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# Staff Product Manager, Next-Generation Systems at IonQ

- **Company:** IonQ
- **Location:** Bothell Washington, United States
- **Posted:** 2026-06-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ionq/jobs/6030852004

## Job description

About IonQ:

[IonQ, Inc](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fionq.com%2F&esheet=54451094&newsitemid=20260316477473&lan=en-US&anchor=IonQ%2C+Inc&index=7&md5=0818ffbedc6dbad8c4d1611ac94c2a0f). [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, the IonQ Tempo, is the latest in a line of cutting-edge systems that have been helping customers and partners including [Amazon Web Services,](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fionq.com%2Fnews%2Fionq-speeds-quantum-accelerated-drug-development-application-with&esheet=54451094&newsitemid=20260316477473&lan=en-US&anchor=Amazon+Web+Services%2C&index=8&md5=a7f94ee9b71a392dca3cd6c413722e51)[and](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fionq.com%2Fnews%2Fionq-speeds-quantum-accelerated-drug-development-application-with&esheet=54451094&newsitemid=20260316477473&lan=en-US&anchor=and&index=9&md5=2bed627b388878763f41ffe0e4edb16c)[AstraZeneca](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fionq.com%2Fnews%2Fionq-speeds-quantum-accelerated-drug-development-application-with&esheet=54451094&newsitemid=20260316477473&lan=en-US&anchor=AstraZeneca&index=10&md5=757c1f2c2ec94cf3982700106122164f) 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](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fionq.com%2Fnews%2Fionq-achieves-landmark-result-setting-new-world-record-in-quantum-computing&esheet=54451094&newsitemid=20260316477473&lan=en-US&anchor=setting+a+world+record+in+quantum+computing+performance&index=11&md5=32e9cb88afbd439026a352666cc72c91).

Headquartered in College Park, Maryland, IonQ has operations in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Washington, Italy, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, 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.

We are looking for a customer-obsessed, technically deep product manager to build critical pieces of our quantum computing portfolio. As a product manager within IonQ's Quantum Computing product family, 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'll own the product management of a next-generation hardware program, from early definition through launch, within the broader quantum systems portfolio. You’ll have two main responsibilities: ensuring the market is ready for the new generation, and ensuring the new generation is ready for the market. The first requires aligning how its capabilities will be exposed to customers, when and how it is exposed to internal and external “early access” users, and what key demonstrations and milestones we need to ensure that end users are ready and excited to take advantage of they system as soon as it comes online. The second requires  aligning program priorities with product priorities: act as a key stakeholder and team member of the engineering program that is developing the system to negotiate key design targets and requirements, helping manage day-to-day tradeoffs with clear business and customer perspective, and identifying and doing the work necessary to ensure the program is not just a technical success, but a commercial and customer one:  export control and compliance, operability and maintainability, compatibility, field deployability, and more.

You will work with customers, external partners, and internal collaborators across Product, Engineering, R&D, Sales, Marketing, and more to establish a vision, identify and prioritize requirements, define a product roadmap, inform go-to-market strategies, and drive them to realization and launch.

We need a self-starting, technically-adept leader to help us continue to move quantum out of the lab and into the world of scientific and commercial utility. This means strength and depth in both technical and business topics, constant curiosity and intellectual humility, and the ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with a broad variety of internal and external stakeholders. This role in particular requires the ability to credibly partner with engineering program leads on system design tradeoffs — strong, pragmatic opinions about what "ready" means for a specific  quantum system, target customer, and market moment  are necessary for success.

If you're passionate about emerging technologies, energized by working at the boundary between research and productized delivery, and excited about the opportunity to make a significant impact on the trajectory of IonQ and the quantum computing industry at large, we'd love to hear from you.

