Jobs at IonQ

Leads complex spacecraft and aerospace hardware development programs across design, qualification, production, and delivery. Owns scope, schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, resources, procurement, subcontractors, and technical deliverables. Coordinates cross-functional engineering teams and stakeholders, translates requirements into execution plans, drives accountability, resolves issues, and communicates status to leadership. Also improves program management practices and supports knowledge sharing across the organization.

Develops and executes test plans for spacecraft components and systems, maintains automated test scripts, performs functional, performance, and environmental testing, analyzes test data, troubleshoots issues, and supports design reviews. The role also involves maintaining test equipment and facilities, developing electrical and mechanical ground support equipment, and following safety and quality standards in an onsite aerospace environment.

Leads cross-functional technical programs across IonQ’s application platform, developer tools, and compiler roadmap. Translates technical vision into milestones, manages dependencies and risks, maintains planning and tracking systems, exposes technical debt and operational work, and reports data-driven status to senior leadership. The role supports approximately 40 engineers across four teams and requires navigating ambiguity, technical tradeoffs, staffing, customer-facing work, and AI-driven program-management workflows.

Lead technical programs across their full lifecycle, managing cross-functional teams, portfolios, schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communication. Translate technical requirements into delivery plans, prioritize initiatives, track progress, and drive data-informed decisions. The role supports component upgrades, design, and spacecraft integration while mentoring project resources and applying waterfall, agile, and scrum methodologies in a fast-paced aerospace and national security environment.

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.

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 Chief Architect designs, implements, and optimizes optical communication terminals for space systems, leading engineering activities from concept to launch while collaborating with cross-functional teams and providing technical support for optical 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 optimize quantum algorithms and applications for scientific and commercial impact, collaborating with partners and driving innovation.

Associate General Counsel supporting IonQ’s product and research teams across the product lifecycle. Responsibilities include advising on strategic partnerships, licensing, joint development, supply and manufacturing arrangements, and complex technology transactions. The role will build product legal processes, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, and translate legal, product, engineering, and business considerations into actionable guidance.

Drive customer adoption of IonQ’s quantum computing platform through technical onboarding, performance optimization, circuit design, troubleshooting, training content, and workshops. Serve as a technical advisor and internal customer advocate while tracking customer health metrics, supporting product improvements, and representing IonQ at industry forums. Collaborate with Product, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, and cloud platform teams.

Leads global commercial alliances with major hyperscalers, including AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud, and Oracle. Owns joint business plans, co-sell motions, customer qualification, quantum capacity resale, marketplace routes, pricing, negotiations, pipeline, and revenue growth. Builds lighthouse partnerships, customer references, repeatable sales playbooks, and regional execution models for IonQ’s quantum computing and related technologies. Requires extensive hyperscaler alliance experience, emerging-technology commercialization expertise, executive communication, cross-functional leadership, and global travel.

Develop and scale selected reseller, distributor, systems integrator, telecommunications, hyperscaler, and consulting partnerships across the Americas. Lead partner strategy, co-selling, customer qualification, solution development, negotiations, pipeline forecasting, and commercialization of IonQ’s quantum portfolio. Build lighthouse engagements into referenceable wins, repeatable sales motions, and scalable channels while coordinating regional sales, global alliance, engineering, marketing, and program teams.

Owns IonQ’s sales strategy and account relationships across state, local, and academic institutions in the Northwest. Responsibilities include developing executive relationships, identifying opportunities, building quantum technology sales pipelines, qualifying deals, creating proposals, negotiating agreements, closing business, and supporting customer satisfaction. The role requires extensive quota-carrying technology sales experience in the SLED market and familiarity with emerging technologies such as quantum computing and AI/ML.

Own global alliances with selected advisory and consulting partners, including joint business plans, executive relationships, co-selling, pipeline, forecasting, and commercial outcomes. Lead customer discovery and solution development across quantum computing, networking, security, sensing, and space. Coordinate global and regional teams, build partner capabilities, secure referenceable wins, and convert early engagements into repeatable sales motions, playbooks, and scalable revenue channels.

Partners with IonQ leaders on financial analysis, strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, spending controls, and company-wide initiatives. The role supports cross-functional decision-making, improves planning systems, and contributes to investor relations and corporate development activities. It requires strong financial modeling, communication, and analytical skills, with a focus on a rapidly growing quantum technology business.