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Yorktown Heights, NY
2026-09-21
IBM
Prestige
English
North America
Quantum Control Systems Modeling Internship 2027
Role Description
**Introduction**
IBM Quantum is seeking motivated engineering students to learn about and develop the world’s first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer. You will work with a discrete event model simulator of our prototype distributed control system.
**Your Role And Responsibilities**
* Contribute performance and monitoring improvement to an existing Rust based distributed modeling simulator.
* Develop software and automation tools for simulator test execution, data collection, and analysis.
* Debug simulation execution in a prototype distributed control system test environment.
* Collaborate with compiler, runtime, 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, Physics or a related field.
* Experience with Rust, Git, Linux, and command-line environments.
* Strong debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills.
* Ability to learn new technologies quickly and work across disciplines.
**Preferred Technical And Professional Experience**
* Experience with container environments such as Docker, Podman, or Kubernetes.
* Experience with observability systems such as Prometheus, MQTT, and Graphana.
* Experience with Quantum computing concepts.