Senior Quantum Field Engineer – Algorithm and Application Specialist

Role Overview

• 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.
• 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.
• When possible and applicable rotate into the Application team where development of new algorithmic intellectual property is developed.
• 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.
• Some travel expected in the US (20%) but opportunities for global travel are available as well for client meeting and IonQ conference activities.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Masters or PhD in with a focus on Quantum Computing, Algorithms and Applications, Complexity Theory.
• Hands-on experience with Qiskit, Cirq, Classiq or other quantum computing SDKs.
• Broad published research and other vehicles for increased impact radius
• Time on the customer side in various verticals included leadership roles
• this provides customer empathy
• Some 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 facing skills are critical.
• Expert architecture skills across various technologies (“full stack skills”).
• Experience leading technical events.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Unlimited PTO and paid holidays
• Parental/adoption leave
• Legal insurance
• Home internet stipend
• Pet insurance