Real-Time Systems Engineer – Rust for Quantum Runtime

IonQ; Oxford; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

IonQ, Inc. in Oxford is seeking a Systems Software Engineer to join the Runtime Software team.

You will work directly with experimental scientists to implement real-time control behaviours and provide abstractions they require for experiments, helping turn hardware into a scalable quantum computer. You’ll help shape the core Rust libraries and the execution environment, enabling fast iteration, reliable operation, and fault‑tolerant computation across our quantum systems, in a highly

Qualifications

• Expert in systems programming languages for real-time environments.
• Experience with Rust and/or C/C++ in scientific or hardware contexts.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop abstractions over real-time control hardware for nano-second precision.
• Contribute to the execution environment and core libraries for the quantum systems.
• Collaborate with scientists and cross-disciplinary teams to integrate software with hardware.

Skills

Rust

C/C++

Systems programming

Communication

Job description

IonQ, Inc. in Oxford is seeking a Systems Software Engineer to join the Runtime Software team.

You will work directly with experimental scientists to implement real-time control behaviours and provide abstractions they require for experiments, helping turn hardware into a scalable quantum computer. You’ll help shape the core Rust libraries and the execution environment, enabling fast iteration, reliable operation, and fault‑tolerant computation across our quantum systems, in a highly