Senior Staff Software Engineer - Automation & Calibration

IonQ

1 year ago

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College Park, Maryland, United States

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About this role

A Senior Staff Software Engineer on the Automation & Calibration Team at IonQ will be part of a cross-functional group focused on keeping the company’s quantum computers and demonstration systems operating autonomously and at high throughput. The role supports advancement of control routines and automated calibration capabilities in collaboration with experimental physicists and engineers. Candidates may come from software engineering or quantum research backgrounds and will provide both hands-on engineering and strategic technical direction.

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Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or Related FieldMS or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or Related Field

About IonQ

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IonQ builds trapped‑ion quantum computers and full‑stack systems designed to tackle complex computational problems. Their platform combines high‑fidelity trapped‑ion qubits, control hardware, and developer tools to deliver quantum processing via cloud integrations and APIs. IonQ targets applications in chemistry, optimization, machine learning, and finance while working with enterprises, researchers, and cloud providers to make quantum computing broadly accessible.