Senior System Architect, SNSPD Platforms & Cryogenics

Entangled Future; Genf; Hybrid; CHF 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

IonQ in Geneva, Switzerland, is seeking a Staff System Architect for the SNSPD Systems within the Quantum Platform - Network & Security team. The role is full-time and focuses on leading the technical architecture and roadmap for a next-generation SNSPD platform.

You will integrate quantum photonics, cryogenic systems, and embedded software to deliver scalable, reliable detectors with system-wide coherence and clear interfaces, while guiding cross-domain trade-offs and architectural decisions.

Responsibilities

• Be integral to the development of the SNSPD platform across quantum photonics, cryogenic systems, and embedded systems.
• Define end-to-end system architecture, ensuring alignment with a long-term product vision and translating requirements into system-level designs.
• Drive trade-offs across performance, cost, scalability, and integration while guiding cross-domain design challenges.

Job description

IonQ in Geneva, Switzerland, is seeking a Staff System Architect for the SNSPD Systems within the Quantum Platform - Network & Security team. The role is full-time and focuses on leading the technical architecture and roadmap for a next-generation SNSPD platform.

You will integrate quantum photonics, cryogenic systems, and embedded software to deliver scalable, reliable detectors with system-wide coherence and clear interfaces, while guiding cross-domain trade-offs and architectural decisions.