IonQ
Staff Design Quality Engineer - NPI
Bothell, Washington, United States · Staff+ · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$132k-$173kDetected 9 hours ago
AWSFinancial ModelingLogisticsGD&TSystems EngineeringMechanical DesignHardware DesignCommunicationTolerance Analysis
About the role
- We are looking for a Design Quality Engineer to join our Manufacturing & Operations team.
- As a Design Quality 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.
- In this role, you will be responsible for introducing and maturing IonQ's design quality discipline - building on an active NPI process already in motion and bringing structured quality methods, design standards, and cross-functional partnerships that make our hardware easier to build, validate, and scale.
Responsibilities
- Own holistic Design for Manufacturability and Assembly (DFM/DFA) reviews across the full system, spanning all subsystems, to identify cross-cutting design quality risks, recurring failure patterns, and systemic issues before they propagate into build.
- Drive and ensure adoption and implementation of design standards within Engineering, including GD&T drawing conventions, fastener standards, component design libraries, and interface standards.
- Lead active standardization initiatives already underway, including collimator consolidation, fastener standards, and CAD configuration standards, in close partnership with the System CAD Configurator and Engineering Operations.
- Introduce structured quality planning into IonQ's NPI programs - defining which design quality deliverables (DFMEA, DVP&R, key characteristics, measurement plans) belong at each E/V/P build stage, and working with NPI teams to weave them into the existing program rhythm without adding friction.
- Review Design Verification and Validation plans and reports (DVP&R) in step with IonQ's iterative build cycles
- work with engineering to ensure V&V plans are drafted ahead of E builds and matured through validation.
- perform and review tolerance stack-up analyses to confirm assemblies will fit and function across tolerance ranges.
- Participate in and help refine IonQ's change control process as a quality reviewer - evaluating design changes for V&V impact and configuration consistency across E, V, and P system baselines, and flagging when a change warrants re-verification before the next build.
- Lead structured root-cause and corrective/preventive action for design-related failures from build, test, or the field
- verify effectiveness before closure and feed lessons learned back into design rules, checklists, and documentation.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, systems, manufacturing, or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong GD&T proficiency per ASME Y14.5 and hands-on experience with tolerance stack-up analysis
Nice to have
- Experience with opto-mechanical, photonic, vacuum system, or cryogenic hardware - IonQ's systems are precision opto-mechanical assemblies and this background meaningfully shortens ramp time.
- APQP/PPAP experience and familiarity with first-article inspection (AS9102) or equivalent production-readiness frameworks used at the NPI-to-production transition.
- Familiarity with AS9100 or equivalent aerospace/defense QMS frameworks, including configuration management, key characteristics, and first article requirements.
- Comfort working within PLM and change management tooling (such as Windchill, Arena, or Teamcenter) and familiarity with formal ECO disposition workflows.
- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE), or equivalent professional certification.
- Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in mechanical engineering, systems engineering, or a related discipline.
- We empower employees to thrive by fostering a culture of autonomy, productivity, and respect.
- US Technical Jobs.
Skills
- In 2025, the company achieved 99.99% two-qubit gate fidelity, setting a world record in quantum computing performance.
- IonQ is making quantum platforms more accessible and impactful than ever before.
Compensation
- Posted base salary figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available.
Benefits
- will vary based on individual factors such as education, qualifications, and experience of the final candidate(s), specific
- Our benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, matching 401(k), unlimited PTO and paid holidays, parental/adoption leave, legal insurance, and a home technology stipend.
- Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided when a candidate receives an offer of employment.
- We are committed to equity and justice.
- office location, and calibration against relevant market data and internal team equity.
Visa & Work Authorization
- export control and government contract restrictions
This listing is sourced directly from IonQ's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.