Internship The Algorithms And Applications Team H/F - 92

Quandela is a European start up that provides photonic quantum computers that are modular, scalable, energy-efficient and accessible both on the cloud and on premise.

Our team of 85 employees, specialises in the development of both software and hardware solutions for a variety of quantum applications. We offer a wide range of services, from developing the most efficient and brightest single photons sources, to creating algorithms for quantum computers and providing cloud quantum computing solutions.

Quandela plays a pivotal role as a strategic partner in the quantum transformation of industrial sectors such as energy, finance, pharmaceuticals, and transportation. Furthermore, we are esteemed collaborators within the academic and research community.

- Following a successful €50 million fundraising in 2023, we are now scaling up our commercial ventures alongside our ongoing research endeavors.
- Quandela has been chosen to participate in the French Tech 2030 program, which aims to bolster French companies pioneering groundbreaking innovations.Quandela stands as a global leader in quantum computing, driven by groundbreaking technology and a strategic vision for scaling quantum solutions. The company's unique ability to offer both hardware and software solutions, along with its commitment to build energy efficient datacenters and scalability, positions it to play a key role in the next wave of innovation, and in many strategic and sovereign industrial sectors.

Join us at the forefront of quantum computing innovation

Description of the Team/Project

We offer internships in the Algorithms and Applications team for a duration of 6 months, which can start as early as February 2026. The mission of this team is to bring a practical quantum advantage to industry. It is a young team of engineers and scientists with over 10 people focused on developing state-of-the-art photonic quantum algorithms on Perceval and Merlin (Quandela's software development kit). Apply until the 21/11/2025.

We offer several internships around the following topics:

- Training quantum machine learning (QML) models efficiently and in a scalable way
- Studying the properties of QML models through the lens of either classical machine learning or quantum foundations.
- Classical algorithm to spoof a claim of quantum advantage in Quantum Monte-Carlo methods
- Applications of classical shadow techniques

Your Key Responsibilities

- Literature review, understanding scientific articles
- Algorithms design and new ideas
- Implementation of algorithms in Perceval and MerLin, our software platforms
- Communication of results through a presentation and report