Staff Scientist - Quantum Applications (Defense) - Remote

IonQ, Inc.; Clayton (NM); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Matching 401(k)

Unlimited PTO and paid holidays

Parental/adoption leave

Job summary

IonQ, Inc. in the United States seeks two Staff Scientists – Quantum Applications (Defense) to join the newly established Customer Solutions team.

You will collaborate with customers across academia, enterprise, government, and national labs to develop quantum applications tailored to defense missions using IonQ trapped-ion quantum computers. As a technical leader, you will translate problem statements into quantum code, integrate into workflows, and benchmark performance against leading methods

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree in Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics or similar STEM field plus 4+ years of professional work experience developing quantum applications for defense-related use cases.
• Experience leading Federal, DefenseTech and Industrial R&D engagements.
• Mastery of Python and Qiskit or similar quantum SDK. Working knowledge of C++ or other low-level language.

Responsibilities

• Work with customers across academia, enterprise, government and national labs to create defense-focused quantum solutions.
• Lead integration of quantum algorithms into realistic workflows by translating problem statements into quantum code and benchmarking performance.
• Benchmark quantum algorithm performance against SOTA methods and communicate results to customers.
• Represent IonQ externally with customers and at conferences.

Skills

Python

Qiskit

C++

Education

Doctorate degree in Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics or similar STEM field

Tools

Codex

Opus

Job description

IonQ, Inc. in the United States seeks two Staff Scientists – Quantum Applications (Defense) to join the newly established Customer Solutions team.

You will collaborate with customers across academia, enterprise, government, and national labs to develop quantum applications tailored to defense missions using IonQ trapped-ion quantum computers. As a technical leader, you will translate problem statements into quantum code, integrate into workflows, and benchmark performance against leading methods