Software Engineer - Automation & Calibration

The salary range for this position is $115,692 - $151,471.

We are looking for a Software Engineer on the Automation & Calibration 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. We are looking to hire candidates at either of our new facilities in Seattle, Washington or Toronto, Canada.

Improving the quality and optimizing the efficiency of our quantum computers requires developing control routines and automated calibrations with our team of experimental physicist operators and helping configure new hardware for the system. Prior experience with control theory, hardware device control, and working with scientists will be helpful; data analysis and statistical methods are even more useful.

This is an opportunity for a software engineer with an emerging or existing interest in quantum computing to bring their diverse background and talents into the future. Alternatively this is an opportunity for a quantum researcher with strong software engineering skills to engage in bringing quantum computers from the lab to the cloud.

Responsibilities:

• Write code used to run physical experiments and regular quantum computer operations
• Write adapters for new hardware devices and new capabilities
• Automate and optimize the calibration of our systems’ physical parameters
• Effectively self-manage projects, priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
• Closely collaborate with cross-functional teams of physicists, electrical engineers, and other software engineers to produce higher quality quantum computations
• Pair program with experimental physicists, teaching standard software engineering practices along the way

You’d be a good fit with: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or related field 
• 2+ years programming experience in a general-purpose language like Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, or C++
• 1+ years total employment in a software engineering role
• Data analysis skills in areas like statistical testing, modeling, optimization, and/or machine learning

You’d be a great fit with: 

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a related degree
• 1+ years experience in machine learning and/or mathematical optimization
• A background in digital signal processing and/or control theory
• Experience in working with technical experts outside of traditional software engineering, particularly electrical engineers and physicists