About IonQ:
IonQ, Inc. [NYSE: IONQ] is the world’s leading quantum company delivering solutions to solve the world’s most complex problems. IonQ’s newest generation quantum computers, IonQ Tempo and IonQ Forte Enterprise, are the latest in cutting-edge systems that have been helping customers and partners such as Amazon Web Services, AstraZeneca, and NVIDIA achieve 20x performance results. The company achieved 99.99% two-qubit gate fidelity, setting a world record in quantum computing performance in 2025.
The company is accelerating its technology roadmap and intends to deliver the world’s most powerful quantum computers with 2 million qubits by 2030 to accelerate innovation in drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, logistics, cybersecurity, and defense. IonQ’s advancements in quantum networking position the company as a leader in building the quantum internet.
Location: This role will work onsite at our office located in Bothell, WA.
Travel: Up to 10%
Job ID: 1438
The Role:
We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer to own the reliability, scalability, and deployment of our electronic hardware test automation platform. This platform is critical for executing full-system, subsystem, and component-level automated electronic hardware tests across our global engineering sites and contract manufacturer (CM) locations.
As the primary infrastructure expert on an internal-tooling software development team you will act as the liaison to IonQ's core Infrastructure team. You will be helping to develop and deploy the minimal, secure, and maintainable infrastructure necessary to execute our test automation software on everything from rack-mounted servers to lightweight, single-purpose devices across our manufacturing verification processes. As a senior member of the team, you will be expected to work mostly independently, leading moderately scoped projects and acting as a subject-matter resource for the test organization.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain the CI/CD pipelines for deploying our test automation software to a distributed fleet of testbeds.
- Develop and manage infrastructure for testbed provisioning, remote management, and monitoring.
- Contribute to testbed design and hardware selection decisions to better support team objectives.
- Implement and enforce best practices for security, compliance, and observability across the test platform.
- Serve as the point of contact and subject-matter expert for infrastructure, collaborating with the broader organization's SRE and DevOps teams to ensure alignment on tools and practices.
- Collaborate with hardware and software engineers to define infrastructure requirements and deliver robust, scalable solutions.
- Solve complex and non-routine infrastructure problems, evaluating alternatives and considering tradeoffs between cost, quality, and speed.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in a DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering role.
- Solid understanding of networking, security best practices, and system administration in a Linux environment.
- Strong programming experience with at least one modern language such as Python or Go.
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., using GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Ansible and provisioning tools like iPXE.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience managing infrastructure for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing or electronics test labs.
- Experience with deploying and managing software at remote or third-party sites (e.g., contract manufacturers).
- Solid cloud development/deployment experience (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Experience with cross-platform deployment automation (Linux, Windows).
- Experience with bare-metal provisioning for remote/headless systems using technologies like PXE, Kickstart, or Preseed.
- Experience with monitoring and observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
- Familiarity with regulations that may be applicable to the teams' responsibilities (e.g. ISO 9001, ITAR).
- Knowledge of protocols and services used in distributed systems, such as gRPC, MQTT, or other message brokers.
Compensation & Benefits:
The approximate base salary range for this position is $151,756 - $198,688. The total compensation package includes base, bonus, equity, and a range of benefit options found on our career site.
Compensation will vary based on individual factors such as education, qualifications, and experience of the final candidate(s), specific office location, and calibration against relevant market data and internal team equity. Posted base salary figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available. Our benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, matching 401K, unlimited PTO and paid holidays, parental/adoption leave, legal insurance, and a home technology stipend. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided when a candidate receives an offer of employment.
IonQ's HQ is located in College Park, Maryland, just outside of Washington DC. We are actively building out our recently opened manufacturing and production facility in Bothell, WA (near Seattle). Depending on the position, you may be required to be near one of our offices in College Park, Seattle, Toronto, Canada, and Basel, Switzerland. However, IonQ will expand into additional domestic and international geographies, so don’t let this stop you from applying!
At IonQ, we believe in fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all while striving to identify and eliminate barriers. We empower employees to thrive by fostering a culture of autonomy, productivity, and respect. We are dedicated to creating an environment where individuals can feel welcomed, respected, supported, and valued.
We are committed to equity and justice. We welcome different voices and viewpoints and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
US Technical Jobs. The position you are applying for will require access to technology that is subject to U.S. export control and government contract restrictions. Employment with IonQ is contingent on either verifying “U.S. Person” (e.g., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum) status for export controls and government contracts work, obtaining any necessary license, and/or confirming the availability of a license exception under U.S. export controls. Please note that in the absence of confirming you are a U.S. Person for export control and government contracts work purposes, IonQ may choose not to apply for a license or decline to use a license exception (if available) for you to access export-controlled technology that may require authorization, and similarly, you may not qualify for government contracts work that requires U.S. Persons, and IonQ may decline to proceed with your application on those bases alone. Accordingly, we will have some additional questions regarding your immigration status that will be used for export control and compliance purposes, and the answers will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law.
US Non-Technical Jobs. Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum. Accordingly, we will have some additional questions regarding your immigration status that will be used for export control and compliance purposes, and the answers will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law.
If you are interested in being a part of our team and mission, we encourage you to apply!