## Responsibilities

- Understand The Market: work internally and externally to build and communicate a strong point of view about our customers — particularly future customers who believe upcoming generations will unlock needed capability — and the ability for IonQ's and competitors' solutions to deliver on their needs.
- Understand our Technology: immerse yourself in IonQ's hardware roadmap, system software, experimental capabilities, and R&D pipeline. Build deep working relationships with the engineering program leads for your area, and understand the challenges and considerations that inform key design decisions and our ability to deliver for customers.
- Define and Align: build strong relationships with engineering to ensure advancements in capability are clearly aligned to business and customer outcomes, drive milestone alignment and clarity across in-flight hardware generations so capability demonstrations are coordinated events, not technical milestones the rest of the company catches up to later. Collaborate with delivery teams to manage tradeoffs and adjust as we learn.
- Deliver: Lead cross-functional efforts to land each new hardware generation across relevant markets and motions (Internal, Cloud, On-Prem). Define product value proposition, positioning, and go-to-market strategy, and contribute to its realization across Sales, Product Marketing, Customer Success, and more.
- Learn and Iterate: work closely with customers, customer success, applications research, internal data, and our own scientists to understand the success, health, and quality of products in development and in-market — and feed this understanding forward into the next generation's design.

You'd be a good fit with

- Bachelor's degree in Physics, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, a related engineering field, or equivalent real-world experience
- 8+ years of experience in technical product management or equivalent roles, with exposure to hardware-software co-development or scientific instrumentation
- Direct experience with Quantum Computing, Quantum Information Science, and/or AMO Physics — sufficient to credibly partner with engineering program leads on system design tradeoffs and key functional and non-functional requirements.
- Experience working on products that required building a new market for a technology and/or commercializing a technology for the first time
- World-class written and verbal communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to articulate complex topics to technical and non-technical audiences
- A demonstrated ability to act as a self-starting leader in ambiguous and challenging environments, driving impact through persistence and adaptability

You'd be a great fit with

- An advanced degree (MS/PhD) in Physics, Quantum Information Science, Chemistry, Applied Mathematics, or related engineering field
- Publications in QIS, AMO physics, or adjacent fields; established relationships in the quantum computing research community
- Experience turning research-grade technologies into productized customer-facing offerings — particularly in domains where the customer cares about underlying capability, not just pricing and packaging
- Experience in Scientific Computing or High Performance Computing — their tools, users, business models, and operational challenges

Location: This role is based at our Bothell, WA office, with the option to work a few days a week remotely. Travel: As needed Job ID:  1692 The approximate base salary range for this position is $170,304 - $198,688. The total compensation package includes base, bonus, equity, and a range of benefit options found on our career site. 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. Posted base salary figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available. 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.

At IonQ, we believe in fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all while striving to identify and eliminate barriers. We empower employees to thrive by fostering a culture of autonomy, productivity, and respect. We are dedicated to creating an environment where individuals can feel welcomed, respected, supported, and valued.

We are committed to equity and justice. We welcome different voices and viewpoints and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

US Technical Jobs. The position you are applying for will require access to technology that is subject to U.S. export control and government contract restrictions.  Employment with IonQ is contingent on either verifying “U.S. Person” (e.g., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum) status for export controls and government contracts work, obtaining any necessary license, and/or confirming the availability of a license exception under U.S. export controls.  Please note that in the absence of confirming you are a U.S. Person for export control and government contracts work purposes, IonQ may choose not to apply for a license or decline to use a license exception (if available) for you to access export-controlled technology that may require authorization, and similarly, you may not qualify for government contracts work that requires U.S. Persons, and IonQ may decline to proceed with your application on those bases alone.  Accordingly, we will have some additional questions regarding your immigration status that will be used for export control and compliance purposes, and the answers will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law.

US Non-Technical Jobs. Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum. Accordingly, we will have some additional questions regarding your immigration status that will be used for export control and compliance purposes, and the answers will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law.

If you are interested in being a part of our team and mission, we encourage you to apply!

