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QPU Production Test Development Manager

About IonQ: IonQ, Inc. [NYSE: IONQ] is the world’s leading quantum platform and merchant supplier - delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. IonQ’s newest generation of quantum computers,

Company

IonQ

Location

College Park, Maryland, United States

Status

Open

Posted

2026-10-14T17:49:00+00:00

IonQ is hiring an on-site manager in College Park, Maryland, to lead QPU production test development within Device Operations. The person will set test strategy and acceptance criteria for quantum processors, plan campaigns across labs, build automated test infrastructure, investigate failures, and grow a team of about four engineers and technicians in the first year. The posting asks for a technical people manager with hardware test experience, measurement rigor, and Python automation skills, plus familiarity with trapped-ion, optical, vacuum, or cryogenic systems. Salary is $160,000–$240,000.