Physicist - Ion Transport and Waveform Design

Entangled Future; Boulder (CO); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

IonQ in Boulder, Colorado, seeks a mid-level Physicist for the Ion Transport and Waveform Design team. You will contribute to simulating ion transport physics and collaborating with experimental, commercial, and quantum-architect teams to optimize waveform designs for fast, robust ion operations.

The role focuses on developing and validating transport control schemes, enabling loading, routing, and gate operations within our quantum computer platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop novel control schemes for fast, robust, and low-excitation ion transport.
• Design and optimize control waveforms to perform operations such as ion loading, transport, qubit routing, and gate operations.
• Simulate the physics of ion chains in the system.

Job description

Physicist - Ion Transport and Waveform Design at IonQ, Boulder, Colorado, United States. A mid-level full time position in the Compute - Science team, listed under business operations.

About IonQ: IonQ, Inc . [NYSE: IONQ] is the world’s leading quantum platform and merchant supplier - delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. IonQ’s newest generation of quantum computers, the IonQ Tempo, is the latest in a line of cutting-edge systems that have been helping customers and partners including Amazon Web Services, and AstraZeneca achieve 20x performance results and accelerate innovation in drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, logistics, cybersecurity, and defense. In 2025, the company achieved 99.99% two-qubit gate fidelity, setting a world record in quantum computing performance . Headquartered in College Park, Maryland, IonQ has operations in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Washington, Italy, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Our quantum computing services are available through all major cloud providers, while we also meet the needs of networking and sensing customers across land, sea, air, and space. IonQ is making quantum platforms more accessible and impactful than ever before. We are looking for a physicist to join our Ion Transport and Waveform Design team. As a simulation physicist, you’ll be part of a cross-functional team whose mission is to lead IonQ on its journey to build the world’s best quantum computers to solve the world’s most complex problems. In this role, you will study the physics of ion transport. You will collaborate with experimental teams to validate simulation results and physics understanding, commercial teams to design transport waveforms used in our quantum computers, and quantum architects to inform the design of next-generation ion traps. Responsibilities : Develop novel control schemes for fast, robust, and low-excitation ion transport. Design and optimize control waveforms to perform operations such as ion loading, transport, qubit routing, and gate operations. Simulate the physics of ion chains in the