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Yorktown Heights, NY
2026-09-21
IBM
Prestige
English
North America
Quantum Control Distributed Runtime Internship 2027
Role Description
**Introduction**
IBM Quantum is seeking motivated computer science students to learn about and develop the world’s first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer. You will work with a prototype distributed runtime software environment designed to execute programs for next-generation quantum computing systems.
**Your Role And Responsibilities**
* Evaluate and integrate existing High-Performance Computing tools into the distributed runtime environment.
* Develop software and automation tools for data collection, and analysis.
* Debug program execution in a prototype distributed control system test environment.
* Collaborate with compiler, system modeling, and FPGA development teams.
**Preferred Education**
Bachelor's Degree
**Required Technical And Professional Expertise**
* Pursuing a Bachelor's/Masters/or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
* Experience with Rust, C/C++, Git, Linux, and command-line environments.
* Experience with container environments such as Docker, Podman, or Kubernetes.
* Strong debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills.
* Ability to learn new technologies quickly and work across disciplines.
**Preferred Technical And Professional Experience**
* Experience with HPC tools such as Slurm, OpenMPI, OpenMP, or dsh.
* Experience with observability systems such as Prometheus, MQTT, and Graphana.
* Experience with Quantum computing concepts.