Staff Software Engineer - Product Delivery

We are looking for a Software Engineer on the Engineering Product Delivery team. As a Software Engineer, 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. 

The Engineering Product Delivery (EPD) team at IonQ is responsible for final development and delivery of quantum computer products. The EPD team is the tip of the spear at IonQ, converting high-performance, multidisciplinary subsystems into effective products that expand the frontiers of quantum computing physics and open avenues to redefine our customers’ industries. In this role, you can expect close collaboration with experimental physicists, hands-on lab work, and developing a deep understanding of the fundamental operational principles of our products.

Responsibilities:

• Learn the fundamental principles of our products and their development activities in order to design software which can effectively improve both
• Write code used to run physical experiments and quantum computer operations
• Automate and optimize the calibration of our systems’ physical parameters
• Pair program with experimental physicists, teaching scalable software engineering practices along the way
• Conduct hands-on testing at multiple levels of our software stack, from high level API to analog signals on an oscilloscope
• Effectively self-manage projects, priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
• Mentor junior staff

You’d be a good fit with:

• 7+ years experience as a core software developer of applications that many users depend on to do their jobs
• 7+ years experience advancing the development of a commercial or industrial electronic hardware product and/or conducting fundamental research requiring complicated electronic or optical systems
• Experience through the full life cycle of a large scale software product used for automating the operations of a complicated electrical, mechanical, or optical system
  
  

You’d be a great fit with:

• A PhD earned supporting research in atomic, molecular, and optical physics, quantum computing, or related fields.
• Experience deploying mathematical optimization or machine learning in commercially or industrially useful ways
• Experience developing embedded software or higher level interfaces for a device relying on closely coupled FPGA and CPU processing components
• Proficiency with lab equipment relevant to experimental physics including oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, power meters, RF cables, fiber optics, and breakout boards.
• Hands-on experience configuring and troubleshooting applications deployed in containers and orchestration systems such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Expertise in Python packaging, containerization and/or virtual environment administration
• Familiarity with the fundamental principles of compilers

Location: This role is based onsite at our headquarters in College Park, MD or at our Bothell, Washington facility with the option to work remotely a few days a week.
Travel: Less than 10% travel time between office sites

The approximate base salary range for this position is $162,920 - $213,304.