at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Boise, Idaho, United States Job Description Overview At PNNL , our core capabilities are divided among major departments that we refer to as Directorates within the Lab, focused on a specific area of scientific research or other function, with its own leadership team and dedicated budget. Our Science & Technology directorates include National Security, Integrated Discovery Sciences, and Energy and Environment. In addition, we have an Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a Department of Energy, Office of Science user facility housed on the PNNL campus. The Integrated Discovery Sciences Directorate ( IDSD ) leads fundamental research across biology, chemistry, earth and environmental sciences, materials science, advanced computing, artificial intelligence, quantum information science, mathematics, autonomy, and DOE national user facilities. Our vision is to accelerate scientific discovery by observing, understanding, simulating, predicting, and controlling dynamic biotic-abiotic processes and interactions within complex biological, chemical, material, and Earth systems. We intentionally connect disciplines to advance fundamental discovery science, develop transformative scientific capabilities, and address the nation's most important challenges in energy, environmental resilience, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, health, and national security. The Atmospheric, Climate, and Earth Sciences ( ACES ) Division comprises multidisciplinary teams working to advance the predictive knowledge of Earth systems. The ACES team includes researchers at every career stage who collaborate across disciplines to address some of the most pressing challenges which are critical to ensure a robust U.S. energy system. Scientists in ACES provide their expertise to major sections of the Department of Energy's Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research program, including the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement ( ARM ) user facility, the Atmospheric System Research program, and the Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling program. Responsibilities PNNL seeks a postdoctoral research associate to explore the frontier of quantum information science and plasma physics. The successful applicant will lay the theoretical foundation for Quantum Computer for Application Development and Discovery Science (QC- ADDS ). Expertise in fault tolerant quantum algorithms and plasma physics is desired. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary and collaborative team of researchers with a broad range of inte To view full details and how to apply, please login or create a Job Seeker account