Title and number of Positions to be filled:

Research Assistant Professor (non-tenure) / Specially Appointed Researcher / Post-doctoral researcher Number：1-3 persons

Institution and department:

National Institutes for Natural Science. Institute for Molecular Science. Ohmori group.
Group website: https://groups.ims.ac.jp/organization/ohmori_g/index-e.html

Research fields:

Cold-atom based quantum simulators and computers.

Job description:

Our research group is starting a 8-year long project “Large-scale and high-coherence fault-tolerant quantum computer with dynamical atom arrays” supported by Moonshot, an ambitious governmental high-risk, hig-impact R&D program. The project involves a large-scale collaboration with major domestic and international public research laboratories (National Universities, NINS, RIKEN) and private companies.

Duties:

The successful candidate will work at the project headquarter in NINS (Okazaki), will support the project scientifically by contributing to one or several of the following research and development lines:

(1) Development and integration of a cold Rydberg atom quantum processor unit (laser-cooled atoms trapped in optical tweezers)
(2) High-fidelity quantum gates with cold Rydberg atoms
(3) Quantum error correction and detection techniques for cold Rydberg atom
(4) Laser development (high-power cw laser, ultrafast lasers, fiberized optical setups)

The successful candidate will work with our faculty, research staff and students in an open-minded, international, environment.

Term of employment:

Full-time, non-tenured. Period of employment is up to 2030 with annual renewal. The Moonshot project will be evaluated at stage gates in 2025 and 2027.
If employed as Research Assistant Professor, the period of employment is renewed annually up to 3 years (with possible extension up to 5 years after examination).

Required qualifications for the candidate:

Young researchers who hold a doctoral degree or are expected to obtain a doctoral degree by the time of appointment.
Experience in quantum technology and/or AMO physics is desirable (but not mandatory).
We are looking for researchers from a wide range of backgrounds.

Deadline for application:

31/12/2022(JST)
(Recruitment may be closed as soon as enough suitable candidates are hired.)

Expected start date:

As soon as possible (negotiable)

Work location:

Institute for Molecular Science
38 Nishigonaka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
(8 min. walk from Meitetsu Higashi-Okazaki station)

Conditions of employment:

Compensation：based on the NINS regulations, depending on experience and achievements the range is 4 000 000 to 6 000 000 Yen (gross yearly salary).
Work hours: Under the discretionary work system for specialized work, the employee is deemed to have worked 7 hours and 45 minutes per day.
Day-off: Saturdays, Sundays, national public holidays (15 days in Japan), year-end and New Year holidays (December 29 - January 3).
Holidays: Annual paid leaves (20 days) and summer holidays (3 days).
Social insurance (health insurance, welfare pension), employment insurance. Commuting allowance (up to 55 000 Yen/month).
Foreign researchers are eligible to apply for housing at the NINS lodge: https://www.ims.ac.jp/en/life/accommodation.html

Documents for application:

(1) Curriculum Vitae (Please download the format from the URL below.)
(2) Summary of research achievements (not more than 2 pages in total on A4 size paper.)
(3) List of publications and invited talks (For details, refer to the URL below.)
(4) Reprints or preprints of maximum five selected publications
(5) Recommendation letter(s) (optional)

For details (format, description method, etc.), see the following URL.
https://www.ims.ac.jp/en/recruit/teisyutu.html

Submission:

The above documents (1) to (5) should be prepared in PDF format and then the documents (1) to (4) should be merged into one single PDF document. The merged PDF should be submitted as the attachment of email and the document (5) recommendation letter(s) should be submitted separately by recommender(s).

Submission of application:

ohmori_at_ims.ac.jp (_at_ should be replaced with an at mark)

Selection process:

The past achievements will be reviewed based on the submitted documents, and an interview proposed as necessary before decision. The result is notified directly to the applicant.

For further information:

Kenji Ohmori, Prof. Dr.
Institute for Molecular Science
38 Nishigonaka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
E-mail: ohmori_at_ims.ac.jp (_at_ should be replaced with an at mark)
Phone: +81-564-55-7361

Others:

(1) Gender equality
IMS complies with Equal Employment Opportunities Law of Japan and is committed to promoting gender equality. (https://www.ims.ac.jp/en/recruit/sankaku.html) Our support measures for researchers, regardless of gender, who have childcare and family care responsibilities are found from here. (https://www.ims.ac.jp/en/about/bunshi_sankaku.html)

(2) Handling of personal data
All the private data in application for selection and employment is handled in strict confidentiality in accordance with Personal Information Protection Law of Japan and the NINS Personal Information Protection Rules, and such data is not utilized for any other purpose. Applications should be submitted after agreeing above handling.