faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, innovation fellows, and professional staff focused on shared Mission 1 goals. In collaboration with industry professionals and NQCC’s application engineers, our researchers and scientists are transforming existing computational challenges into research problems that can be tackled using quantum technologies. Our researchers will work alongside government, industry, and academia to develop full-stack solutions tailored to the needs of our economy and society.