## About IonQ

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: IonQ develops trapped ion quantum computers and full-stack quantum platforms for computing, networking, sensing, and security, aiming to solve problems beyond the reach of classical systems.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: IONQ)
- **Headquarters**: College Park, Maryland, USA (additional offices in Bothell, WA; Toronto, Canada; Basel, Switzerland)
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Dr. Chris Monroe and Dr. Jungsang Kim

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Quantum computing, quantum networking, quantum sensing, quantum security, quantum space infrastructure
- **Target customers**: Enterprise, government, research institutions, cloud providers (B2B)
- **Mission**: “To develop the world’s best quantum technology to solve the world’s most complex problems” and “solve problems that are beyond the reach of classical systems”

## Products & Services
- **Quantum Computing**: Trapped ion quantum computers accessible via AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and NVIDIA. Commercial systems with world-record two-qubit gate fidelity (99.99%).
- **Quantum Networking**: Quantum key distribution (QKD) and infrastructure for a global quantum internet.
- **Quantum Sensing**: Ultra-precise measurement for navigation, medical imaging, and resource discovery.
- **Quantum Security**: Secure communications using QKD to protect critical data.
- **Quantum Space Infrastructure**: Earth-observation infrastructure with quantum-secure communications for government and allied operators.
- **Quantum Fine-Tuning for LLMs**: Hybrid quantum-classical AI model fine-tuning to improve efficiency and pattern recognition.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Publicly traded on NYSE under ticker IONQ; market cap varies with market conditions (not explicitly stated in provided sources).
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue not disclosed; total funding not updated post-IPO (SPAC merger in 2021).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Early investor New Enterprise Associates. Partners include AstraZeneca, AWS, NVIDIA, Hyundai, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure. Board members include Niccolo de Masi (Chairman & CEO), Robert Cardillo, Bill Teuber, Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, Bill Scannell.
- **Growth Signals**: Aggressive roadmap toward 2 million physical qubits by 2030; partnership with Hyundai for quantum AI in automotive materials; quantum-accelerated drug development with AstraZeneca; quantum fine-tuning for LLMs; opening a site in Göteborg, Sweden; over 108 open positions across multiple domains.

## Competitive Advantages
- Trapped ion technology with world-record two-qubit gate fidelity (99.99%).
- Full-stack quantum platform available on all major cloud providers.
- Breakthrough in quantum-grade diamond thin films enabling industrial-scale manufacturing.
- Strong IP portfolio licensed from University of Maryland and Duke University.
- Diversification beyond computing into networking, sensing, security, and space infrastructure.

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling qubit count to 2 million physical qubits by 2030.
- Expanding quantum space infrastructure and quantum security for government customers.
- Developing quantum fine-tuning for AI/LLMs to capture higher-dimensional patterns.
- Building global presence with new offices in Europe and Canada.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Values include “Quantum Excellence”, “No Ego”, “Invent with Intent”, “One Team, One Mission”. Strong emphasis on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging; managers held accountable for fostering inclusive environments.
- **Compensation & Benefits**: Competitive base salary, performance bonus, equity. Health (medical/dental/vision), HSA, 401(k) with 5% match (2-year vesting), flexible PTO, paid parental leave, mental health benefits via Guardian, legal benefits via MetLife, pet insurance, commuter benefits, free snacks/drinks in offices, IonQ swag.
- **Work Environment**: Flexible workplace – remote across 30+ US states; offices in College Park, Bothell, Toronto, Basel. Many employees work from an office multiple days per week.
- **Interview Process**: Virtual over Zoom; includes technical screen, career story presentation, 1:1 interviews, behavioral questions using STAR method. Encourages preparation on company values and technology.
- **Growth**: 108 open positions (as of search date) in applications, compute, engineering, and technology. Rapidly scaling team with opportunities to shape the quantum future.

## Sources
1. [ionq.com](https://www.ionq.com/)
2. [ionq.com/careers](https://www.ionq.com/careers)
3. [ionq.com/company](https://www.ionq.com/company)
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/ionq](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ionq)
5. [linkedin.com/company/ionq-co](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ionq-co)

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