Senior Physicist - Resilience Engineering & Operations

About the role

IonQ, Inc. is the world's leading quantum platform and merchant supplier, delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. Our newest generation of quantum computers, the IonQ Tempo, helps customers and partners like Amazon Web Services and AstraZeneca achieve 20x performance results and accelerate innovation in various fields.

Responsibilities

• Participate in follow-the-sun on-call rotations to keep our systems running at peak performance.
• Ensure high uptime and performance of our commercial quantum computers, through alert response, monitoring, and engineering of state-of-the-art quantum computers.
• Work collaboratively with other System Operators on improvements and processes to make operating quantum systems easier and more efficient.
• Communicate with customers to coordinate access and inform on system status.
• Remotely interface with quantum systems to impact performance using documented procedures.
• Interpret telemetry to aid in deeper understanding of quantum system status.
• Clearly communicate with teams working across multiple timezones.

Requirements

• PhD degree in physics, engineering, or another physical science
• Desire and capability to work closely on a team that is distributed - excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset
• Hands-on experience with optical alignments, laser stabilization, and/or AOMs
• A propensity for learning new things and fascination with emerging technologies
• Formal training or education in statistics
• Capable of adapting for an ever-growing and ever-changing work environment
• Disposition to work flexible working hours, on a 24/7 oncall shift where the rotation changes as needed
• 3+ years laboratory experience in atomic and/or optical physics

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD or Postdoc in experimental AMO physics
• Deep experience with Javascript or Python
• A background in data analysis, data science, or machine learning
• Software Engineering experience

Location

This role is based at our Bothell, WA office, with the option to work a few days a week remotely.

Travel

5%

Job ID

1491

Pay

The approximate base salary range for this position is $114,750 - $150,237. The total compensation package includes base, bonus, equity, and a range of benefit options found on our career site.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• Matching 401(k)
• Unlimited PTO and paid holidays
• Parental/adoption leave
• Legal insurance
• Home technology stipend

Qualifications

• U.S. Person status for export controls and government contracts work
• Verification of U.S. citizenship, U.S. national, U.S. permanent resident, refugee, or granted asylum status

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to equity and justice. We welcome different voices and viewpoints and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.