Career Building Internship Opportunities

Perimeter Institute supports graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to supplement their training with external internship opportunities in industry. Former Perimeter students and researchers have gone on to pursue careers not only in world-leading academic institutions, but also in start-ups and companies focused on developing ground-breaking technologies. In the jobs posted below, students and researchers are hired to apply their theoretical physics skills in industry settings.

Jobs and internships with Perimeter’s industry quantum network

The following companies have recently visited or collaborated with Perimeter Institute and frequently offer opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers with training in theoretical physics:

• 1QBit: https://1qbit.com/careers/current-openings
• Agnostiq: https://jobs.lever.co/agnostiq 
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Early-career opportunities: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/landing_pages/aws-early-career 
  • All openings: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/business_categories/amazon-web-services 
• ForeQast: https://www.foreqast.ai
• Haiqu: https://www.haiqu.ai
• IBM Quantum:
  • Internships: https://www.ibm.com/quantum/internships
  • All openings: https://www.ibm.com/careers/us-en 
• IonQ: https://ionq.com/jobs
• Nord Quantique: https://www.nordquantique.ca/jobboard 
• Quantinuum: https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=247849c0-352d-4ea5-a8ca-4f3f86f34d2a&ccId=19000101_000001&type=JS&lang=en_US
• Quantum Valley Ideas Lab: https://www.qvideaslab.ca/careers 
• SandboxAQ
  • Residency Program: https://www.sandboxaq.com/company/residencies 
  • All openings: https://www.sandboxaq.com/careers 
• Xanadu 
  • Residency Program: https://xanadu.ai/residency 
  • All openings: https://xanadu.applytojob.com/apply 
• yiyaniQ: https://www.yiyaniq.com  
• Zapata AI: https://zapata.ai/interns/
• ZebraKet: http://www.zebraket.com 

Perimeter residents: Reach out to [email protected] to be put in contact with representatives from the companies above.

Check out the Industry Speaker Presentations at Perimeter’s recent Quantum Industry Networking event to learn more about many of the companies above.

Other Relevant Job Boards

• Open projects in quantum industry supported by Mitacs Accelerate (with funding available separate from Perimeter’s Umbrella agreement described below): https://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/accelerate/open-projects?field_title_value=quantum
• Other potential opportunities outside of quantum industry are available here: https://perimeterinstitute.ca/careers-outside-academia

Mitacs Accelerate Umbrella Funding

Perimeter graduate students and postdocs can apply for internship funding  through the “Perimeter QuInternships” Mitacs Accelerate Umbrella program.  Perimeter residents can find more information on the application process on PION. For more information, visit the Mitacs Accelerate program website.