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Intern – Summer 2026
on-site•San Francisco•$72k - $72k+ Earn equity if you join full-time after the internship.
Summary
Location
San Francisco
Salary
$72k - $72k
Equity
Earn equity if you join full-time after the internship.
Workplace
On-site
Visa
US citizen/visa only
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About Conductor Quantum
We are an American company headquartered in San Francisco, California. We are assembling a highly leveraged team of cracked engineers whose sole focus is to develop software to enable fault-tolerant quantum computation. If you would like to expand the quantum frontier and solve one of the hardest technological challenges of our time, this is your chance.
About the role
Skills: Material science, Torch/PyTorch, ML, Python, OpenCV, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Reinforcement learning (RL), Image Processing, Computer Vision, FPGAs
We are building quantum computers on silicon chips. Our secret sauce: We use machine learning to help us characterize and operate quantum chips 1000x faster than current methods. We are working on the frontier of semiconductor transistor technology and are on a journey that will fundamentally change computing forever. This will not be your average internship.
The Opportunity
Ship machine learning software that controls and counts individual qubits and electrons (or holes) as they quantum tunnel through the most advanced semiconductors made by humans to date.
Leverage your intelligence by building agents that allow you to explore solutions to problems more efficiently and accelerate workflows.
Program bespoke quantum chip control electronics: radio frequency system on a chip, field programmable gate arrays, and arbitrary waveform generators.
Travel to world-leading labs, challenge experts in the field, document your work, and produce content to communicate what you have engineered and experienced with the rest of the world.
Learn how to do exceptional work, grind in an early-stage deep tech start-up, and build a company.
Access to the founders, the Y Combinator community, and the best quantum engineers in the game.
Earn equity if you join full-time after the internship.
What We Are Looking For
High integrity, high intensity, high intelligence. People who can’t stop thinking about the problems they are solving. People who are long-term thinkers and would be open to joining full-time after the internship. People who believe in the power of software and want to be part of its journey devouring the world. People who take everything seriously, whether flipping burgers at McDonald’s or building a quantum computer – they apply the best of their abilities to a task and treat it with utmost valor and respect.
What We Aren’t Looking For
People who want a separation between work and life.
Necessary Skills
Hunger.
Skills That Can Help
Personal project building and can show us the deployed app/tool. Python, PyTorch, machine learning, computer vision, agent building.
Cryogenics and operating dilution refrigerators.
Full-stack quantum engineering and/or quantum simulation.
Soldering electronics, printed circuit board design.
Experience programming digital-to-analog converters, radio frequency system on a chip, field programmable gate arrays, and arbitrary waveform generators.
Interview Process
15-minute call. 1-hour interview. One-day trial. Offer.
What you'll do
- Ship machine learning software that controls and counts individual qubits and electrons (or holes) as they quantum tunnel through the most advanced semiconductors made by humans to date.
- Leverage your intelligence by building agents that allow you to explore solutions to problems more efficiently and accelerate workflows.
- Program bespoke quantum chip control electronics: radio frequency system on a chip, field programmable gate arrays, and arbitrary waveform generators.
- Travel to world-leading labs, challenge experts in the field, document your work, and produce content to communicate what you have engineered and experienced with the rest of the world.
- Learn how to do exceptional work, grind in an early-stage deep tech start-up, and build a company.
- Access to the founders, the Y Combinator community, and the best quantum engineers in the game.
- Earn equity if you join full-time after the internship.
About Conductor Quantum
About Conductor QuantumWe are an American company headquartered in San Francisco, California. We are assembling a highly leveraged team of cracked engineers whose sole focus is to develop software to enable fault-tolerant quantum computation. If you would like to expand the quantum frontier and solve one of the hardest technological challenges of our time, this is your chance.Quantum computers on silicon chips using AI.Conductor Quantum is building quantum computers on silicon chips. Our software automates the calibration and tune-up of semiconductor qubits—turning raw hardware into a ready-to-run platform. By eliminating the biggest bottleneck in quantum computing (manual device configuration), we’re enabling thousands (and eventually billions) of qubits to operate reliably at scale. This is your opportunity to do the best work of your life, shaping the future of computing as part of a small, passionate team of quantum physicists, hardware engineers, and machine learning experts.
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What does Conductor Quantum pay for a Intern – Summer 2026?
Conductor Quantum offers a competitive compensation package for the Intern – Summer 2026 role. The salary range is USD 72k - 72k per year, plus Earn equity if you join full-time after the internship. equity. Apply through Clera to learn more about the full compensation details.
What does a Intern – Summer 2026 do at Conductor Quantum?
As a Intern – Summer 2026 at Conductor Quantum, you will: ship machine learning software that controls and counts individual qubits and electrons (or holes) as they quantum tunnel through the most advanced semiconductors made by humans to date.; leverage your intelligence by building agents that allow you to explore solutions to problems more efficiently and accelerate workflows.; program bespoke quantum chip control electronics: radio frequency system on a chip, field programmable gate arrays, and arbitrary waveform generators.; and more.
Is the Intern – Summer 2026 position at Conductor Quantum remote?
The Intern – Summer 2026 position at Conductor Quantum is based in San Francisco, United States and is on-site. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.
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