Staff Packaging Engineer - Quantum Hardware Cleanroom

IonQ; College Park (MD); On-site; USD 146,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

IonQ, Inc. in College Park, MD, is seeking a hands-on Process Engineer, Packaging to keep our cleanroom production moving. You will spend 70-80% in the cleanroom operating, programming, troubleshooting, and improving packaging equipment used to build quantum processing units (QPUs).

This floor-first engineering role requires 1-2 years of relevant experience, the ability to learn quickly, and a clear commitment to safety and precise hardware work. Training is onsite five days per week.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in an engineering or physical sciences discipline.
• 1-2 years professional experience operating complex automated equipment in production, development, or laboratory settings.
• Demonstrated ability to diagnose equipment or process problems and verify fixes.
• Enjoy working with hardware and learning new processes quickly and safely.
• Ability to train operators and work onsite five days per week during training.
• Comfort with full cleanroom gowning and meticulous work practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide real-time sustaining engineering support in the cleanroom to keep QPU builds on track.
• Operate, program, troubleshoot, and improve packaging equipment with emphasis on wire bonding and die bonding.
• Create, validate, release, and maintain equipment recipes and programs using disciplined experimentation.
• Investigate faults, excursions, and failures; identify root causes and verify corrective actions.
• Train and qualify operators, translating learning into clear instructions and travelers.
• Improve packaging processes to boost yield, throughput, and uptime.
• Support prototype and new-product builds from prep to release.
• Collaborate across packaging, manufacturing, QPU design, fabrication, quality, test, and suppliers.

Skills

Packaging equipment

Wire bonding

Die bonding

Optical packaging

Troubleshooting

Programming equipment

Hands-on engineering

Hardware-focused

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or physical sciences

Job description

IonQ, Inc. in College Park, MD, is seeking a hands-on Process Engineer, Packaging to keep our cleanroom production moving. You will spend 70-80% in the cleanroom operating, programming, troubleshooting, and improving packaging equipment used to build quantum processing units (QPUs).

This floor-first engineering role requires 1-2 years of relevant experience, the ability to learn quickly, and a clear commitment to safety and precise hardware work. Training is onsite five days per week.