IonQ
Senior PCB Designer
Pleasanton, California, United States · Senior · Contract
Work authorization required$142k-$186kDetected 9 hours ago
AWSFinancial ModelingLogisticsProcurementPCB DesignAltiumEMI/EMCElectrical EngineeringCollaboration
About the role
- This is a unique opportunity to play a hands-on role in transforming cutting-edge quantum technologies into real-world solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design & Development: Review design requirements to develop schematics, custom footprints, component placement, and signal routing for complex multilayer PCBAs containing digital, analog, and power circuits.
- Standards & Strategy: Apply established design rules, define PCB layer stack-ups, and determine via strategies (including HDI) to optimize performance.
- Review & Refinement: Lead and participate in engineering design reviews, updating layouts based on technical feedback and resolving Design Rule Check (DRC) issues.
- Production Readiness: Perform BOM scrubbing and review designs for manufacturability (DFM) to ensure seamless production.
- Vendor Liaison: Work directly with PCB fabricators and assembly vendors to resolve build questions and address parts procurement challenges.
- Lifecycle Management: Maintain organized design files, libraries, and documentation within the PLM system, supporting revisions and Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).
- Testing Support: Partner with test engineers during board bring-up, troubleshooting, and validation phases in a laboratory setting.
- Review design requirements to develop schematics, custom footprints, component placement, and signal routing for complex multilayer PCBAs containing digital, analog, and power circuits.
- Apply established design rules, define PCB layer stack-ups, and determine via strategies (including HDI) to optimize performance.
- Lead and participate in engineering design reviews, updating layouts based on technical feedback and resolving Design Rule Check (DRC) issues.
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.
- Domain Knowledge: Strong understanding of grounding strategies, power routing, and general electronic systems.
- Manufacturing Expertise: Deep knowledge of PCB fabrication processes and industry-standard manufacturing documentation.
- Lab Skills: Proficiency with laboratory instrumentation and electronic test equipment
- Technical degree, relevant certification, or equivalent hands-on industry/military experience.
- Deep knowledge of PCB fabrication processes and industry-standard manufacturing documentation.
- A demonstrated curiosity and motivation to expand knowledge of electronics fundamentals and quantum technology applications.
Nice to have
- Signal Integrity: Experience designing boards with controlled impedance, including differential pair routing and tight length-matching requirements.
- Fully stocked kitchen
- Proficiency with modern PCB design tools (Altium Designer preferred) and experience with high-density (HDI) layouts and multilayer boards.
- Technical Mastery: Proficiency with modern PCB design tools (Altium Designer preferred) and experience with high-density (HDI) layouts and multilayer boards.
Skills
- Proficiency with laboratory instrumentation and electronic test equipment; comfortable working in a laboratory environment.
- Regulatory Knowledge: Experience designing to or updating documentation for RoHS, CE, EMI/EMC, or UL compliance.
- Mindset: A demonstrated curiosity and motivation to expand knowledge of electronics fundamentals and quantum technology applications.
- 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
Compensation
- Posted base salary figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available.
- The approximate base salary range for this position is $142,113 to $186,063 per year.
Benefits
- Paid parental leave
- 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.
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.