Assistant/Associate Professor, Quantum Materials and Quantum Information Science and Engineering

About the role

About Northeastern: Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus. Our locations-in Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; London; Portland, Maine; Miami; San Francisco and Oakland; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant-are nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research. Northeastern's comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs- in a variety of on-campus and online formats-leads to degrees through the doctorate in ten colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multidisciplinary majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers. The College of Science and the Quantum Materials and Sensing Institute at Northeastern University (Boston and Burlington Campuses) seek exceptional faculty candidates to establish transformative research programs at the frontiers of quantum materials and quantum information science and engineering. We welcome applications for the Assistant Professor and Associate Professor level ranks. The successful candidate will have a tenure home in Physics (with joint appointments with other departments in Colleges of Science and Engineering possible), beginning in academic year 2026-2027. We welcome applicants across the full spectrum of quantum science, from experimental to theoretical and computational, including research at the intersection of quantum science and AI/ML. Areas of interest include (but are not limited to) advanced quantum materials synthesis; novel qubit platforms (e.g., superconducting, topological, photonic, and spin-based); room-temperature quantum devices; spintronics, quantum sensing and metrology, including position, navigation and timing technologies; and quantum networks and communications. Also of interest are new approaches for designing and predicting quantum materials/systems/devices; error correction and fault-tolerant architectures; novel quantum algorithms for near-term and fault-tolerant quantum computing; quantum advantage demonstrations in optimization and simulation; quantum information theory; and hybrid quantum-classical algorithms. We particularly encourage candidates whose research transcends traditional boundaries between theory and experiment to harness the power of AI/ML in developing new quantum algorithms and AI-assisted quantum systems. Areas could include AI-driven quantum networks; quantum circuits and control protocols; quantum state characterization and noise mitigation; autonomous quantum experimentation for real-time discovery; quantum-inspired classical algorithms and computing; and design of quantum materials and devices. The successful candidate will join a vibrant quantum research ecosystem centered around the Quantum Materials and Sensing Institute ( https://quantum.northeastern.edu ), including the Experiential Quantum Advancement Laboratories (EQUAL, https://equal.sites.northeastern.edu/ ) and other quantum laboratories. They are expected to collaborate with faculty colleagues within the QMSI and leverage a wide range of world-class laboratories and facilities, including state-of-the-art clean room synthesis, characterization, and fabrication tools; ultrafast optical spectroscopy; cryogenic measurement systems; quantum transport tools; and high-performance computing clusters. The individual will advance quantum science and technology to address practical applications in health, security, and sustainability, while actively engaging with the quantum industry and developing quantum education programs to build a quantum-literate workforce. The Department of Physics ( https://cos.northeastern.edu/physics/ ) includes 49 tenured/tenure-track faculty, 13 full-time teaching faculty; four research faculty; and one professor of the practice. Physics enrolls over 100 undergraduate physics majors, over 200 physics majors combined with other majors, and over 100 PhD students. The College of Science and Physics Department are in a vibrant expansion phase. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ( https://ece.northeastern.edu/ ) includes 85 tenured/tenure track faculty, 15 research faculty, and 15 teaching faculty. ECE has around 950 undergraduate students, 600 master's students and 325 Ph.D. students. The department continues to be very research active and continues to grow holistically in all areas of ECE with Quantum Engineering as one of its current focuses. Our tenure and promotion process values collaborative research and teamwork, along with individual initiative. Hires will be m