Base Salary
$107k - $154k/yr
Responsibilities
- Write and verify embedded firmware for ST microcontrollers, COTS devices, and MCUs integrated into custom ASICs.
- Implement control algorithms for high-precision quantum sensing instruments.
- Develop peripheral drivers for mixed-signal devices using electronic schematics.
- Partner with hardware engineers on board testing and bring-up activities.
- Participate in code reviews, GitHub task-ticket workflows, and retrospectives.
- Document and communicate technical work in a collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science from an accredited program.
- Demonstrated ability to write production-quality C/C++ for small embedded processors.
- Experience with interrupt service routines, peripheral drivers, and multithreaded firmware using RTOSs and/or bare-metal environments.
- Scripting experience in Python, Perl, or similar languages.
- Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, function generators, and voltmeters.
- Ability to debug and isolate issues using debuggers and simulation tools.
- Comfort working in a laboratory setting.
- Eligibility under U.S. export-control requirements as a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or qualifying refugee or asylee.
- Preferred: experience designing PID or other control algorithms, fixed-point arithmetic, digital filter design, communication protocols, assembly programming, lightweight Ethernet stacks such as lwIP, or SoC/FPGA devices.
Benefits
- Platinum-level family medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Health and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Employer 401(k) contributions.
- 20 days of paid time off and 11 paid holidays.
- Paid parental leave.
- Fully stocked kitchen.
- Onsite position in Pleasanton, California, with up to 5% domestic or international travel.
About IonQ
IonQ, Inc. [NYSE: IONQ] is the world’s leading quantum platform and foundry - delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. IonQ’s newest generation of quantum computers, the forthcoming IonQ Tempo, will be the latest in a line of cutting-edge systems that have been helping customers and partners including Amazon Web Services, AstraZeneca, and NVIDIA achieve 20x performance results and accelerate innovation in drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, logistics, cybersecurity, and defense. In 2025, the company achieved 99.99% two-qubit gate fidelity, setting a world record in quantum computing performance. Headquartered in College Park, Maryland, IonQ has operations in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Washington, Italy, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Toronto, and the United Kingdom. Our quantum computing services are available through all major cloud providers, while we also meet the needs of networking and sensing customers across land, sea, air, and space. IonQ is making quantum platforms more accessible and impactful than ever before. Learn more at IonQ.com.