Senior Staff Scientist, IonQ
Quantum AI
$162.9-213.3k
+ Variable bonus and equity component
Quantum computing platform
Open for applications
Quantum computing platform
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$162.9-213.3k
+ Variable bonus and equity component
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build the world’s best quantum computers to solve the world’s most complex problems, transforming business, society, and the planet for the better.
Role
Who you are
- PhD in Computer Science, Math, Physics, Electrical Engineering in relevant field or similar level of professional experience
- 10+ years of industry experience in relevant domain
- Update-to-date, hands-on programming skills involving training and developing enterprise-scale AI models. Highly adept at using tools of the trade such as (not limited to) git, slurm, Python, Torch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, scripting, visualization, profiling, parallel programming, etc
- Active portfolio of high-impact scientific papers in quantum computing, AI or ML
Desirable
- Hands-on experience developing and optimizing quantum algorithms using quantum SDKs such as Qiskit (preferred), CUDA-Q, Cirq, Q#, Penny Lane and Torch Quantum. Experience developing circuits for NISQ hardware is a plus
- Track record of scaling up software from research-grade artifacts (Matlab, Julia, R, Jupyter Notebook) to beta-customer to full release
- Industrial domain expertise in a field such as NLP, operations research, logistics, manufacturing, engineering simulations, etc
- Success as an originator and team leader for cross-disciplinary projects that apply LLM, Generative AI or other foundational AI models toward impactful business problems
What the job involves
- The IonQ Applications team is seeking a pioneering Senior Staff Scientist who’s committed to delivering the world’s best quantum AI solutions on the world’s best quantum computers to solve the world’s most complex and impactful problems for customers around the world
- As an AI thought leader and expert doer, you will span wide and dig deep to identify, champion and deliver hybrid applications where IonQ trapped-ion quantum computers can unlock new value
- As a role model for a team of PhD application scientists, you will help discover new algorithms, develop core IP, develop computational resource models, and optimize hybrid codes from quantum circuit to cloud platform
- You will also work closely with product, marketing, sales, operations, and external customers/partners to brainstorm new ideas, define multi-year Quantum AI roadmaps, and represent IonQ at high-visibility conferences (often all in a single day)!
- Lead hands-on development of state-of-the-art hybrid AI applications optimized for CPU, GPU and IonQ trapped-ion QPU
- Be an intrapreneur within the company to shape, champion and deliver on a multi-year quantum AI roadmap. Influence hardware/firmware/software co-design
- Collaborate across compiler, system, cloud and partner teams to integrate quantum algorithms within larger hybrid software platforms and workflows
- Be a go-to technical leader and decision-maker for a team of talented PhD scientists
- Grow IonQ’s global footprint by identifying problems of business interest to new clients in global markets and fostering customer relationships
- While this role is remote-friendly and highly flexible, candidates must be able to travel to global customer sites and attend virtual meetings during non-core hours—potential for onsite co-location at customer sites during key engagements
Our take
IonQ is a quantum computing company, its current quantum computer, the IonQ Quantum Cloud is accessible through the cloud. An offshoot of the co-founder's 25 years of academic research in quantum information sciences, IonQ hopes to build the world's best quantum computers that can solve complex problems at a much faster rate than that of traditional computers.
Over the past few years, IonQ has partnered with several major technology companies, including Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Google to make its quantum computers more widely available.
IonQ has also acquired Entangled Networks to bolster its product offerings and also merged with a special purpose acquisition company to become a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "IONQ". The merger brought in substantial gross earnings that IonQ plans to utilize in order to accelerate its technology development and commercialization efforts.
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Insights
60% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2020
$7m
SERIES B
Oct 2019
$55m
SERIES B
Total funding: $82m
Company benefits
- Biweekly catered lunches
- 100% paid maternity/paternity/bonding leave for eligible employees
- Health, vision, dental insurance, and an HSA for you and your family
- Flexible time off
- Save in our 401(k) and we'll match up to 5% (vesting over five years)
- Access to UMD library, gym, and more
- Spend pre-tax dollars on public transportation or your bicycle (we provide secure, covered storage)
Company HQ
College Park, MD
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Leadership
Christopher Monroe
(CSO)For the past 15 years, they have been a Professor at the University of Maryland and since 2021, they have also worked as a Professor of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University.
Jungsang Kim
(CTO)Previously the founder, President and CEO of Applied Quantum Technologies. They have also been a Professor at Duke University for the past 18 years.
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