Senior Quantum Field Engineer - India

IonQ, Inc. is the world’s leading quantum platform and merchant supplier. We are looking for a Senior Quantum Field Engineer. As a Senior Quantum Field Engineer, you’ll be part of a team whose mission is to lead IonQ on its journey to build the world’s best quantum solutions and solve the world’s most complex problems. Field Engineering sits at the intersection of customers, markets, products and product teams, algorithms, applications, innovation and strategy - this is the team where ideas become applied and have impact.

Responsibilities

Inspire prospective clients by explaining IonQ’s strategy, portfolio and answering technical questions about quantum portfolio (compute, network, security, sensing and space) and quantum applications.; Lead and shepherd client discussions, inspiring them to see how quantum applications can be implemented in their business domain.; This includes working through business needs and mapping Quantum Algorithms (financial services, bioscience, chemistry and materials, optimization, generative AI, and other domains) into application code and executing Proof-of-Concepts together with the IonQ Application team.; Share insights from clients with the IonQ Product Management and Engineering teams such that client feedback is incorporated into our products.; Navigate competitive objection handling; Translate business needs expressed by our clients into technical work projects in collaboration with other team members.; Create assets to explain features of our quantum applications and other IonQ quantum products.; Move dialogs from initial ideation to focused exploration domain through to proof-of-concept and ultimately into production workflows.; Lead client discovery sessions for business-oriented use cases that uncover potential overlap with development of useful quantum algorithms together with the IonQ Application team; Partner with marketing, developer relations and business development to grow awareness of IonQ in the world at large.; Attend industry conferences, as needed, to talk to client and support our booth activities.; Some travel expected in the US (20%) but opportunities for global travel are available as well for client meeting and IonQ conference activities.; This is a technical customer-facing role with the appropriate balance of compensation acceleration for success and a base salary to ensure that credibility and technical correctness always come first.

Requirements

5 years of experience in technical customer-facing roles or equivalent capacity. The ability to communicate (at the various context-appropriate levels of depth) and persuade clearly, have strong EQ, and other customer facings skills are critical.; Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or other STEM field, such as Chemistry, Physics or Engineering; Motivated learner with a strong interest in quantum computing.

Nice to have

Masters or PhD in a STEM field, perhaps adjacent to quantum computing.; Time on the customer side in various verticals included leadership roles - this provides customer empathy; Hands-on experience with Qiskit, Cirq or other quantum computing SDK.; Proficient in Python and Jupyter Notebooks.; Expert architecture skills across various technologies ("full stack skills"); Experience leading technical events.

Benefits

comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans; matching 401(k); unlimited PTO and paid holidays; parental/adoption leave; legal insurance; home technology stipend