IonQ
Staff Engineer- Electrical
Pleasanton, California, United States · Staff+ · Contract
Work authorization required$163k-$214kDetected 9 hours ago
AWSProduct ManagementFinancial ModelingLogisticsThermal AnalysisPCB DesignAltiumEMI/EMCElectrical EngineeringHardware DesignLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoring
About the role
- This high-impact role requires a blend of technical mastery and creative problem-solving to architect complex PCB Assemblies featuring FPGAs, MCUs, Mixed-Signal, and RF circuits.
- You will oversee the entire product lifecycle-from conceptualizing high-level architectures to hands-on troubleshooting-ensuring that our groundbreaking quantum instruments meet rigorous performance and quality standards.
Responsibilities
- Architectural Leadership: Lead high-level electrical architecture for quantum sensors, balancing complex trade-offs between size, weight, power, and performance (SWaPC).
- End-to-End PCB Development: Own the full development cycle, including requirement gathering, schematic capture, layout design, fabrication coordination, and performance verification.
- Technical Mentorship: Serve as a technical guide for the electrical engineering team, conducting rigorous design reviews and establishing hardware development best practices.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with physicists and mechanical, software, and optical engineers to translate system requirements into precision electronic designs.
- Manufacturing Support: Support production by troubleshooting issues, developing test verification procedures, and optimizing boards for yield, quality, and testability.
- Continuous Improvement: Drive the evolution of engineering procedures and refine PCB designs to enhance instrument performance.
- Documentation & Compliance: Maintain precise design records within a cloud-based PLM system, managing revisions and Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).
- As a Staff Engineer - Electrical, you will be a cornerstone of our multidisciplinary engineering team, leading the design and development of cutting-edge electronics for next-generation quantum sensors.
- Own the full development cycle, including requirement gathering, schematic capture, layout design, fabrication coordination, and performance verification.
- Serve as a technical guide for the electrical engineering team, conducting rigorous design reviews and establishing hardware development best practices.
Requirements
- To comply with the US export control laws, Vector Atomic employees must be U.S. citizens (born or naturalized), lawful U.S. permanent residents (i.e. green card holders), and certain categories of refugees, and asylees.
- Technical Proficiency: * Expertise in high-density PCB design (fine-pitch BGAs, high-speed differential pairs, and mixed-signal architectures).
- Lab Skills: Proficiency in a laboratory environment, including the use of standard electronic instrumentation for testing and hardware debugging.
- Knowledge of thermal analysis, including the use of heatsinking, copper pours, thermal vias, and component derating.
Nice to have
- Industry Background: Professional experience in the precision sensor sector, specifically with atomic clocks or Inertial Navigation Systems (INS).
Skills
- Proficiency in a laboratory environment, including the use of standard electronic instrumentation for testing and hardware debugging.
- Software Mastery: Advanced expertise in Altium Designer for schematic capture, layout, library management, and output generation.
- Specialized Circuitry: Experience designing and implementing RF circuits on traditional PCBs or ceramic substrates.
- Photonic Integration: Previous experience integrating electronics with high-precision components like lasers, AOMs, and photodetectors.
- Thermal Engineering: Knowledge of thermal analysis, including the use of heatsinking, copper pours, thermal vias, and component derating.
- Benefits will be provided by Vector Atomic, an IonQ Company, and will differ from the benefits listed on the IonQ website.**
- Vector Atomic values teamwork, open and honest discourse, and work-life balance.
- Platinum-level family health coverage (medical, dental, vision)
- Health and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Employer 401(k) contributions
- 20 days of paid time off & 11 paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
Compensation
- Posted base salary figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available.
- The approximate base salary range for this position is $163,430 to $213,972 per year.
Benefits
- We offer competitive compensation and benefits including:
- The total compensation package includes base, bonus, equity and benefits.
- 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.
Company info
- Professional experience in the precision sensor sector, specifically with atomic clocks or Inertial Navigation Systems (INS).
- We are looking for an agile, mentor-minded leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about translating complex physics requirements into robust hardware reality.
Visa & Work Authorization
- To comply with the US export control laws, Vector Atomic employees must be U
This listing is sourced directly from IonQ's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.