Jobs at IonQ

Lead full-cycle PCBA design for spaceflight hardware: requirements, schematic/layout, bring-up, test, verification, and manufacturing handoff. Collaborate with RF, mechanical, software, and FPGA teams, mentor junior engineers, engage CMs/vendors, and drive failure analysis and flight-readiness for high-reliability satellite electronics.

Build and operate backend services for IonQ's Network and Security Platform: high-throughput telemetry ingestion, time-series storage, real-time processing, and APIs. Implement event streaming, cloud-native deployments, observability, and reliability practices; participate in on-call and incident response. Collaborate with architects, lead code reviews, and mentor engineers to deliver production-grade distributed systems.

As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you'll lead the development of innovative electronic solutions for quantum instruments, manage PCB design, and collaborate with various engineering teams.

As a Satellite Operations Engineer, you'll manage the satellite operational life-cycle, focusing on commissioning, fleet health, and anomaly response.

Lead the security posture strategy for an NSPM platform: design and maintain posture assessment rule frameworks, map device configurations to compliance standards, define risk scoring, ensure scalable rule execution across heterogeneous network devices, translate emerging threats and regulations into automatable rules, engage customers and stakeholders, and mentor engineers and analysts on posture rule design and compliance mapping.

Lead and manage a team of electrical engineers for the design, development, and testing of electrical systems and components in aerospace applications, ensuring compliance and driving innovation.

Lead full-cycle PCBA design for spaceflight hardware from concept through in-orbit debug. Develop robust analog/digital boards, define test and verification plans, guide manufacturing handoff, conduct cross-disciplinary reviews, mentor engineers, engage vendors/CMs, and drive failure analysis and process improvements to deliver flight-ready electronics.

The Senior Staff Software Architect will lead the design of a high-scale Network Monitoring Platform, focusing on cloud-native architecture, data ingestion pipelines, and real-time processing, while mentoring engineers and driving architectural decisions.

Lead go-to-market strategy and launches for IonQ's quantum sensing products. Develop positioning, messaging, sales enablement, and AI-enabled GTM systems; partner with product, engineering, and sales; own competitive intelligence and customer insights to drive adoption in government, defense, aerospace, and critical infrastructure markets.

Lead the architectural vision for real-time control systems, designing embedded systems on ARM SoC, developing data acquisition pipelines, and implementing control algorithms while mentoring engineers.

Lead architecture and development of production-quality Rust software for ARM SoC-based quantum instruments. Own system controllers, low-latency data acquisition, device drivers, and control algorithms. Integrate hardware, drive board bring-up and testing, mentor engineers, and improve development processes across cross-functional teams including physicists and firmware engineers.

The Senior PCB Designer will develop high-performance PCBAs, ensuring quality and reliability for quantum technologies, collaborating with engineers and physicists.

Lead hardware test strategy and execution for precision electronic and photonics instruments. Develop and run test plans (environmental, EMI/EMC), debug board-level issues, characterize performance with lab equipment, define DFT/DFM, automate data collection, mentor junior engineers, and manage test data systems.

Design, develop, test, and maintain flight software for a satellite constellation. Integrate with FPGA, EE, and ground teams, lead code reviews, mentor engineers, write unit/integration tests and documentation, troubleshoot on-orbit issues, and support full software lifecycle from requirements to deployment.

Develop and verify embedded firmware for ST microcontrollers and custom MCUs, implement control algorithms and peripheral drivers, support board bring-up and hardware testing, collaborate with hardware teams, document work, and participate in code review and engineering processes.

Owner of backend services for a network and security platform: build high-throughput telemetry ingestion, time-series storage, real-time processing, and APIs. Implement event streaming, cloud-native deployments (Kubernetes, Terraform), observability (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus), and operational reliability including on-call and incident response. Translate architecture into production-grade code (Go/Rust), mentor engineers, and drive cross-team technical decisions.

Owner of backend services for a network and security platform: build high-throughput telemetry ingestion, time-series storage, streaming pipelines, and APIs. Write production Go/Rust, ensure reliability/observability, deploy containerized services on Kubernetes across cloud providers, participate in on-call and incident response, and influence platform architecture and engineering standards.

Lead complex, cross-functional quantum hardware/software programs from R&D through production, customer delivery, and sustainment. Build and own integrated master schedules, drive NPI/NTI readiness, manage program financials (EAC/EVM), mitigate risks and dependencies, communicate program status to executives and customers, and mentor junior TPMs while establishing scalable governance and operating rhythms.

Provides day-to-day labor and employment legal advice to People and Recruiting teams; drafts employee lifecycle documents, state-specific agreements, FAQs, and training materials. Advises on leave, wage-and-hour, ADA, employee relations, performance management, and separations. Manages employment subpoenas, legal holds, personnel-file productions, contractor compliance, multistate requirements, and coordination with international outside counsel.

Administer and maintain IonQ's Salesforce Government Cloud org for federal sales: govern access and compliance, build declarative enhancements, manage data quality and releases, support Salesforce Shield controls and audits, produce reports/dashboards, triage federal requests, lead UAT, and maintain documentation and runbooks.