Research Scientist, Optical Engineering Neutral Atoms, Quantum AI

Benefits

Parental leave

18 weeks From the posting source

Non-birth-parent leave

18 weeks From the posting source

Family-building benefits

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• Adoption assistance: Not verified
• Surrogacy assistance: Not verified

Mental health support

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Relocation assistance

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Childcare support

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Verification

Source-linked checked May 7, 2026

Salary

$174K-$253K From the posting source

401(k) match

Reported from DOL Form 5500 industry filing (not employer-specific)

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$111,944 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+13.7% - Much faster than average

91% above the BLS role benchmark for data and ml aggregate.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Data and ML aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

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Seniority

Mid From the posting source

Schedule

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Weekend work

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About this role

Research Scientist, Optical Engineering Neutral Atoms, Quantum AI Boulder, CO, USA As an organization, Google maintains a portfolio of research projects driven by fundamental research, new product innovation, product contribution and infrastructure goals, while providing individuals and teams the freedom to emphasize specific types of work. As a Research Scientist, you'll setup large-scale tests and deploy promising ideas quickly and broadly, managing deadlines and deliverables while applying the latest theories to develop new and improved products, processes, or technologies. From creating experiments and prototyping implementations to designing new architectures, our research scientists work on real-world problems that span the breadth of computer science, such as machine (and deep) learning, data mining, natural language processing, hardware and software performance analysis, improving compilers for mobile platforms, as well as core search and much more. As a Research Scientist, you'll also actively contribute to the wider research community by sharing and publishing your findings, with ideas inspired by internal projects as well as from collaborations with research programs at partner universities and technical institutes all over the world. The full potential of quantum computing will be unlocked with a computer capable of error-corrected computations. Google Quantum AI's mission is to build this computer and unlock solutions to classically intractable problems. Our roadmap is focused on advancing the capabilities of quantum computing and enabling meaningful applications. Google Research is building the next generation of intelligent systems for all Google products. To achieve this, we're working on projects that utilize the latest computer science techniques

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