Senior Quantum Life Sciences Applications Scientist

Entangled Future; Toronto; On-site; CAD 198,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision plan

401(k) matching

Unlimited PTO

Paid holidays

Parental/adoption leave

Legal insurance

Home technology stipend

Job summary

IonQ is seeking a Senior Quantum Applications Scientist - Life Sciences to join our team in Toronto, Canada and Göteborg, Sweden. This senior, full-time role sits in the GTM - Field Engineering group within software engineering, focusing on delivering impactful quantum applications for life sciences.

You will develop hybrid quantum applications and collaborate with quantum compiler, cloud and hardware teams to create optimized workflows for trapped-ion machines, bringing state-of-the-art

Responsibilities

• Develop impactful hybrid quantum applications, algorithms and solutions in the life sciences domain that promise commercial advantages in practice and at scale.
• Collaborate with quantum compiler, cloud and hardware engineering teams to develop highly optimized hybrid workflows for trapped-ion quantum computers.
• Contribute knowledge of classical and quantum domain-specific algorithms and tools to evaluate and communicate pros and cons, current state-of-the-art, scaling behavior, trade offs, cross-over points, etc.
• Be part of a client-facing team that finds, defines, and solves problems of real-world interest using IonQ trapped-ion quantum computers.
• Build reusable software platforms to grow IonQ’s user base. Integrate first of a kind quantum algorithms into larger end-to-end workflows.

Job description

IonQ is seeking a Senior Quantum Applications Scientist - Life Sciences to join our team in Toronto, Canada and Göteborg, Sweden. This senior, full-time role sits in the GTM - Field Engineering group within software engineering, focusing on delivering impactful quantum applications for life sciences.

You will develop hybrid quantum applications and collaborate with quantum compiler, cloud and hardware teams to create optimized workflows for trapped-ion machines, bringing state-of-the-art