Machine Learning and Quantum Information Systems Specialist

TRIUMF Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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The Machine Learning and Quantum Information Systems Specialist will play a key role in advancing TRIUMF’s research programs by applying cutting‑edge methods and technologies in Machine Learning (ML) and Quantum Information (QI). The specialist will collaborate closely with research groups to identify opportunities where ML and QI enhance scientific output, co‑supervise students and postdoctoral researchers, and guide the development and adaptation of innovative methodologies to achieve research objectives.

The specialist will also collaborate with the Canadian ATLAS Tier‑1 Centre team and lead the software framework development, integration, and optimization of accelerator‑based applications for the High‑Luminosity Large Hadron Collider’s challenging computing environment. Development activities are crucial to ensure advanced compute accelerator technologies based on GPUs, FPGAs, and/or quantum computing are effectively deployed and utilized in a heterogeneous high‑performance computing environment.

Beyond project leadership, the incumbent will share expertise through presentations, workshops, and training initiatives within TRIUMF and with national and international collaborators, support internships, capstone projects, and summer schools, and help foster strategic partnerships with Canadian academia and industry to strengthen TRIUMF’s ML and QI initiatives and broaden their impact.

• Apply and develop advanced methods and technologies in ML and QI to enhance TRIUMF’s research programs.
• Collaborate with research groups to identify opportunities where ML and QI improve scientific output.
• Provide guidance in developing and adapting innovative methodologies to achieve research objectives.
• Co‑supervise students and postdoctoral researchers engaged in related projects.
• Lead R&D activities enabling use of advanced compute accelerators (GPUs, FPGAs, quantum computing) at the Canadian ATLAS Tier‑1 Centre.
• Share expertise through presentations, workshops, and training opportunities at TRIUMF and with national/international collaborators.
• Contribute to training and mentorship through internships, capstone projects, and summer schools.
• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with industry to expand TRIUMF’s ML and QI initiatives and their impact.
• Work on complex issues that require in‑depth evaluation of variable factors and make non‑routine decisions on project work where a high degree of accuracy and sound judgement are vital.
• Determine selection criteria for methods and techniques used in individual projects and present complex ideas to interdisciplinary teams and leaders anticipating objections and concerns.
• Lead cross‑functional work with long timelines that impacts several teams and is beyond the specialist’s own area of expertise.
• Develop a professional network within the institution, nationally and internationally, among academic and business leaders.

There are no direct supervisory responsibilities associated with the position. However, the specialist will mentor and guide TRIUMF’s scientific users, staff, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students.

• Excellent leadership, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, planning skills, attention to…