Senior Field Engineer - US Federal

IonQ is the world’s leading quantum platform and merchant supplier - delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. We are looking for a Senior Quantum Field Engineer for our US Federal business. 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 and co-engineer solutions with the US Intel Agencies 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

Requirements

10+ years of experience in technical customer-facing role or equivalent capacity; ability to communicate and persuade clearly, have strong EQ, and other customer-facing skills are critical; US Citizen, with Top Secret (TS) / Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance required; 5 years of focused experience with technology companies that support US Intel Agencies; 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; Mission oriented person - driven to help the US Federal Government Intel agencies

Nice to have

full scope polygraph preferred; 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; bonus; equity